4K TVs, movies and shows have been around for years now. It’s the new normal. But make no mistake, rendering a highly detailed 3D video game in full 4K requires a monumental amount of processing power ...

Alienware has just announced a brand new line of thin, mobile gaming laptops: the Alienware X-Series. Available in 15″ and 17″ configurations, the Alienware x15 and Alienware x17 offer new ...

As much as gaming laptops have dramatically improved over the last several years, all that power still comes with a significant compromise. You sacrifice a lot of portability to play PC games on the ...

To simply call the Alienware x17 R2 a gaming laptop just doesn’t seem to do it justice. The more satisfactory term for this beast of a device is “portable gaming rig.” While these two terms are ...

Alienware’s x15 R2 and x17 R2 laptops are available to purchase today, January 25. Announced at CES 2022, both machines are a showcase for Intel’s 12th-gen Alder Lake mobile platform, pairing the new ...

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