NVIDIA's GeForce LAN 6 Event and Digital Storm Surround PC
10/15/2011 by: John Oram
This weekend, BSN* is on board the USS Hornet dry docked aircraft carrier attending NVIDIA's GeForce LAN 6 event. GeForce LAN is back and features a BYOC (Bring Your Own Computer) area, around-the-clock tournaments, contests for prizes, and an exhibit area featuring the latest in gaming.
BYOC waiting for gear to load onto USS Hornet
When we walked up the gangway and onto the aircraft hanger deck, we noticed a race car simulator. We quickly got our Alienware laptop setup in the BYOC area where every seat was claimed with all kinds of gear. Then, we jumped into line to test NVIDIA's latest games on their gaming computers.
NVIDIA kicked off testing of the latest games
While our editor, Anshel Sag, was busy blasting away the latest warrior games, the other BSN* editor gravitated back over to Digital Storm's ODE gaming computer with DiRT 3 software. The real attraction grabbing our attention is the $30,000 tri-monitor, full motion racing simulator.
$30,000 tri-monitor full motion chassis
Some of you may remember that Digital Storm was named as CES 2011 Best of Innovations in Computer Hardware. The driver with the winning lap at GeForce 6 LAN 48 hours will take home Digital Storm's ODE gaming computer.
The configuration for this system is consisted out of following components:- Chassis: Cooler Master 942 HAF X
- Trim Accents: Paint Chassis Vents and Grills (Blue)
- Processor: Intel Core i7-2600K 3.40GHz
- Motherboard: ASUS Maximus IV Extreme
- System Memory: 8GB DDR3 1600MHz Digital Storm Certified
- Power Supply: 1000W Digital Storm Certified
- Hard Drive: 120GB Intel SSD 510 Series
- Optical Drive: DVD-R/RW/CD-R/RW(DVD Writer 24x / CD Writer 48x)
- Internet Access: High Speed Network Port
- Video Cards: 2x SLI Dual (NVIDIA GeForce GTX 570 1.2GB)
- Extreme Cooling: H2O Stage 3
- H2O Tube Color: White Tubing (UV Reactive)
- Chassis Airflow: Upgrade Chassis with LED Performance Fans (Blue)
- Internal Lighting: UV
- CPU Boost: Stage 1 - Overclock the processor between 4.0 and 4.5GHz
- OS: Windows 7 Home Premium
What does it take to win Digital Storm's computer? Watch this video and you will see how hard it really is to win.
Everybody had a good laugh when this editor took his spin behind the steering wheel. We just need one of those $30,000 tri-monitor, full motion racing simulators and few months of practice. [Your grandkids are rolling around laughing. Ed.]
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