Alienware 13 Inch Release Date

Alienware 13 Review: Alienware 13 gambling laptop adds any graphics amplifier for desktop-like performance (hands-on)

Alienware 13 Inch Release Date-We have previously seen the upcoming Alienware 13 inch gambling laptop, a fresh slim, light, portable system which has a 13-inch display. In which laptop, still a silly size for the gaming PC (14-inch and also 15-inch models are additional common), is likely to be available in order to order starting March 28, along which has a surprising new addition.

Alienware 13 Inch Release Date

Called the Alienware Design Amplifier, you is able to pair your Alienware 13 which has a sold-separately external box which contains a 460-watt power supply and a solitary PCIe slot, made for any current-gen desktop graphics card. The unit will cost $299 by per se (AU$329 in Australia) or may be paired with one of several different GPU selections. Other companies include tried this notion before, notably Asus, but its never come close to catching on. The brand new Alienware version would seem promising from each of our brief hands-on time while using system, but in addition, it faces several obstacles.

First, the Graphics Amplifier connects towards the laptop via any proprietary cable. In the meantime, the alienware 13 inch laptop would be the only system which supports this addition. Future compatibility along with other products, one example is, the set-top Alienware Alpha dog, seems likely but is not announced. Second, for $299/AU$329, youre just having the box, slot, and power supply. A high-end desktop GPU can potentially run $500, creating this a significant investment for something works only which has a single not-yet-available product or service.

Performance

That said, we saw the Graphics Amplifier doing his thing, and the Alienware 13 laptop it had been connected to would indeed switch above from its interior Nvidia GeForce 860M GPU (a great mainstream card, but not what a severe PC gaming fanatic is looking for) towards the desktop GeForce GTX 980. A reboot was instructed to connect and disconnect through the external GPU, but at the least Windows 8 reboots in a short time, compared to previous versions from the OS.  

The Graphics Amplifier will work with any latest Nvidia or AMD graphics card which has a full-length PCIe network, but its clearly meant for the very fresh, and very highly effective, Nvidia GeForce GTX 980 range, as seen in systems such as upcoming Alienware Area 51 as well as the Origin PC Millennium desktop we not too long ago tested.


Three different screen options are for sale to the 13-inch display within the Alienware 13. The camp model includes a rudimentary 1, 366x768 screen and can be upgraded to whether full HD 1, 920x1, 080 version or even a 2, 560x1, 440 effect display. True 4K within a 13-inch laptop isnt here yet, but it is starting in order to creep into a little larger 15-inch gambling laptops.

Price

The system takes most of its industrial style hints from various other current Alienware systems, including the backlit alien go on the back from the lid, and numerous custom light-up specific zones, which you could control from Alienwares note of software. The Alienware 13 as well as the Alienware graphics amplifier will both be accessible to order via October 28, while using laptop starting at $999 as well as the graphics amplifier starting at $299. In the united kingdom, Dell sells most of its Alienware items, but the Alienware 13 and also graphics amplifier arent yet being supplied.