If you want even more power, you can pair this notebook
with Alienware's $ 229 desktop graphics amp.
And the additional party trick is that it's compatible
with the Alienware e-GPU Graphics Amplifier so that you can add some serious extra graphics horsepower.
The lackluster display, combined
with the Alienware 17's inability to excel beyond the competition in other areas, make this notebook a tough sell.
And
with the Alienware Alpha, Dell is one of the first — and arguably the strongest — of the hopeful PC - based game consoles to grace us with its glow... literally.
Overclocking laptops can be a tricky process, so to make things easier, the new laptops come
with the Alienware Command Center, which was first glimpsed at this year's CES 2018 event.
Bottom line: If you're looking for a Dell laptop that will be used for gaming, you won't be disappointed
with the Alienware 15.
«SteamOS is obviously been designed around one single use, whereas Windows is a multi-use operating system that can be custom tailored around any one particular use — as we're doing [
with Alienware Alpha's console mode],» he says.
With the Alienware 15 and the Graphics Amplifier hooked up to a 4K monitor, the system was still able to hold its own.
«SteamOS is obviously been designed around one single use, whereas Windows is a multi-use operating system that can be custom tailored around any one particular use — as we're doing [
with Alienware Alpha's console mode].
In fact,
with the Alienware lighting scheme doing its thing and the X51 laid down in a horizontal orientation, you could be forgiven for mistaking the box at a glance for an original Xbox.
You're likely to go
with Alienware 17 R4, Razer Blade GeForce GTX or HP's Omen X. Don't be surprised, HP wants to win with its line of Omen PC gaming products and it's dead serious about it.
Performance is basically in line
with the Alienware X51, which is impressive considering that system has a few inches on the comparatively tiny Alpha.
Hey guys, remember that awesome giveaway we did in conjunction
with our Alienware Steam Machine Review?
The console sized machine has a compact design
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However, if you're looking for sweet frame rates, a lot of customization and great overall performance, you can't go wrong
with the Alienware R2.
I invited an handful of gamers — hardcore, casual, and while on the toilet only — for some hands - on time
with Alienware's little black box.
HMV, PS3, Xbox 360 and Nintendo are still partnered with the expo but
with Alienware now added into the mix this is going to make for an awesome expo.
IN other words,
with the Alienware 13 when you get home you could plug in the GTX 1070 or GTX 1080 outfitted amplifier in order to get the best out of the OLED screen.
Thanks to the Alienware Steam Machine First Look program placing retail systems in the hands of reviewers before they hit store shelves, we're getting some hands - on time
with the Alienware Steam Machine.
We checked
with Alienware, Dell, Falcon Northwest, Maingear, and Velocity Micro, and none of them offers a similar configuration for less than $ 2,000.
The «Windows Edition» also has high - resolution options for the graphics, HDR 10 support, mod support, Tobii Eyetracking Integration and AlienFX Integration for
those with Alienware hardware in their gaming rigs.
Not exact matches
Without it,
Alienware could lower the price of the Alpha, possibly low enough to compete in price
with Microsoft's Xbox [Fortune - stock symbol =» MSFT»] or Sony's Playstation [Fortune - stock symbol =» SNE»].
If you look at an
Alienware product you'd be hard - pressed to find anything connecting it
with a Dell.
This [picking up a new
Alienware Laptop] is a carbon - fiber composite material that was invented
with the material supplier and Dell material engineers for
Alienware notebooks.
Now this new iteration
with the interactive chairs premieres at SXSW at the Dell Lounge featuring AMD - powered
Alienware PCs.
Rather than playing upon one of the overpowered rigs that typically adorn E3 demos (I'm looking at you, Threadripper), the four of us played
with a number of
Alienware laptops.
Gizmag's round - up of this year's outstanding laptops, including the 13 - inch Macbook Pro
with Retina display, Acer's Chromebook C720, Samsung ATIV 9 Book Plus, and Dell's
Alienware 18.
