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Alienware Could Consider Building a Gaming Tablet

Razer’s Project Fiona might not be the only gaming tablet in the works, since Alienware is also considering branching off in the same direction by delivering a slate designed from the ground up to satisfy gamers. Alienware is still not convinced about the success of such a tablet, but the idea came up a couple...

9 February 2012
20:01 GMT

Dell Alineware M18x R2 Gaming Notebook Packs Super-Strong GPUs

Dell will soon launch a new notebook from the Alienware series, the line known for being both powerful and good-looking. Bearing the name of M18x R2, it will be so powerful that it will barely break a sweat when playing a game, regardless of how hardcore the graphics settings are. The again, when a PC has mighty, n...

3 February 2012
11:27 GMT

Alienware 2012 Notebook Lineup Reportedly Revealed

Later this year, Alienware plans to refresh three of its most popular gaming notebooks out there, the M14x, M17x and M18x, to sport Intel’s new Ivy Bridge processors as well as discrete graphics cards from the AMD Radeon HD 7900 and Nvidia GTX 600 series. Making our way from top to bottom, the first notebook t...

25 January 2012
18:11 GMT

Alienware Intros X51 SFF Gaming PC, Packs Core i7 CPU & Nvidia GPU

A little more than a month after upgrading the Aurora gaming rig, Alienware has come out with the X51, a small form factor desktop that features some top-level specs and targets gamers looking for a more compact machine. Sporting pretty much the same design cues as the much larger Aurora, the X51 can be placed eithe...

18 January 2012
02:57 GMT

Dell Launches Its Mightiest Gaming Desktop, Alienware Aurora

Alienware is a brand that doesn't often get stapled to a machine, but when it does, it definitely means that the computer is among the highest-end that Dell has to offer. This once, the Alienware brand has landed not on a laptop, but on a full-fledged desktop personal computer. Dell US hasn't yet unleash...

13 December 2011
05:09 GMT

Dell Offers $100 Discount for All Alienware Gaming Laptops

Dell has also come out with its special promotion for Cyber Monday which shaves $100 off the price of any Alineware gaming notebook, including the M11x, the M14x, M17x and the M18x.The offer is only valid as long as stocks last and for getting the discount one has to enter the D95K0RNX$0XF10 code (thanks Logic Buy) w...

28 November 2011
12:31 GMT

Alienware Cuts Prices for the Nvidia GeForce GTX 580M

Those of you searching for a gaming notebook with an interest in Alienware systems should be happy to know that the company has now dropped the prices for the Nvidia GeForce GTX 580M upgrade in both their M17x R3 or M18x offerings.Before this price cuts were operated, the GeForce GTX 580M came as a $300 (218 EUR) upg...

8 November 2011
03:09 GMT

Alienware Knocks $315 (€226) Off the Price of the Original M11x

Now that Alienware released the second version of its compact but powerful M11x gaming notebook not so may people show interest in its predecessor, so the company though it's just about time to get some of the lost attention back with a new promotion.This knocks off $315 from the notebooks initial price which br...

26 October 2011
07:08 GMT

Alienware M18x Gaming Laptop to Get AMD's Radeon HD 6990M GPU

Recently announced by AMD, the Radeon HD 6990M graphics card will be used by Dell in the Alienware M18x gaming notebook, making it one of the first laptops, if not the first, to receive AMD's flagship mobile GPU. Just like the Radeon HD 6970M it is meant to replace, AMD's new graphics card for the mobile...

12 July 2011
06:11 GMT

Dell Alienware Get Killer Wireless-N 1103 Network Adapters

Those who are thinking of buying one of those sophisticated Dell Alienware gaming notebooks just got an extra reason to do so now that four such machines got special networking solutions from Bigfoot.Bigfoot Networks specializes in high-end solutions that connect systems to all sorts of networks and, thus, the Inter...

11 July 2011
08:26 GMT

NVIDIA Launches the GeForce GTX 580M and 570M GPUs

Apparently, world-class maker of graphics products NVIDIA decided this was an opportune time for the official unveiling of its newest and fastest mobile graphics processing unit, the latest addition to the GeForce series. Some end-users may have caught on to the video demo that showed an SLI NVIDIA GPU configurat...

28 June 2011
09:31 GMT

Dell Builds Its Notebooks Based on Customer Input

While many IT companies might not be that concerned with customer feedback regarding their products, at least not beyond making a general idea of preferences, Dell seems to have been much more thorough in its examination of its customers' opinions.With the greatness of the Internet, one can be sure that buyers ...

