![]() ![]() Playing Cyberpunk 2077 felt smooth enough - its recent addition of FSR 2.1 support probably doesn’t hurt - but its benchmark numbers didn’t reach the kind of lofty heights we’d expect, hovering around 40-ish FPS no matter what settings we applied. There’s an ‘almost’ there, but we’re not sure it’s something we should critique this m17 for. Our review model - mashing together AMD’s outrageous octa-core Ryzen 9 6900HX and the company’s up-and-coming 12GB Radeon RX 6850M XT GPU - slices merrily through almost everything, and its screen looks magnificent while doing it. GeekBench 5: 935 (single-core) 5811 (multi-core)īattery Life (TechRadar movie test): 6 hours and 27 minutes Here's how the Alienware m17 R5 AMD Advantage performed in our suite of benchmark tests:ģDMark: Night Raid: 57530 Fire Strike: 28132 Time Spy: 11788 You could also switch out the wireless card if you want the extra bandwidth of Wi-fi 6E since this features the 2x2 MediaTek MT7921, which tops out at Wi-fi 6. Beneath the bottom panel are a pair of PCI-E SSD slots, and the DDR5 is supplied by a pair of SODIMMs rather than some soldered-on package. You may indeed be tempted to leave this firmly on a flat surface, given that it’s on the weightier end of the laptop spectrum at 7.3lbs/3.3kg, though it’s not necessarily as heavy as its bulk might suggest - nor as bulky as its hardcore internals could have led Alienware to make it. It’s not a setup that feels cumbersome or cluttered if you’re gaming on a desk. Side ports are limited to a pair of Type-A sockets on the right - leaving lefties to trail a mouse cable around the back - and 2.5G Ethernet and audio on the left. A scalloped-in base works to trick the eye into ignoring the understandably fat internal dimensions. The company’s beloved central screen hinge is here and it’s both plenty rigid and the perfect way to disguise what might otherwise be a fairly chunky chin. The Dell design genius doesn’t stop there. Dell’s website is the place to go to find out exactly what each will cost - but AMD graphics aren’t yet available. If you’re in other regions, you can still get the Alienware m17 R5 in a whole host of specs. Ditching the AMD Advantage gimmick altogether and speccing down further to an RTX 3050 Ti and 165Hz FHD screen brings us to $1,250 - close to half of the price of our full-throttle example. Specced as our review model is, it’ll cost you a not insignificant $2,350 (around £1,950/AU$3,410) - though if you’d prefer to step down from a Ryzen 9 to a Ryzen 7 6800H (and take the forced downgrade to an RX6700M GPU) you can cut $300 from that amount.įurther switching out for a 1080p screen (in delightful 360Hz form) and putting up with an entirely reasonable 16GB RAM and 512GB storage can bring the price down to an achievable $1,700. If you’re not in the US, you’re out of luck at the time of writing: Dell isn’t offering the Alienware m17 R5 AMD Advantage spin in any other region. Ports: 3x Type-A USB 3.2 Gen 1 (one with PowerShare), 1x USB4 Type-C Port, audio combo jack, HDMI 2.1, RJ45 ethernetĬonnectivity: MediaTek Wi-Fi 6 MT7921 2x2 and Bluetooth 5.2 Graphics: 12GB AMD Radeon RX 6850M XT (discrete), AMD Radeon 680M (integrated) ![]() Here is the Alienware m17 R5 AMD Advantage configuration sent to TechRadar for review:ĬPU: Octa-core AMD Ryzen 9 6900HX 3.3GHz (4.9GHz boost), 16 threads ![]()
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