Alienware x16 R1 tshuaj xyuas | PCMag

Alienware txoj hauj lwm hauv kev ua lag luam laptop tsis tau muaj kev ntseeg siab ntawm kev ua tau zoo (ntau tus neeg sib tw ua ke nws nyob rau pem hauv ntej) tab sis zoo li style thiab nta ntxiv rau lub zog. Dell's Alienware x16 R1 (pib ntawm $ 2,049.99; $ 2,949.99 raws li kev sim) yog qhov piv txwv tshiab ntawm qhov no, sib txuas cov khoom siv siab kawg-ib qho Intel Core i9-13900HK CPU thiab Nvidia GeForce RTX 4080 laptop GPU - nrog Alienware's zoo nkaus li thiab ib tug bevy ntawm impressive nta. Qhov kev ua tau zoo ntawm peb cov chav kuaj tau taug qab tsis yog tsuas yog cov cuab yeej zoo dua thiab cov nqi sib tw tab sis kuj tseem yog peb tus nqi pheej yig dua thiab muaj zog dua thiab muaj zog Editors 'Choice Award tuav, Lenovo Legion Pro 7i Gen 8. Txawm li cas los xij, nws cov keyboard zoo heev thiab cov zaub zoo nkauj tau pab Alienware x16 R1 nyob. mus txog rau peb cov qhab nia tag nrho tib yam.

Nqis Tab sis muaj peev xwm Cheebtsam thiab configurations

Alienware x16 R1 muaj ntau txoj kev xaiv rau cov neeg yuav khoom, tshwj xeeb tshaj yog cov khoom zoo, thiab cov nqi ntawm $ 2,049 los pib, mus txog $ 4,000 lossis ntau dua, nyob ntawm qhov kev teeb tsa koj xaiv.

Dell tus qauv pib pib nrog 13th Generation Intel Core i7-13620H 10-core processor, 16GB ntawm kev nco, Nvidia GeForce RTX 4050 laptop graphics, thiab 512GB ntawm SSD cia.

Ramp khoom mus rau qhov kev teeb tsa saum toj kawg nkaus, thiab koj tuaj yeem tau txais cov qauv zoo ib yam nrog 14-core Intel Core i9-13900HK CPU, Nvidia GeForce RTX 4090 laptop GPU, 32GB ntawm RAM, thiab mus txog 4TB ntawm SSD cia, muag rau ib tug loj $4,099.99.

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Peb chav tshuaj xyuas tsis zoo heev, tab sis tseem ntim tib yam Core i9-13900HK processor thiab 32GB ntawm LPDDR5 RAM. Cov duab tsuas yog me ntsis ntxiv, nrog RTX 4080, thiab SSD tsuas yog muab 1TB ntawm kev cia.

Txawm li cas los xij, peb chav tshuaj xyuas tuaj nrog ob peb qhov txaus siab ntxiv, zoo li AlienFX touchpad, uas cuam tshuam qee qhov RGB zoo nyob thoob plaws qhov chaw kov, yog li koj cov lus taw qhia thiab scrolling tuaj yeem ua xim-tsim nrog koj tus yuam sij RGB-lit keyboard. Peb cov keyboard tau nce qib hauv qhov zoo ib yam, nrog ultra-low-profile CherryMX mechanical key keyboards-ntau dua ntawm cov tom qab.

Thaum kawg, chav tsev no tseem muaj cov zaub nrog lub zog ua kom siab dua, khiav ntawm 240Hz as opposed to 165Hz zaub koj tuaj yeem xaiv ntawm theem pib.

Kev Tsim Kho Kom Teeb Hmo Ntuj

Nrog lub chassis ua los ntawm anodized aluminium thiab magnesium alloy, Alienware x16 yog qhov ruaj khov heev, thiab muaj qhov tsim nyog tuab thiab hnyav rau lub tshuab ua si siab. Nws hnyav 6 phaus, tab sis nws ntsuas kwv yees li 0.73 los ntawm 14.4 los ntawm 11.4 ntiv tes, muab tso rau ntawm sab slim nyob rau hauv ib pawg uas muaj cov ntiv tes tuab.