27 May 2011
07:21 GMT

Dell Alineware M18x Gaming Beast Now Selling

The Dell Alienware line of gaming notebooks is well known around the world for having both prowess and aesthetics, and it looks like the big one in the series has been set up for order.Gamers may or may not be aware of the fact that, last month, Dell officially introduced the Alienware M14x, M11x R3 and M18x noteboo...

4 May 2011
08:24 GMT

Dell Removed the Alienware M15x Gaming Laptop from Its Website

After making official the Alienware M11x, M14x, and M17x gaming laptops, Dell seems interested in removing the slightly older M15x from its product lineup as the notebook is currently missing from the company's U.S. and Australian websites. If this turns out indeed to be the case, the decision will be particu...

3 May 2011
09:47 GMT

Dell Officially Launches Alienware M18x, M14x and M11x R3 Gaming Laptops

Rumors about the newest gaming notebooks from Dell's Alienware line have been circulating quite well on the web this past month, and it looks like the official word has now arrived.Even if a product is listed by online retailers or given a product page on its maker's website, it can't really be said t...

20 April 2011
02:41 GMT

Dell's Alienware Gaming Laptop Now in 18 Inches, M18x Listed

Dell doesn't really put much stock on affordability when it comes to its Alienware laptop line, since it focuses on performance and aesthetics, and this has again been confirmed now that an 18-inch model has shown itself.Top-tier makers of personal computers have at least one series of PCs aimed at the enthusia...

12 April 2011
08:31 GMT

Alienware M11x R3 to Feature Nvidia GeForce GT 540 Dedicated Graphics

When the first specs of the next-generation Alienware M11x gaming notebook made their way to the Web, a large piece of the puzzle was missing as we had no idea about the GPU that Dell wants to pack in its latest creation, but the laptop's manual has recently come forward to help us and revealed that the M11x wil...

8 April 2011
16:01 GMT

Dell Alienware M14x Gaming Laptop Previewed

That Dell will soon add a new 14-inch member to its Alienware collection of gaming laptops has already been pretty much made clear, but it looks like more information has come up, although it wasn't anything official.The Alienware collection of laptop from Dell is known not for affordability, but for combining ...

5 April 2011
06:06 GMT

Dell Alienware M14x Coming to Market

Though it will take a while, Dell's Alienware collection of gaming-oriented machines should welcome some new members in the next few months, and it looks like one of them has been partially detailed.One would think that PC makers would keep silent about their upcoming products, in order to build hype, but the o...

29 March 2011
06:04 GMT

Alienware M11X R3 Specs Leaked, Expected in Early April

When it announced the Alienware M11x, Dell has managed to introduce a new breed of gaming laptops to the world, and the company is now set to refresh this model to feature updated specs, making it much more desirable for gamers everywhere. According to Dell-Lab, the website that managed to get the preliminary spec...

21 March 2011
17:01 GMT

Dell Alienware M14x and M18x Gaming Notebooks Leaked

Until recently, users that wanted to purchase an Alienware notebook had only three models from which to choose, but it seems like Dell is really eager to increase its gaming laptop portfolio as the company is currently working on releasing two new models that follow the 14-inch and 18-inch form factors. The first ...

15 March 2011
07:11 GMT

Dell Alienware 17x 3D Laptop Gets Klipsch Audio

One may know of Dell's Alienware series for being one of the most popular lines of gaming notebooks in the world, and it seems like other companies, in this case Klipsch, would like to make the best of said hype.High-end notebooks come in multiple forms, but what they all have in common is that they employ the ...

11 March 2011
09:48 GMT

Dell Alienware M11x Hinge problems Getting Fixed in March

Dell may be well known among the world for its Alienware laptops, but a certain model gave it some less than favorable reputation by being plagued by a design flaw that still hasn't been resolved.The thing about Dell's Alienware laptops is that they are both stylish and highly capable in terms of gaming pe...

26 January 2011
10:51 GMT

Alienware Charges $250 for 200MHz Sandy Bridge CPU Overclock

Since overclocking has now become pretty much mainstream, a lot of system builders have introduced factory overlocked machines in their lineups, but few charge more than Dell for what should actually be a dirt cheap upgrade, the Austin-based company asking $250 for a measly 200MHz CPU frequency increase. Playing a...

13 January 2011
04:28 GMT

Dell Alienware M17x Plagued by Power-Related Stuttering

The Alienware M17x is one of those machines that takes pride in being a veritable portable gaming powerhouse, but it appears owners still keep running into problems when trying to play games on it.Those end-users that keep tabs on the IT market will know that, while laptops cover a wide range of consumers, the truly...

