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Alienware M18x
Dell has put on sale the new generation of Alienware laptops, and phased out the smallest member of the family. The new models are the 18.4″ Alienware M18x R2, 17.3″ M17x R4, and 14″ M14x R2.
At this time, the most significant upgrade is availability of the Nvidia GeForce 600M-series “Kepler” dedicated graphics options, but the notebooks are offered with the old Intel 2nd generation Core “Sandy Bridge” processors instead of the expected 3rd-gen “Ivy Bridge”. However, since the laptops support PCI Express 3.0, it’s clear that the machines come with the new Intel HM77, HM76, or HM75 chipset. The 6-series support only PCIe 2.0. The good news is that the 7-series chipsets are compatible with both “Sandy” and “Ivy” processors, so Dell can just put the 3rd Gen Intel Core CPUs as new options when the chips arrive on the market, without updating other parts of the laptops or releasing new models.
Design of the notebooks hasn’t been updated.
The Alienware M18x R2 can be configured with maximum two Nvidia GeForce GTX 675M video cards in SLI mode, or two AMD Radeon HD 7970M in CrossFire. The basic configuration costs $2,000. The best GPU options for the M17x R4 are a single GeForce GTX 675M or Radeon HD 7970M. The 17.3-incher has a starting price of $1,500. The M14x R2 starts at $1,100 and comes with the GeForce GTX 650M as the only choice.
Dell also announced that the 11.6″ M11x ultraportable won’t get any update and will be phased out.
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