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Ntau ntawm cov txheeb ze tuab yog muab qhov chaw rau huab cua thiab cov khoom siv cua txias, thiab x16 tau ntim nrog plaub lub kiv cua txias, ntau lub kav dej kub, thiab lub vapor chamber uas npog ob lub GPU thiab CPU. (Ib lub gallium-silicone thermal paste hu ua Element 31 coats tus tseem ceeb silicon.) Lub chassis nws tus kheej yog them rau hauv vents thiab pa grilles, thiab nws tag nrho cov zoo li yuav ua tau ib txoj hauj lwm zoo ntawm kev ua kom txias yam tsis muaj throttling kev ua tau zoo. Txawm li cas los xij, cov kev mob tshwm sim ntawm tag nrho cov tshuab cua txias, yog lub tshuab nrov nrov. Hluav taws kub ua si zoo li Cyberpunk 2077, thiab lub tshuab roars zoo li lub dav hlau yuav tawm.

Alienware qhov txawv ntawm qhov zoo nkauj yuav tsis yog txhua tus khob tshuaj yej. Qhov sib xyaw ntawm cov nkhaus nkhaus, teeb pom kev zoo, thiab sib piv cov xim dub, dawb, thiab liab qab hlau stamps qhov no raws li gamer lub laptop. Nws tsis tuaj yeem ua txuj ua lwm yam. Tau kawg, koj yuav pom teeb pom kev nyob txhua qhov chaw: teeb ntawm cov keyboard, teeb hauv lub logo ntawm lub hau, ib lub teeb ntawm lub teeb nyob ib ncig ntawm lub nraub qaum ntawm lub chassis, thiab txawm tias lub ntsej muag ci ntsa iab. Tag nrho nws yog customizable nrog ib tug staggering 16.8 lab xim los ntawm lub suav nrog AlienFX software.

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Lub glowing touchpad yeej yog qhov muag pom, tab sis kuj yog qhov teeb meem ntawm tus kheej saj. Kuv nyiam lub teeb RGB ib yam li leej twg, tab sis kuv pom cov xim ci ntawm lub touchpad ntau dhau, thiab kuv yuav hla nws yog tias kuv yuav lub laptop no rau kuv tus kheej.

Dell's touchpad nws tus kheej zoo nkaus li zoo nkauj du, ua tsaug rau nws cov iav nto, thiab nws yog qhov tseeb thiab teb rau txhua tus kais thiab taw kuv siv. Tab sis raws li touchpad qhov ntev loj hlob ntawm yuav luag txhua lwm lub laptop, 4.5-los-2.7-nti touchpad ntawm x16 xav tias muaj kev sib piv. Qhov no tsis yog kuv lub tswv yim xwb, xws li: Asus ROG Strix Scar 16, piv txwv li, muaj ib nrab-nti ntxiv rau ob qho tib si.

Txawm li cas los xij, qhov zoo tshaj plaws yog cov keyboard. Los ntawm tsis txhob sim cramming nyob rau hauv ib tug xov tooj ncoo, lub x16's keyboard muaj chaw kom nthuav tawm, thiab cov yuam sij zoo spaced ua li ntawd. Peb cov qauv kuj tseem muaj ultra-low-profile Cherry MX key keyboards, uas ua rau cov keyboard txaus siab. Zoo li ntau, Kuv cog lus los ntawm cov keyboards txhua hnub hauv kuv txoj haujlwm niaj hnub, yog li kuv pom qhov kev thov ntawm kev tso cov tshuab hluav taws xob tiag tiag rau hauv koj cov keyboard gaming-laptop. Thiab, zoo li lub touchpad, txhua qhov tseem ceeb glows nrog lub teeb hloov tau, thiab koj tuaj yeem teeb tsa txhua hom qauv thiab xim sib xyaw ua ke hauv AlienFX software.

