Alienware aimed to impress the full spectrum of gamers at CES this year with laptops Quantum Dot OLED monitors, and peripherals.
There’s a lot to cover. so let’s begin with the thinnest gaming laptop Alienware has ever made.
For one of Portability and Performance
When it comes to gaming laptop, power and portability don’t always go hand in hand. Understanding this, Alienware has designed two series of devices: The performance centric M-Series and the thin X-Series.
The Alienware x14 is the company’s thinnest gaming laptop to date. Yet it manage to fit its Cryo-Tech cooling technology within the laptop’s new hinge design.
The x14 features up to Intel Core i7-12900H processor and up to an NVIDIA RTX 3060 laptop GPU with DDR5 RAM clocked to 5,200MHz. For storage it has an upgradable M.2 SSD slot that can support up to 2TB storage.
All that power is fitted into a body that is only 14.5mm thick along with a large 80Wh battery that is rated for 11 hours of HD video playback.
For those who want a bigger screen, there’s the Alienware x15 R2 and Alienware x17 R2 which features variants with RTX 30-Series GPUs, Intel 12th Gen processors, faster 6,400MHz memory, and AlienFX stadium lighting.
Raw, Unadulterated performance
For performance at the cost of portability are the M-Series gaming laptops. They feature the AMD Ryzen 6000 Series Processors, Radeon RX GPUs, FreeSync (display technology), AMD SmartShift MAX (processor management), and AMD Smart Access Memory (performance enhancement technology).
The all new Alienware m17 R5 also features the company’s Cryo-Tech cooling solution which includes GPU vapour chamber.
The 17in m17 is also available with optional CherryMX mechanical keyboard.
For something smaller, Alienware has the Alienware m15 R7, a 15in model available with either Ryzen or Intel Core H-Series processor and NVIDIA RTX 30-Series GPUs.
Gaming means Nothing without an immersive experience
To complete their offerings at CES, Alienware also introduces a few peripherals for gamers, and they didn’t start small.
The Alienware 34 Curved QD-OLED Gaming Monitor, the world’s first Quantum Dot OLED gaming panel.
Measuring 34in across, this monitor has a 1800R curvature a 0.1ms response time, a 175Hz refresh rate, and supports NVIDIA G-SYNC ULTIMATE.
It also has a Creator Mode which allows content creators to choose between DCI-P3 and sRGB colour space and gamma level adjustments. Of course, it is TUV certified for protection against blue light.
Sound is just as important as graphics while gaming. The Alienware’s Tri-Mode Wireless Gaming Headset took cues from the Legend 2.0 design and is a slim silhouetted, comfortable headset featuring soft memory foam earcup covered by leatherette.
To ensure an immersive gaming experience, Alienware has included active noise cancellation and Dobly Atmos support..
It also has capacitive touch controls and a full charge will get you 55 hours of gameplay.
To round things out, Alienware showcased the Tri-Mode Wireless Gaming Mouse. It weights a mere 89g and features a new slimmer design, ambidextrous thumb grip, and AlienFX RGB lighting.
What puts it over the top is the new 26,000 DPI optical sensor and magnetic force plates.
The mouse also comes with NVIDIA Reflex latency measurement technology that makes sure your PC is operating at the lowest latency possible when paired with NVIDIA G-SYNC displays.
It also features a wireless magnetic charger that provides 140 hours of gaming on a full charge and 15 hours of gameplay with a 5 minute charge.
