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Alienware Area-51 R2 Series

Alienware Area-51m R2, i7-10700K, RTX 2070 SuperProcessor: unknown, Intel Comet Lake i9-10900K
Graphics Adapter: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 Super Mobile, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Super Mobile
Display: 17.30 inch
Weight: 4.1kg
Price: 4400 euro

 

Alienware Area-51m R2, i9-10900K, RTX 2080 Super

Specifications

Alienware Area-51m R2, i9-10900K, RTX 2080 SuperNotebook: Alienware Area-51m R2, i9-10900K, RTX 2080 Super
Processor: Intel Comet Lake i9-10900K
Graphics Adapter: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Super Mobile 8192 MB
Display: 17.30 inch, 16:9, 3840 x 2160 pixels
Weight: 4.1kg
Price: 4400 euro
Links: Alienware homepage
 Alienware notebook section

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Foreign Reviews

Alienware Area-51m R2 Mehr Leistung geht nicht
Source: HardwareLuxx German DE→EN Archive.org version
Single Review, online available, Short, Date: 09/06/2020

 

Alienware Area-51m R2, i7-10700K, RTX 2070 Super

Specifications

Alienware Area-51m R2, i7-10700K, RTX 2070 SuperNotebook: Alienware Area-51m R2, i7-10700K, RTX 2070 Super
Processor: unknown
Graphics Adapter: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 Super Mobile 8192 MB
Display: 17.30 inch, 16:9, 1920 x 1080 pixels
Weight: 4.1kg
Links: Alienware homepage
 Alienware notebook section

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Reviews

Alienware Area 51m R2 Review- Fastest Alienware Laptop
Source: Mobile Tech Review English Archive.org version
The Area 51m R2 is a desktop replacement laptop, available with overclockable Core i7-10700K and i9-10900K processors, AMD Radeon RX5700M or up to NVIDIA RTX 2080 Super graphics, your choice of 144Hz and 300Hz full HD displays or a 4K wide gamut display (360Hz FHD G-Sync is coming). The laptop has faster RAM than the previous gen, a clear coat finish to prevent staining, vapor chamber cooling for the CPU, separate CPU and GPU cooling, and a per key RGB backlit chicklet keyboard.
Single Review, online available, Very Long, Date: 09/01/2020

 

Comment

Alienware: Alienware was founded in the USA in 1996. The European headquarters is located in Ireland. Alienware has been part of the Dell Group since 2006. The product range mainly focuses on gaming laptops and desktops, which are developed and manufactured by Dell. The trademark is a slightly futuristic design with an Alien as the logo. Additionally, workstations for private and business customers are sold.

As with every brand, there are also some points of criticism with Alienware. Some customers have complained about the high prices of the products, while others have criticized the quality of customer services. There have also been some reports of problems with the reliability and durability of some Alienware products. However, many customers have also had positive experiences with the brand and appreciate the powerful gaming computers.


These graphics cards are able to play the latest and most demanding games in high resolutions and full detail settings with enabled Anti-Aliasing.

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Super Mobile: High-End laptop graphics card based on the TU104 chip. At the time of the launch in early 2020, the 2080 Super is the fastest laptop graphics card on the market, but only slightly faster than the old GeForce RTX 2080.

With these GPUs you are able to play modern and demanding games fluently at medium detail settings and HD resolution.

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 Super Mobile: High-End laptop graphics card based on the Turing architecture. Refresh model of the RTX 2070 with a slightly higher performance.

» Further information can be found in our Comparison of Mobile Graphics Cards and the corresponding Benchmark List.


Intel Comet Lake:

i9-10900K: Comet Lake based high end desktop CPU with ten cores (based on the Skylake architecture) clocked 3.7 - 5.3 GHz (for short bursts at low temperatures).The CPU also integrates the old UHD Graphics 630 GPU. The 10900K is the fastest CML-S CPU at launch and can be overclocked thanks to the open multiplicator.

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» Further information can be found in our Comparison of Mobile Processsors.


» To find out how fine a display is, see our DPI List.


4.1 kg:

A laptop with this weight is comparatively heavy and less designed for mobility than for use at the desk. Therefore, the devices tend to shine less with battery life than with a large screen and higher performance.

4.1 kg:


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Stefan Hinum, 2020-09-11 (Update: 2020-09-11)