Current Events > Gentlemen, I present to you... the Uberlaptop

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For those that don't know, Alienware actually uses the highest TDP RTX 3080 of any manufacturer and this model delivers roughly the same performance as a desktop RTX 3070 (with more RAM).

My cousin offered to buy my Razer Blade to take to college, so I decided now was the time to max it out.


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Could you play Neverwinter Nights 2 on that

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Holy frick prob stronger than my desktop

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Can you drive with it too?

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How are the thermals? Also 500 nits. You can get some okay hdr with that I think.

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Smackems posted...

Could you play Neverwinter Nights 2 on that

Maybe even at 480i

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But can it run Crysis

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Jabodie posted...

How are the thermals?

Apparently, pretty good. The entire reason for the X17 refresh was to introduce a vapor chamber cooling system with more fans.

Also the CherryMX mechanical keyboard was only a $45 upcharge. Seemed worth it.

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I'm not going to lie... The title made me think this was about Uber, the company, making it's own line of laptops. Not just a really strong laptop lol.

But yeah, that's a beast of a laptop. The design of it looks pretty nice too.

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Aside from the GPU my laptop is better.

MSI GE75 Raider 10SGS-222 300Hz nVidia RTX 2080 Super 8GB GDDR6, 10th Gen Intel Core i9-10980HK

[Graphics Controller:nVidia GeForce RTX2080 Super 8GB GDDR6]
[CPU Comet Lake 10th Gen:10th Gen Intel Comet Lake Core i9-10980HK, 2.4~5.3GHz 8 cores 16 threads, 14nm, 16MB 45W]
[RAM:32GB DDR4 3200 MHz/PC4 25600 (16G X 2) Dual-Channel]
[PCIe SSD Slot 1:1TB PCIe NVMe Gen-3 4X Lanes 32Gb/s]
[Mechanical Hard Drive / 2.5" SSDs:2TB 5400rpm 2.5-inch 9.5mm SATA III 6Gb/s 32MB Cache]
[Operating System:Microsoft Windows 10 Home 64 bit Factory Pre-installed, no installation media]


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I hate laptops in general, but I'd probably use that.

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The only thing I might regret is the amount of RAM. From what I understand, it's soldered. That said, 16 GB should be more than enough for gaming-centric stuff.

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Come back when I can get 4 SSDs in there and 128gb of ram

I was going to go with AMD, which unfortunately they don't have in the x17 model, but apparently the 11th generation mobile CPUs from Intel actually moved to a smaller process, and they run much cooler. So that's nice.

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https://youtu.be/ZRYun3s6LS4

Here's a review of the 3070 model. Looks like the thermals are excellent, although I imagine the 3080 with the higher TDP of 165 Watts might be hotter. Turns out the ram actually is replaceable, as is the SSD. So that's nice.

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AmericaTheBrave posted...

But can it run Crysis

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I never understood all the Alienware hate.

I've had two Alienware laptops and they both kicked ass for when I actually had them.

But I never pay full retail price for prebuilds.

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Wii_Shaker posted...

I never understood all the Alienware hate.

I've had two Alienware laptops and they both kicked ass for when I actually had them.

But I never pay full retail price for prebuilds.

Just the price i think

Maybe opinions are different now with scalpers rampant

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UnicornRaline posted...

Aside from the GPU my laptop is better.

Weird flex, but okay.

DarkRoast posted...

Turns out the ram actually is replaceable, as is the SSD. So that's nice.

Nice. I was going to say not to stress about the 16GB of RAM, but at least you can replace it if it really bothers you lol.

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Wii_Shaker posted...

I never understood all the Alienware hate.

I've had two Alienware laptops and they both kicked ass for when I actually had them.

But I never pay full retail price for prebuilds.

They're actually pretty reasonably priced, too, assuming you buy on their website and use coupon codes.
$2,600 for that laptop is actually slightly cheaper than the myriad of much weaker Max Q 3080 laptops. Plus the 4K 120 Hz screen (not all that common) and mechanical keyboard.

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One thing I am concerned about, I wanted to get a QHD panel (1440p) but they didn't have it. It was either 1080p at 360 hz, or UHD at 120 HZ. With a GPU that powerful, 1080p seems like a waste. Still, I doubt a lot of future games will run great at 4K, so hopefully 1440p on a 4k monitor looks okay.

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Hopefully the mechanical keyboard lives up to the hype

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Laptops are sadly non upgradable, that is why I switched to desktop.

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I just watched an LTT video about the Keyboard on this.

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And yet it's still a laptop

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It has lights on it :3

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Just beware of Dell and their shitty & scummy business practices.

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KamenRiderBlade posted...

Just beware of Dell and their shitty & scummy business practices.

Oh yeah, I've heard they're the worst. Although since I just came from Razer, it's not exactly much of a step down.

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DarthAragorn posted...

And yet it's still a laptop

And yet portable 4K Doom Eternal w/ HDR

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DarkRoast posted...

Oh yeah, I've heard they're the worst. Although since I just came from Razer, it's not exactly much of a step down.

What kind of shenanigans did Razer pull on you?

Did they secretly put recurring charges on your Credit Card without your authorization?

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They take forever to respond and say no to everything, although in all fairness they replaced my power adaptor like three times.

That also means the adaptor failed three times -_-

I'm concerned that the stock RAM is apparently the high density shitty RAM that plagued the Radeon 6800M laptop. But RAM is getting so complicated with XMP vs non-XMP, CL, rated speed vs actual speeds, high density vs low density, etc.


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DarkRoast posted...

They take forever to respond and say no to everything, although in all fairness they replaced my power adaptor like three times.

That also means the adaptor failed three times -_-

Seriously?

The Power Adaptor is one of the most important parts of your LapTop, how the hell did they manage to eff it up 3x?

I'm concerned that the stock RAM is apparently the high density shitty RAM that plagued the Radeon 6800M laptop. But RAM is getting so complicated with XMP vs non-XMP, CL, rated speed vs actual speeds, high density vs low density, etc.

Yeah, shoddy RAM seems to be a big issue in the LapTop world right now.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R7CO9v9rpOk

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This high density ram crap is ridiculous

Also, apparently if you get the 3080 version, the touchpad glows



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DarkRoast posted...

This high density ram crap is ridiculous

Also, apparently if you get the 3080 version, the touchpad glows

I hope they didn't upcharge you for the glowy touchpad.

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KamenRiderBlade posted...

I hope they didn't upcharge you for the glowy touchpad.

No, it just comes with the 3080 version

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Shopping for RAM is such a pain holy crap

There are so many DDR4 3200 chips that are only that speed via XMP and overclocking, and so many chips without guaranteed x8 (instead of high density x16)

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B08C4X9VR5/

This is the best I could do. Wish I could find cheaper, but at least it'll significantly improve performance.


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For that price, they should've at least thrown in a 1 TB SSD >_>

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FL81 posted...

For that price, they should've at least thrown in a 1 TB SSD >_>

$2,600 for what is quite literally the most powerful gaming laptop that exists (that isn't actually a desktop with a screen, at least)


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Can't wait to spend $3K to play Minecraft in 4k 120hz

Oh yeah. It's gaming time

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MixedRaceBaby posted...

Can't wait to spend $3K to play Minecraft in 4k 120hz

Oh yeah. It's gaming time

That actually sounds pretty awesome, especially with raytracing

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I confirmed that the ram that comes with the Alienware is high density 2Rx16
So I decided to order my own ram upgrade that I can install when it gets here, which is surprisingly hard to figure out the since a lot of RAM is actually slower than rated speeds and abuses the XMP configs to get up to their supposed rated speed.

Can't go wrong with Crucial imo


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