Muaj ntau (yog tias Poorly Placed) Ports

Koj yuav tsis pom ntau yam los yws txog nrog x16, thiab nws txoj kev xaiv chaw nres nkoj dav dav txhais tau tias koj yuav tsis poob rau ib qho kev sib txuas tshwj xeeb - txais tos hloov pauv los ntawm ntau lub laptops nyias niaj hnub no uas xaiv tag nrho rau USB-C lossis Thunderbolt kev sib txuas.

Ntxiv nrog rau lub zog, x16 muaj lub mini DisplayPort, tag nrho-loj HDMI tso zis, dual USB connectors, ib khub ntawm USB-C chaw nres nkoj (ib qho yog Thunderbolt 4, lwm qhov tsis yog), thiab microSD daim npav qhov. Lub 3.5mm jack muaj rau lub mloog pob ntseg thiab lub mloog pob ntseg. Nws yog kev txaj muag ntawm kev nplua nuj nyob hauv feem ntau ntawm kev hwm.

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Tab sis kuv yuav tsum yws txog ib yam: qhov chaw nres nkoj tsuas yog tsis pab. Tag nrho cov chaw nres nkoj ntawm x16 yog nyob rau sab nraum qab ntawm lub kaw lus, nyob rau hauv lub vaj huam sib luag I / O uas nyob nruab nrab ntawm ob lub honeycombed qhov cua grills, tsis muaj dab tsi ntawm ob sab. Nrog rau qhov tuab thiab qhov hnyav uas tsis tuaj yeem zam ntawm lub tshuab zoo li x16, Dell muaj chav txaus los tso qee qhov lossis tag nrho cov chaw nres nkoj no nyob rau sab ntawm lub chassis, ua rau lawv siv me me.

Tej zaum Dell tau ua qee qhov kev tshawb fawb kuv tsis paub txog, thiab tej zaum qhov nruab nrab Alienware kiv cua nres lawv lub laptop gaming ntawm lub rooj lossis sawv thiab tsis tshua txav nws, tab sis kuv pom tias nws nyuaj rau ntseeg tias leej twg pom nws yooj yim dua kom ncav cuag. qab 16-nti system cia li ntsaws rau qee lub mloog pob ntseg.

Txawm li cas los xij, tsawg kawg koj yuav pom ob qhov kev sib txuas uas yooj yim, cov wireless: Wi-Fi 6E rau kev sib txuas, thiab Bluetooth 5.3 txuas rau lub mloog pob ntseg thiab cov khoom siv. Txawm li cas los xij, koj yuav tsum nco ntsoov tias tsis muaj qhov chaw nres nkoj Ethernet suav nrog, yog li koj yuav tsum siv lub chaw nres nkoj lossis adapter yog tias koj xav tau kev sib txuas ceev tshaj plaws.

Loj Xim thiab Blistering Refresh Rate

Lub ntsiab tseem ceeb ntawm Alienware x16 R1 yog nws 16-nti 1600p zaub, uas ntsuas los ntawm cov tsoos 15.6-nti nrog 16: 10 nam piv. Cov zaub siab dua tau txais txiaj ntsig los ntawm QHD + (2,560-by-1,600-pixel) daws teeb meem, blistering 240Hz refresh npaum li cas, 100% DCI-P3 xim, thiab cov khoom lag luam uas koj xav tau hauv Nvidia G-Sync thiab Dolby Vision HDR.

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Dell cov zaub tau zoo sib xws los ntawm qhov system 2-hais lus array, uas muaj ib khub ntawm 3-watt (W) tweeters, thiab quartet ntawm 16W woofers, muab tsis tau tsuas yog nplua nuj suab thiab muaj zog ntim, tab sis txhawb Dolby Atmos spatial suab. Txawm hais tias feem ntau gamers yuav xaiv lub high-end gaming headset rau ib puag ncig lub suab thiab comms, thiab koj tseem yuav tsum xav txog lub suab nrov kiv cua, Alienware xXNUMX suab zoo nkauj zoo ntawm nws tus kheej.