Runners up: Samsung Series 9,
Alienware M14x, Dell XPS 13, Apple MacBook Air 2012, Apple MacBook Pro
with Retina Display.
temperatures (measured
with an infrared thermometer) came in at 90 degrees fahrenheit, as opposed to 114 and 120 degrees on the
alienware and winbook, respectively.
Alienware PCs, like most gaming rigs, generally come preloaded
with Windows 7, which supports every standalone modern PC game, and gaming services such as Valve's Steam.
With a 93.3 fps score, the Gamer's Edge DualX posted the highest 1,024 x768 frame scores, but the next closest competitor, the Alienware Area - 51 ALX, came close with 90.7
With a 93.3 fps score, the Gamer's Edge DualX posted the highest 1,024 x768 frame scores, but the next closest competitor, the
Alienware Area - 51 ALX, came close
with 90.7
with 90.7 fps.
The percentage difference between it and the competition is narrower on this test than it was on the high - end Unreal Tournament 2003 test,
with only a 28 percent performance jump over the
Alienware Area - 51 ALX's 63.9 fps score.
The fact that the Velocity Micro was able to surpass or at least compare favorably
with the $ 3,200 AVADirect and the $ 7,700
Alienware on a few tests is probably most impressive (both of those vendors will make the move to Core i7 as well).
«It is humbling to be mentioned in the same breath
with Dell, Gateway, HP, Compaq, and
Alienware.
If you're on the hunt for a laptop capable of playing the hottest, latest, most demanding video games, you have only two real choices — Hewlett - Packard's Voodoo Envy line ($ 3,158 to $ 5,000 +) or Dell's
Alienware Area - 51 systems (starting at $ 1,769, but much pricier
with options).
Of course, you can always choose from four ready - made options;
Alienware's $ 449 base model comes
with an Intel Core i3 processor, 500 GB of storage and a custom Nvidia graphics chip equivalent to a GeForce 860M card.
The
Alienware Steam Machine is DDR3 rated,
with two 204 pin SoDIMM DDR3 slots.
But just as they have
with the outside,
Alienware has streamlined the inside of their PC - console hybrid, granting even the most technically challenged gamer the ability to future proof their steam machine.
Alienware had supplied EA
with fancy computers to run Dragon Age on and it looked fantastic.
The
Alienware amplifier is also a fantastic way to extend the lifetime of your laptop, a few years down the road, so you can update it, when you feel the need to,
with a desktop graphics card of the latest generation.
Seriously, guys, when your company is named
Alienware surely you could come up
with a better name for a keyboard?
Mostly it's aimed at the
Alienware laptops,
with the idea being that you can take the laptop to work or on holiday, and then when you get back home set it on the desk, hook up the Amplifier and boost the graphical power available to you for some gaming goodness.
In the world of PC's
Alienware is a pretty big name that is viewed in two very different lights; on the one - hand those
with the willingness to build their own computers see little of value in the company due to the high costs, while folk looking to simply purchase something that has a little more va - va - voom than the average off - the - shelf machine can find a lot to look provided they are willing to pay the price.
It's built
with all of the quality you would expect from a company like
Alienware, packs quite the punch and looks good to boot.
Meanwhile the included mouse and keyboard are standard
Alienware offerings, and not the Roccat Kiro mouse and Ryos keyboard that I was supplied
with.
The
Alienware name has always split opinions,
with many viewing the company as overpriced while others see them as creating luxury products that are worth the extra money.
A week after CES
Alienware announced that their Steam Machine would launch in September of this year be priced to compete
with current - gen consoles, which -LSB-...]
There's not really any crossover between the lines,
with the Inspiron gaming laptop line, for example, starting at # 799 and the
Alienware gaming laptop line starting at # 1,249.
Alienware have smartly gone
with a relatively subtle design for their «console», sticking
with a black paint job and a nice customisable LED accent on the left - hand corner that gently reminds people that this small box is a sophisticated piece of hardware, powered by black magic and voodoo.
With that perspective in mind, is the
Alienware Alpha R2 a quality package?