Alienware has rolled out a model new 480Hz gaming laptop inside the m17 R5, whereas moreover bringing a 480Hz option to the prevailing x17 R2.
Every laptops can now be configured with a 4K present inside the US (no data on a UK rollout as however), nevertheless additional attention-grabbing is the modern alternative of a 1080p panel with a whopping 480Hz refresh worth.
Alienware proprietor Dell states that this elevated physique worth will yield clear animation, lower latency, and diminished ghosting. In actual fact, whether or not or not a specific sport shall be able to utilise that additional smoothness is one different issue altogether. It’ll moreover rely on the rest of the laptop’s {{hardware}}.
First launched at CES 2022, the Alienware m17 R5 and Alienware M15 R7 had been the first gaming laptops we’d seen shortly to utilize AMD, fairly than Intel, CPUs. Our editor Alastair Stevenson well-known that this was an thrilling enchancment inside the in another case staid world of PC gaming.
With regards to specs, the Alienware m17 R5 shall be fitted out with an AMD Ryzen 9 6900HX processor and an AMD Radeon RX 6850M XT GPU on the prime end. You can also specify as a lot as 64GB of RAM and a 4TB SSD
The updated Alienware x17 R2, within the meantime, comes with Intel’s twelfth Gen processors and shall be specced out with Nvidia’s RTX 3080 Ti GPU, with as a lot as 64GB of RAM and a 4TB SSD.
The Alienware m17 R5 is in the marketplace now in North America, with prices starting from $2,299.99 if you need that sweet new 480Hz present. You can too now specify the x17 R2 with a 480Hz LCD from $2,549.99.