Kev sim Alienware x16 R1: Tsis-Quite Peak Performance

Peb tau khiav Alienware x16 R1 los ntawm peb cov qauv ntsuas ntsuas, ntsuas txhua yam ntawm CPU kev ua tau zoo rau kev ua si zoo, thiab muab piv rau qhov kev ua tau zoo nrog qee qhov zoo tshaj plaws gaming laptops hauv khw niaj hnub no, zoo li Asus ROG Strix Scar 16 (2023), MSI Titan GT77 (2023), thiab Editors 'Choice-khoom plig-winning Lenovo Legion Pro 7i Gen 8. Thiab, rau cov uas xav txog kev hloov kho tshiab, peb kuj tau saib xyoo tas los Alienware m17 R5.

Feem ntau ntawm cov neeg sib tw no zoo sib xws hauv qhov tshwj xeeb: lub zog siab Intel Core i9 CPUs, Nvidia GeForce RTX 4080 thiab 4090 cov duab, thiab muaj peev xwm 32GB ntawm RAM. Lub Alienware m17 R5 yog qhov outlier, nrog AMD ua thiab cov duab, tab sis nws nyob rau tib tus nqi thiab kev ua haujlwm qib.

Productivity Tests

Lub ntsiab lus tseem ceeb ntawm UL's PCMark 10 simulates ntau yam kev tsim khoom hauv ntiaj teb tiag tiag thiab cov ntsiab lus tsim ua haujlwm los ntsuas tag nrho cov kev ua tau zoo rau cov haujlwm hauv chaw ua haujlwm xws li kev ua cov lus, kev nthuav dav, web browsing, thiab videoconferencing. Peb kuj tseem khiav PCMark 10's Full System Drive test los ntsuas lub sijhawm thauj khoom thiab kev xa tawm ntawm lub laptop cia. (Saib ntxiv txog yuav ua li cas peb sim laptops.)

Peb qhov ntsuas ntsuas tsom rau CPU, siv tag nrho cov cores thiab xov, los ntsuas lub PC qhov tsim nyog rau kev ua haujlwm hnyav. Maxon's Cinebench R23 siv lub tuam txhab Cinema 4D lub cav los ua qhov chaw nyuaj, thaum Geekbench 5.4 Pro los ntawm Primate Labs simulates nrov. apps xws li los ntawm PDF rendering thiab kev paub hais lus rau kev kawm tshuab. Thaum kawg, peb siv qhov qhib-qhov video transcoder HandBrake 1.4 los hloov 12-feeb video clip los ntawm 4K rau 1080p daws teeb meem (qis dua lub sijhawm zoo dua).

Peb qhov kawg ntawm qhov kev xeem tsim khoom yog PugetBench rau Photoshop(Qhib lub qhov rais tshiab) los ntawm chaw ua haujlwm chaw tsim khoom Puget Systems, uas siv Creative Cloud version 22 ntawm Adobe's nto moo duab editor los ntsuas lub PC qhov kev ua tau zoo rau cov ntsiab lus tsim thiab kev siv multimedia. Nws yog qhov kev txuas ntxiv uas siv tau uas ua tiav ntau yam dav dav thiab GPU-nrawm Photoshop cov haujlwm xws li qhib, tig, hloov pauv, thiab txuag cov duab rau kev siv lub qhov ncauj qhov ntswg, gradient fills, thiab lim.

Hauv qee qhov ntawm peb qhov kev sim, zoo li PCMark 10 thiab Photoshop, kev ua tau zoo yog qhov kub ntxhov thoob plaws yuav luag tag nrho peb cov kev sib piv (lub Lenovo coj cov pob hauv Photoshop), ua kom pom tias tag nrho cov laptops no ua haujlwm zoo npaum li cas. Nrog lub hwj chim zoo li no, tsis muaj dab tsi hais txog kev tshawb xyuas lub vev xaib, hu xov tooj, video lossis txawm tias kho duab yuav ua teeb meem rau lub laptop no.