20 December 2010
06:16 GMT

Sandy Bridge-Based Alienware M17x Notebooks Get Pictured, Benchmarked

As CES 2011 is approaching at a pretty fast speed, we're starting to see more and more Sandy Bridge – related leaks hit the web, the latest we've come across being related to Intel's mobile platform, powering three Alienware M17x notebooks, and doing a pretty grand job of it too. So, within a ...

9 December 2010
01:55 GMT

Dell Also Updates M15x With NVIDIA Graphics

It seems that Dell was not content with detailing just one high-end gaming laptop, having also spared the effort to go ahead and add a new video card option on the Alienware M15x.Those keeping tabs on the gaming notebook market will likely be aware of the fact that, not too long ago, a report said that a 17-inch Ali...

9 November 2010
09:45 GMT

17-Inch Dell Alienware Gaming Laptop Gets Radeon HD 6970

While the market is focused on NVIDIA and its soon to be released GTX 580, Dell decided to do something different, apparently planning on launching a new high-end laptop with AMD graphics.Like all of its rivals on the global personal computer market, Dell is constantly updating its desktop and laptop collections.Its...

9 November 2010
06:44 GMT

Alienware M11x Gets a Dose of Core i3/i5/i7 Mixed with NVIDIA Optimus

Back when it was released, the Alienware M11x was said to have been designed as the gaming alternative to the netbook industry, but Dell preferred to call it an ultraportable gaming machine. Truth of the matter is, this system was build in an 11.1-inch chassis and packed some of the most performance-capable component...

8 June 2010
08:41 GMT

Alienware M11x Reviewed, Well-Appreciated

Alienware is a company that has managed to make a name for itself as one of the premium gaming brands on the market, providing consumers with a couple of high-quality products that can deliver an impressive performance. A couple of weeks back, Dell's subsidiary announced a new solution that was said to revolutio...

5 February 2010
04:48 GMT

Alienware M11x Gaming Ultraportable Priced and Speced

Earlier this year, during the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, Nevada, Dell announced the introduction of its new Alienware-branded gaming portable PC, the M11x, a 11.6-inch laptop that was said to be capable of delivering the necessary gaming performance to run some of today's latest gaming applications....

2 February 2010
09:04 GMT

Alienware's M11x Laptop Gets a Price Tag

Normally, gaming notebooks are more solid and wider than other laptops, with a screen and overall frame big enough for the manufacturer to pack as much graphical and computing performance as it can. While gamers generally have no problem with, or even prefer, a larger screen, the Alienware M11x laptop aims to gain th...

29 January 2010
06:01 GMT

The Alienware M11x Is a Gaming Netbook

Netbooks have become one of the most popular segments in the portable PC industry, as these small-sized, low-power computer systems are capable of providing users with a high level of portability and the basic computing performance. However, as technology advances, new form factors emerge, providing users with a wide...

8 January 2010
04:19 GMT

Alienware Computers Will Come Pre-Loaded with Steam and Portal

Steam punks and tech-wise aliens have come together to improve the gaming experience. Not the off-world intervention you might expect it to be, Valve Software and Alienware decided that it would be a great idea to supply the high-end computers with build-in Steam support. The announcement was made Wednesday and it lo...

27 November 2009
05:49 GMT

Alienware Takes the Wraps off the Mobile Core i7-Equipped M15x

Allienware, Dell's new gaming division, has announced today the debut of an updated line of computer systems, for both desktop and portable PC users. The new lineup includes a higher-performance Area-51 M15x laptop, which has been designed to include Intel's latest Clarksfield mobile i7 processor in combina...

23 September 2009
09:59 GMT

New Peripherals from Alienware Are Designed for Gamers

Alienware, Dell's new gaming division, has recently announced the introduction of a new line of desktop system peripherals, designed to provide gaming enthusiasts with support for a high-quality gaming experience on their latest Alienware gaming rigs. Being one of the most recognizable brands in the gaming and e...

3 September 2009
03:37 GMT

Alienware Launches Its First Store, Enter the 'Alienware Experience'

Round Rock, Texas-based Dell continues to expand its support for gaming and computer enthusiasts through the help of its well-known subsidiary, Alienware. Trying to provide users with access to the latest Alienware products and innovations, the company has just announced the launch of its new store-within-a-store exp...

23 July 2009
04:05 GMT

Alienware's 'All Powerful' Gaming Laptop Is Alive

After launching a teaser site letting the whole world wait with anticipation for the official release of an upcoming 'All Powerful' laptop, Alienware has just announced its latest high-end M17x gaming laptop. Keeping its promise as regards an 'All Powerful' system, Alienware equipped the new M17x ...

