One thing I love about Alienware is the organization's persistent trust in its new items. Whether that is flaunting about a work area being a "Benchmark Bruiser(opens in new tab)" or delivering one of the slickest OLED gaming monitors(opens in new tab) until this point in time. All in all, whenever I get offered the opportunity to look at the new Alienware m17 R5 it has named "the most remarkable 17-inch AMD Benefit gaming PC," how might I miss that?
And does it live up to the hype? Eh, yes and no.
Powering the Alienware m17 R5 is an AMD Ryzen 9 6900HX and Radeon RX 6850M XT combo that, on paper, seems like a slam dunk for Team Red. It's also the first gaming laptop we've tested with an RX 6850M XT, and so I was stoked to see how it stacked up against laptops with an RTX 3070 Ti and even RTX 3080 Ti mobile GPUs.
Alienware also sent over an especially suped-up config of the Alienware m17 R5. It comes with a 4K panel with a 120Hz refresh rate. It has 32GB of DDR5 RAM and 1TB NVMe SSD. How much does this thing cost? You're looking at around $2,800.
Expect to pay more if you decide to go even bigger by maxing out the memory and storage with 64GB RAM and a 4TB SSD, though that seems like overkill, but who am I to judge? Much like Alienware's Intel-centric laptops, you've got tons of options to pick from. The lowest amount you'll pay for the AMD configuration starts at $1,911. This includes cheaper display options of 1080p at 165Hz or 360Hz.
ALIENWARE M17 R5 AMD SPECS
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CPU: AMD Ryzen 9 6900HX
Memory: 32GB (2x 16GB) Dual-Channel DDR5-4800
Graphics: AMD Radeon RX 6850M
Storage: 1TB NVMe M.2 SSD
Display: 17.3-inch UHD (3850 x 2160) 120Hz
Warranty: 1 year parts/ Lifetime Labor
Price: $2649.99
The shockingly brilliant 500cd/m² 4K showcase got a great deal of purpose for web based video. I value seeing the point by point pressure lines on Guenther Steiner's face in the last time of F1: Drive to Get by in 4K on Netflix. Games look very great, however this show is better off for experts and creatives. So on the off chance that you don't fall into that classification, you might be in an ideal situation staying with the 1080p presentation at 240Hz to set aside cash and add time to your truly necessary battery duration.
This PC additionally exploits AMD's set-up of game-helping technologies(opens in new tab, for example, SmartAccess Designs, which consequently changes your result from the Ryzen APU and Radeon GPU, alongside Smartshift Max, which naturally moves around your power contingent upon what application or game you're utilizing. The beneficial thing about these highlights is that they simply work without you playing with them. Every single pleasant element, particularly assuming you are skipping among gaming and, suppose, video altering and attempting to hopefully figure out additional pull.
That is the 'AMD Benefit,' a featureset that stems from having both Radeon GPUs and Ryzen computer processors in a similar machine.
As you can see from the benchmarks beneath, the portable Ryzen 9 6900HX's multi-center execution fails to meet expectations against the comparatively evaluated Asus ROG Strix Scar 17(opens in new tab) and MSI GS66 Secrecy (2022)(opens in new tab) which both have an Intel Center i9 12900H in the engine. That is where the Ryzen's eight-center, 16-string configuration falls being the Birch Lake center design, where its 14 centers and 20 strings push it out in front.
The Alienware likewise falls behind the Center i7 12800H found in the Razer Edge 17(opens in new tab) we evaluated some time back, again that is a 14-center, 20-string Intel chip. The Razer Cutting edge 17 is a flat out monster of a machine... what's more, extravagant ($4000), even by premium PC norms. Yet, assuming you need serious execution, obviously the new Alienware isn't the zenith.
Fortunately, on the GPU side of things, the Alienware m17 R5 AMD Benefit model succeeded at virtually the entirety of our gaming benchmarks at 1080p on for the most part maximized settings. It hit triple-digit framerates in essentially every one of the games I played, with a Contract killer 3 normal of a little more than 200 fps.
It battled with Metro Departure and Cyberpunk 2077, which isn't is to be expected since those emphasis on beam following execution, which we know has been a trouble spot for AMD's GPUs. Sadly, there's nothing happening inside this new versatile GPU to change that in fact.
Since the presentation is 4K, it would be impolite not to look at certain games in ultra high def. The Radeon RX 6850M XT performed splendidly at 4K, frequently edging a triumph against the MSI GS66 (another strong 4K PC we looked into as of late). With the exception of while beam following was involved, that is. In those cases, the GS66's RTX 3070 Ti took off with it. The casing rate at 4K was okay, yet at the same time actually nothing that will make some serious waves.
For instance, running Cyberpunk 2077 with any beam following consequences for had the Alienware frequently pumping the brakes to a slither hitting outline rates as low as 17 fps with the designs settings set to Ultra. With RT switched off, the game ran at a drowsy 22 fps in 4K. For no particular reason, I turned on FSR (FidelityFX Super Goal), AMD's solution to DLSS, to perceive the amount to a greater extent a knock I got. I could get things to a playable 35 fps in 4K at Ultra settings. This is better, yet entirely just barely.
Assuming you esteem outline rate over goal, the m17 R5 effectively conveys north of 100 fps outlines on most games at 1080p. Indeed, even Cyberpunk was hitting around 128 fps (with FSR turned on). The high 120Hz invigorate rate on the showcase implies you'll run into practically no screen tearing. I played a larger number of games at 1080p than 4K due to the definitely higher casing rates. In the event that you're playing a shooter like Summit Legends or Fortnite, that is the best approach, which makes the 4K presentation a piece excess much.
Gaming performance
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The explanation is that the fans are wrenched to 100 percent in this mode. This brought the typical GPU, and computer processor temps down a lot, which is what you need in the long haul. In the event that you're trusting this was a supernatural "better casing rate" button, it's not since I saw no recognizable expansion in outline rates in the games it tested.
Everything no doubt revolves around the thermals. However, as with other Alienware gaming PCs and work areas, it gets clearly when the fans run at maxing out. Try to get a couple of remote earphones, and you ought to be alright.
This thing is, without a doubt, a work area substitution. Indeed, it is a PC, and you could in fact game in a hurry, however odds are you will not go for a really long time. I got a wretched 49 minutes of battery duration on our gaming battery test. It seems OK; you have a great deal of top of the line equipment and a 4K board doing a ton — that is unquestionably not battery well disposed.
The super costly Razer Cutting edge 17 did similarly as inadequately. I expected the battery duration not to be perfect, but rather a piece of me was trusting we'd essentially come to 60 minutes.
The Alienware m17 R5 probably won't be the most impressive gaming PC ever, yet it isn't through absence of endeavoring. Indeed, even with the central processor execution lingering behind a portion of its opponents, the m17 R5 makes up the shortfall with great gaming results. The 4K showcase is perfect for anybody watching films or working, however you could save a couple hundred bucks by downsizing a portion of the more costly parts and score yourself a truly strong 1080p gaming PC.
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