Txawm li cas los xij, saib cov txiaj ntsig hauv kev sim xws li HandBrake, Cinebench, thiab Geekbench, nws yog qhov tseeb tias Intel's HK-Series processor hauv x16 tsis zoo li peppy li HX chips siv hauv lwm qhov kev ua si sab saum toj. Yog tias koj tseem npaj ua haujlwm nrog cov yeeb yaj kiab, lossis lwm yam kev ua haujlwm hnyav, x16 yuav ua haujlwm, tab sis nws yuav tsis yog tus hma ceev tshaj plaws hauv pob.

Graphics thiab Gaming Tests 

Peb sim Windows PC cov duab nrog ob lub DirectX 12 gaming simulations los ntawm UL's 3DMark: Hmo Raid (ntau tus qauv, haum rau lub laptops nrog cov duab sib xyaw), thiab Lub Sijhawm Spy (ntau xav tau, haum rau gaming rigs nrog discrete GPUs). 

Txhawm rau ntxiv kev ntxhov siab GPUs, peb kuj tseem khiav ob qhov kev sim los ntawm cross-platform GPU benchmark GFXBench 5, uas cuam tshuam rau ob qho tib si theem qis xws li texturing thiab qib siab, game-zoo li duab rendering. Lub 1440p Aztec Ruins thiab 1080p Kev Sib Tw Tsheb Sib Tw, ua rau offscreen kom haum rau cov kev daws teeb meem sib txawv, cov duab kos duab thiab suav cov duab ntxoov ntxoo siv OpenGL programming interface thiab hardware tessellation feem. Qhov ntau thav duab ib ob (fps), qhov zoo dua.

Thaum kawg, rau kev ua si laptops, peb qhov kev sim ua si hauv ntiaj teb no los ntawm cov qauv hauv-kev ua si ntawm F1 2021, Assassin's Creed Valhalla, thiab Rainbow Six Siege, sawv cev rau kev simulation, qhib ntiaj teb kev ua si-taug txuj kev nyuaj, thiab kev sib tw / esports shooter games, ntsig txog. . Ntawm lub laptops, Valhalla thiab Siege tau khiav ob zaug (Valhalla ntawm Nruab Nrab thiab Ultra zoo, Siege ntawm qis thiab Ultra zoo), thaum F1 2021 tau khiav ib zaug ntawm Ultra zoo nqis thiab, rau Nvidia GeForce RTX laptops, zaum ob nrog Nvidia qhov kev ua tau zoo- boosting DLSS anti-aliasing tig rau. Txhua yam yog khiav ntawm 1080p.

Lawm, gaming yog qhov twg lub laptop no ci ntsa iab, tso tawm tus lej thib peb tus lej hauv tag nrho peb cov kev xeem ua si, txawm tias thaum peb siv lub laptop qhov kev daws teeb meem siab dua. Cov kev sim ua si yooj yim pom tau cov qhab nia loj, ib yam nkaus, tab sis Alienware tuav txoj haujlwm tsis tu ncua hauv qhov thib peb lossis thib plaub hauv txhua qhov ntawm peb cov kev sim duab hluavtaws. Txawm koj tab tom nrhiav kev ua si, x16 yog npaj txhij los daws nws, nrog DLSS thiab ray-tracing kev txhawb nqa, tab sis (tsis xav tsis thoob) koj yuav tau txais kev ua tau zoo dua ntawm RTX 4090 kim dua - lossis txawm tias RTX 4080 nrog qhov zoo dua. CPU - dua li cov silicon pairing siv ntawm no.

Txawm li cas los xij, qib ntawm cov duab muaj txiaj ntsig tseem muaj txiaj ntsig zoo nrog RTX 4080. Yog tias koj tau txais AMD-powered Alienware m17 R5 xyoo tas los los cuam tshuam koj mus txog rau xyoo no Nvidia tso tawm, RTX 4080 cim tau nce qib pom, thiab nws xa khoom feem ntau. ntawm lub peev xwm ntawm 4090 rau tus nqi qis me ntsis.