29 May 2009
06:39 GMT

Major PC Makers Line Up Their Core i7 Gaming Rigs

As it was to be expected, the official introduction of Intel's next-generation Core i7 processors has led to the unveiling of a number of new desktop computer systems from major PC makers, coming to embrace the technological advantages delivered by the latest high-performance desktop CPUs. Major companies such a...

18 November 2008
05:06 GMT

Alienware Intros CrossFire X-Enabled M17 Gaming Laptop

It has been quite a while since Dell's Alienware hasn't come out with a product refresh to its range of portable or desktop computer systems. However, for all those gaming and technology enthusiasts patiently waiting for the company to release its next best thing, Alienware has just introduced the new M17 g...

3 November 2008
11:03 GMT

Diamond Resolves the Defective ATI-Based GPU Issue

Recently, on-line media was alerted about the news that ATI based graphics chips were reported failing on the field at higher than expected rates. While some were probably expecting the situation to escalate, less than a week since we learned about the issue, the company involved seems to have already solved the prob...

26 September 2008
05:42 GMT

Alienware Includes the 'Spartan' in Its Desktops

Alienware Area-51, Area-51 ALX and Aurora, the award-winning line of desktops manufactured by Alienware, a leading producer of high-performance notebooks, desktops and entertainment systems, are offered by the company with an ATI Radeon HD 4870 X2, considered to be the most powerful graphics card at the moment. The c...

13 August 2008
03:10 GMT

Alienware Area-51 m15x to Come With Quadro FX 3600M

The NVIDIA Quadro FX 3600M GPU with 512MB RAM will be used on the 15.4-inch notebook series. The first mobile PC to feature the graphics processor is the Alienware Area-51 m15x. The GPU has been designed for heavy-duty video processing, and has the ability to dynamically allocate geometry, shading and pixel processin...

30 July 2008
04:20 GMT

GTX 280 for Alienware's Area-51

Yes, the GTX 280 and GTX 260 cards are out, and a considerable number of users are wondering whether to upgrade or not. Although only three days have passed since NVIDIA officially launched the new desktop graphics cards, people are already claiming the GTX 280 to be the fastest on the market, or so at least until AM...

18 June 2008
09:19 GMT

Alienware Goes 4 GHz

If you recently happened to visit Alienware's website, you might have noticed the American vendor's recent offer. However, if you haven't done this yet, here's a little insight into what they are now offering to extreme users. Their high-end desktop computer system, Area-51 ALX has just received a...

23 May 2008
05:16 GMT

Dell and Alienware, the First to Ship 320GB Hard Drives

Two of the largest manufacturers of portable computers will be the first to ship their products with the latest 7200 RPM, 320 GB hard drives. Dell and Alienware have been announced, via a press release coming from Seagate, as the first two vendors to offer their notebooks with a 320 GB hard drive upgrade. Dell will p...

20 May 2008
03:48 GMT

Alienware: 32-bit Operating Systems Cap Gaming Performance

Quad-core processors have long since penetrated the market and lower manufacturing costs already pushed them into mainstream offerings. However, hardware upgrades seem to have lost their appeal, as lines between mainstream and high-end parts get blurred.Alienware is currently looking for solutions to increase the har...

16 May 2008
03:46 GMT

Alienware Stuffs AMD Technology in Low-Budget Gaming Rigs

Boutique PC manufacturer has announced that it would introduce low-budget gaming systems based on AMD technology. According to the company, the first AMD-powered gaming rigs will hit the market within two weeks' time and will pack AMD quad-core processors and ATI graphics. The system manufacturer announced that ...

13 May 2008
06:04 GMT

Dell Puts an End to Its Desktop Gaming Line-Up

System vendor Dell plans to phase out its high-end XPS gaming desktop PC line-up in order to focus on its truly professional gaming solutions shipped through its boutique PC subsidiary Alienware. According to a news report released by the Wall Street Journal, Dell will only offer high-end desktop gaming rigs through ...

13 May 2008
04:15 GMT

Dell's XPS 730 H2C Gaming Rig Plays Crysis at 30 FPS

Dell has just introduced the new XPS 730 H2C gaming desktop offering. The new computer is especially suitable for any kind of computing-intensive applications, such as gaming and complex 3D rendering. According to the computer manufacturer, the XPS 730 H2C edition is one of the most powerful desktop systems in the wo...

5 May 2008
10:18 GMT


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