Tuesday, July 19th 2022
Alienware Unleashes the Ultimate AMD Advantage Laptop and Industry-First 480Hz Display Technology
Today, Alienware reaches new milestones with the launch of the most powerful 17" AMD Advantage laptop, introduction of the standard-defying 480 Hz panel technology for the first time, and unveiling of our first-ever 16-inch Dell G Series laptop. We continue to hold true to the Alienware ethos of creating the apex gaming experience. These advancements are dedicated to making your images sharper, your gameplay smoother, and your experience more immersive through a perfect storm of industry leading gaming technology and iconic design.
For those who value raw power, the Alienware m17 R5 is the laptop for you. It claims the throne as the world's most powerful 17" AMD Advantage laptop, delivering truly remarkable performance. The m17 R5 is forged from a partnership with AMD that features AMD Ryzen 6000 series processors, AMD Radeon RX 6000 series graphics, and new AMD Smart Technologies. Today's update welcomes the new AMD Radeon RX 6850M XT 12 GB GDDR6 GPU to the configuration lineup.
Here's a refresher on all the AMD Smart Technologies we proudly offer with Alienware m17 R5 on select configurations:
480 Hz displays make soft landing in Alienware m17 R5 and x17 R2
Now available with Alienware m17 R5 and Alienware x17 R2 gaming laptops, gamers will make first contact with a brand-new display technology. Our FHD (1920 x 1080) 480 Hz 3 ms panels bring a multitude of gameplay benefits including: animation smoothness for easier target tracking, ghosting reduction which minimizes distracting effects, and lower system latency making it easier for you to spot other players earlier.
While any gamer can benefit from the smooth frame rates this 480 Hz panel provides, competitive gamers that play fast paced games will notice the advantages of the high-refresh rates immediately. These panels are enabled for both, AMD FreeSync and NVIDIA G-SYNC with Advanced Optimus. Within this current graphics generation, any gamer who plays popular esports game titles can unlock the full advantages of 480 Hz displays.
Our first 480 Hz is purpose built with premium experiences such as:
Our first-ever 16-inch gaming panel in a 15-inch chassis, introducing the Dell G16
The new Dell G16 is designed for PC gamers who need the essential gaming features and want mobility and performance without sacrificing screen size.
The G16 offers a sleek gaming-inspired design with a smooth, modern aluminium cover available in Obsidian Black with an iridescent logo. The laptop also features a 16-inch panel in a 15-inch chassis with a 16:10 aspect ratio to provide gamers 11% more screen than the G15's 16:9 display, netting a larger gaming and cinematic experience. The larger viewing area is complimented by 3-sided narrow bezels and fitted with a QHD+ (2560x1600) 165 Hz display that hits a sweet spot between high resolution and high frame rates. Advanced Optimus allows the G16 to switch between the integrated GPU and the discrete NVIDIA RTX graphics card as needed, which can help improve battery life and deliver a smooth gaming experience.
Under the hood, the G16 is equipped with Alienware-inspired thermals such as copper pipes, four vents and ultra-thin fan blades to optimize cooling and maximize airflow for consistent high-end gaming performance. It's armed with a 12th Gen Intel Core i7-12700H 14-core processor and up to a NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Ti Laptop GPU. To ensure your machine is running optimally during intense raids and boss encounters, activate the "Game Shift" key in the F9 position which instantly cranks up cooling performance.
G16 takes a few other pages from the Alienware playbook including:
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For those who value raw power, the Alienware m17 R5 is the laptop for you. It claims the throne as the world's most powerful 17" AMD Advantage laptop, delivering truly remarkable performance. The m17 R5 is forged from a partnership with AMD that features AMD Ryzen 6000 series processors, AMD Radeon RX 6000 series graphics, and new AMD Smart Technologies. Today's update welcomes the new AMD Radeon RX 6850M XT 12 GB GDDR6 GPU to the configuration lineup.
- AMD SmartShift Max: Dynamic power shifting between a Radeon GPU and APU boosts performance for gaming, rendering and content creation.
- AMD SmartAccess Graphics: Improve frame rates, reduce latency and save battery by enabling discrete Radeon graphics or Ryzen graphics to handle rendering and presentation while maintaining AMD FreeSync. Only available with select models.
- AMD Smart Access Memory: Get an extra edge when your Ryzen processors are able to harness the full potential of the Radeon graphics card memory.
- AMD FreeSync Premium: Put an end to choppy gameplay with fluid, artifact-free performance at virtually any framerate. This adaptive sync technology matches the refresh rate of your graphics and your display for buttery smooth gameplay.
480 Hz displays make soft landing in Alienware m17 R5 and x17 R2
Now available with Alienware m17 R5 and Alienware x17 R2 gaming laptops, gamers will make first contact with a brand-new display technology. Our FHD (1920 x 1080) 480 Hz 3 ms panels bring a multitude of gameplay benefits including: animation smoothness for easier target tracking, ghosting reduction which minimizes distracting effects, and lower system latency making it easier for you to spot other players earlier.
While any gamer can benefit from the smooth frame rates this 480 Hz panel provides, competitive gamers that play fast paced games will notice the advantages of the high-refresh rates immediately. These panels are enabled for both, AMD FreeSync and NVIDIA G-SYNC with Advanced Optimus. Within this current graphics generation, any gamer who plays popular esports game titles can unlock the full advantages of 480 Hz displays.
Our first 480 Hz is purpose built with premium experiences such as:
- Advanced Optimus: Automatically controls the built-in hardware MUX to disable the iGPU and use the system's more powerful dGPU, which gives additional control over game performance and battery life.
- ComfortView Plus: A built-in, always-on, hardware-based low blue light solution that doesn't compromise true-to-life color accuracy.