Roj teeb thiab Zaub Tests 

Peb sim lub laptop roj teeb lub neej los ntawm kev ua si hauv zos khaws cia 720p video file (qhov qhib-qhov Blender movie Kua muag ntawm hlau(Qhib lub qhov rais tshiab)) nrog zaub brightness ntawm 50% thiab lub ntim ntawm 100%. Peb xyuas kom meej tias lub roj teeb tau them tag nrho ua ntej kev sim, nrog Wi-Fi thiab keyboard backlighting tua. 

Txhawm rau kuaj lub laptop zaub, peb siv Datacolor SpyderX Elite saib xyuas ntsuas ntsuas ntsuas thiab software ntsuas lub khoos phis tawj lub vijtsam xim xim - pes tsawg feem pua ​​​​ntawm sRGB, Adobe RGB, thiab DCI-P3 xim gamuts lossis palettes cov zaub tuaj yeem pom - thiab nws 50% thiab ncov brightness nyob rau hauv nits (candelas ib square meter).

Gaming laptops muaj cov ntsiab lus tsis muaj zog hauv lub roj teeb. Pushing cov duab daws teeb meem nrog ntau yam khoom siv thiab cua txias yuav tsum muaj ntau lub zog, yog li lub roj teeb luv luv yog qhov zoo nkauj npaum li cov qauv. Nrog rau kev sim roj teeb lub neej ntawm 6 teev thiab 52 feeb, x16 yog nyob rau hauv cov tuam txhab paub, tsuas yog 19 feeb txaj muag ntawm Asus ROG Strix Scar 16, thiab tsuas yog ib feeb ntev dua MSI Titan GT77. Tab sis tus thawj coj ntawm pob yog xyoo tas los Alienware m17 R5, uas kav ntev li 9 teev. Tsuas yog nco ntsoov tias cov lej no yog tag nrho rau kev ua yeeb yaj kiab yooj yim, tsis yog kev ua si. Hluav taws kub ib qho kev ua si zoo li Cyberpunk 2077, thiab koj yuav tau txais tej zaum ib teev los yog tawm ntawm nws ua ntej koj yuav tsum tau ntsaws rau hauv dua.

Thaum tsis nyob rau saum toj kawg nkaus, Dell cov zaub zoo kuj tseem yog qhov zoo tshaj plaws, nrog 100% DCI-P3 xim thiab ci ntsa iab, tshwj xeeb tshaj yog rau cov khoom saib HDR. Nws tsis yog qhov ci ntsa iab tshaj plaws, tab sis Dell lub vijtsam yeej tsis ntsia tsis pom hauv kuv qhov kev sim.

Kev Txiav Txim Siab: Ib qho 16-Inch Contender, Tab sis tsis yog tus yeej

Alienware x16 R1 yog tag nrho cov pob, nrog kev ua haujlwm siab, hwm nta, thiab tus qauv tsim koj tsis tuaj yeem tsis quav ntsej. Los ntawm cov hlau chassis thiab 240Hz zaub mus rau cov keyboard mechanical thiab RGB txhua yam, nws yog ib qho yooj yim yeej rau Alienware ncaj ncees, thiab ntawm Dell qhov kev tshaj tawm zoo tshaj plaws. Txawm li cas los xij, yog tias koj txaus siab siv nyiaj ntau dua - uas, thaum koj twb nyob ntawm peb qhov loj, yog cov nyiaj daus las thiab xees - koj yuav pom ntau lub peev xwm gaming laptops hauv kev sib cav ntau dua thiab siv tau zoo.

Txog qhov kawg, koj yuav pom qee qhov downsides, uas yog qhov chaw nres nkoj txawv txawv thiab cov kiv cua nrov nrov. Piv nrog rau qeb-ua thiab Editors 'Choice-khoom plig-tuav Lenovo Legion Pro 7i Gen 8, Alienware x16 R1 yog qhov tsim nyog lwm txoj hauv kev, tab sis nws tsis heev dethrone Lenovo li peb nyiam 16-nti gaming laptop. Nws tag nrho los ntawm tus nqi piv rau kev ua tau zoo: Lenovo tsuas yog nqa cov kev ua tau zoo dua ntawm tus nqi palatable.