The Dell Alienware family of computers It is one of the oldest on the market.. It is not for nothing that they talk about the brand born in 1996, which was acquired by Dell 10 years later, in 2006. So we are talking about more than a quarter of a century of experience in assembling systems that, practically from the beginning, were primarily oriented towards the world of games, long before it was defined in this way.

So we are talking about a brand that not only has a tradition, but also the prestige of having been at the top of the industry and even today of continuing to be innovative. This is something we can witness again with the announcement of its latest laptops, the lAlienware m17 R5 and Alienware x17 R2 OSscored as the first laptop that offered the option of a sf panelrefresh rate up to 480 Hz in its top configuration. We will surely see other similar designs on the market soon, yes, but Dell managed to be the first.

These are the available display options:

• 17.3 inches, 1920 x 1080 pixels, 480 hertz, 3 milliseconds.
• 17.3 inches, 1920 x 1080 pixels, 165 hertz, 3 milliseconds.
• 17.3 inches, 1920 x 1080 pixels, 360 hertz, 1 millisecond.
• 17.3 inches, 3840 x 2160 dots, 120 hertz, 3 milliseconds.

Obviously, as you would expect with displays of this type, Dell has announced that they are compatible with the technologies AMD FreeSync and NVIDIA G-Syncas well as with Dolby Visionwhich makes them not only a great option for playing games, but also for consuming audiovisual content.

According to the models, the Alienware m17 R5 is based on processors up to AMD Ryzen 9 6900HXcomplete with graphics NVIDIA RTX 3080 Ti or AMD Radeon RX 6850M XT, up to 64 GB of DDR5 RAM and includes two M.2 slots for up to 4 terabytes of PCIe NVMe storage. Batteries with a capacity of up to 97 watt-hours are installed to power the beast, and it has a power supply of up to 240 watts.

For its part, the Alienware x17 R2 is based on a processor of up to Intel Core i9-12900HK and graphics up to NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Ti. You can connect up to 64 gigabytes of 4,800 megahertz DDR5 RAM and up to four terabytes of storage via two M.2 slots. It is powered by an 87 watt-hour battery, which in turn is powered by a powerful power source of at least 33 watts.

Whenever I see computers with these features, I usually think of the ever-widening notion that laptops aren’t a good choice for gaming. It’s true that a high-end desktop can offer better performance than a laptop, but it’s also true that with the performance these machines offer, stating that they are not good for play is a mistake seasoned by past obstacles.

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