- Dolby Vision: Brings optimal color profiles and contrast that goes well beyond the capabilities of traditional high dynamic range (HDR).
Our first-ever 16-inch gaming panel in a 15-inch chassis, introducing the Dell G16
The new Dell G16 is designed for PC gamers who need the essential gaming features and want mobility and performance without sacrificing screen size.
The G16 offers a sleek gaming-inspired design with a smooth, modern aluminium cover available in Obsidian Black with an iridescent logo. The laptop also features a 16-inch panel in a 15-inch chassis with a 16:10 aspect ratio to provide gamers 11% more screen than the G15's 16:9 display, netting a larger gaming and cinematic experience. The larger viewing area is complimented by 3-sided narrow bezels and fitted with a QHD+ (2560x1600) 165 Hz display that hits a sweet spot between high resolution and high frame rates. Advanced Optimus allows the G16 to switch between the integrated GPU and the discrete NVIDIA RTX graphics card as needed, which can help improve battery life and deliver a smooth gaming experience.
Under the hood, the G16 is equipped with Alienware-inspired thermals such as copper pipes, four vents and ultra-thin fan blades to optimize cooling and maximize airflow for consistent high-end gaming performance. It's armed with a 12th Gen Intel Core i7-12700H 14-core processor and up to a NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Ti Laptop GPU. To ensure your machine is running optimally during intense raids and boss encounters, activate the "Game Shift" key in the F9 position which instantly cranks up cooling performance.
G16 takes a few other pages from the Alienware playbook including:
- Alienware Command Center: Provides easy access to game settings, peripheral lighting settings, Dolby Audio, and a game library for seamless customization.
- New Keyboard options including CherryMX: Option for one zone, per-key RGB, or CherryMX ultra-low profile mechanical keyboard, all options full-sized with completely customizable layouts.
- The Alienware m17 R5 is available now.
- The Alienware x17 R2 is available now.
- The Dell G16 is available on July 21 at a starting price of USD $1,399 or CAD $1,799.
34 Comments on Alienware Unleashes the Ultimate AMD Advantage Laptop and Industry-First 480Hz Display Technology
Not only was it almost 50% more efficient, it did that despite being a flagship part clocked 250MHz higher than Vega64 and powering twice the amount of HBM2.
In case my point isn't clear, TSMC 7 handed AMD (or rather, it's fairer to say that AMD paid the premium for) a huge advantage that Nvidia didn't take. RTX 2000-series was TSMC 12 and RTX 3000-series is Samsung 8nm. Even now, the latest and greatest Nvidia 3090Ti is still using a process node that's behind the 2019 TSMC 7FF of Radeon VII and all of the RX 5000-series.
www.techpowerup.com/review/amd-radeon-vii/29.html
Oh yeah, and nor was there performance:
www.techpowerup.com/review/amd-radeon-vii/28.html
The point being made is that is more of an architecture gains, than just process improvements, that got AMD to it's top position.
A like-for-like copy of dated Vega architecture gained >50% just by moving to a new process says a lot about the advantage of TSMC 7nm back in 2019.
You seem to be arguing that Nvidia were ahead on flagship performance but I'm not even trying to claim that. Firstly, AMD haven't had that in forever! Secondly, they didn't have anything to compete with the 2080 either from a performance or a transistor count. The TU102 was massive at 545mm2 that dwarfed even Vega64 on GloFo 14nm. It also had hardware raytracing to skew the performance metrics in any suite that included raytracing. The Radeon VII, on the other hand was just a tired old Vega64 being used as a test-run for TSMC 7nm. Radeon VII was architecture from 2017 and should be compared to the 2017 Pascal 1000-series GTX cards in terms of technical prowess. By that metric AMD simply gained a victory over Pascal Geforces, simply because of TSMC's new process.
Only architectural changes, RDNA1&2 allowed AMD to first close the gap and then beat NV.
You're still also comparing a 2017 architecture designed for GloFo 14nm (not TSMC 7nm) to a 2018 architecture designed for the outset for the TSMC 12nm mode it was mode on. If you've followed any CPU/GPU design in the last decade or so, you should know well that porting a design from one process node to another is not the best way to make a chip and gets far less from the new node than a new design made for that node specifically. AMD, Intel, and Nvidia have all experienced die shrinks with less than ideal gains over the years, which is why the rather significant improvements between Vega64 and Radeon VII were so noteworthy.
I'm not really sure why you're even focusing on the Radeon VII, it was a low-volume part that didn't have any product stack underneath it, lacked many of the features that Nvidia was offering, and simply served to provide something as a placeholder whilst RDNA was being worked on as the designed-for-7nm part, not a 2-year-old port from a different process node and foundry altogether. GPUs are also only half the equation here - TSMC 7nm is also responsible for giving AMD an advantage over Intel in the CPU department, With Zen2 offering significant leaps over Intel at the time, and being a massive step up from the Zen/Zen+ on GloFo 14 again.
Architecture played a part in it, of course, but the big jump in clocks and efficiency was credited to TSMC 7nm.
The VII was barely half the price of a 2080Ti despite having much more expensive HBM2, and 5GB more of it as well.
The VII wasn't anywhere near as large as the TU102, almost 6 billion fewer transistors and less than half the physical size. That size comparison isn't down to TSMC7 vs TSMC12, either - Vega64 which was on the larger, older GloFo14 process node was still 40% smaller than TU102 on the denser TSMC12 process.
If you're trying to make an argument based on a 2080Ti vs a Radeon VII, then that's just dumb. That's like saying a 12900KF is better than a Ryzen 5 5600X because it's a grossly imbalanced matchup.