The highest specification option for the 17.3-inch display panel is 1920 x 1080 @ 480Hz, pushing the specification race to a new level.
Alienware, the e-sports brand owned by Dell, has launched the Alienware m17 R5, a new 17-inch high-end model, which will be equipped with a 480Hz display panel as a key requirement.
Ordering Alienware m17 R5 on Dell’s official website provides some flexibility for custom specifications. The processor can choose AMD Ryzen 9 6900HX or Ryzen 7 6800H, and the discrete graphics chip can choose AMD in addition to NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Ti / 3070 Ti / 3060 / 3050 Ti Radeon RX 6850M XT or Radeon RX 6700M, combined into an all-AMD platform.
The display chip will affect the selectivity of the 17.3-inch display panel. GeForce RTX can choose 1920 x 1080 @ 165Hz (3ms) / 360Hz (1ms) / 480Hz (3ms), while Radeon RX has 3840 x 2160 @ 120Hz (3ms), 1920 x 1080 @ 165Hz (3ms) / 360Hz (1ms), mainly due to functional settings such as AMD FreeSync, NVIDIA G-SYNC, etc.
The memory only supports DDR5, and the default is DDR5-4800 dual-channel configuration. The total capacity options are 16GB, 32GB, and 64GB. As for the solid-state drive, the interface specification is not indicated, but it should be a PCIe 4.0 x4 NVMe module, and the capacity can be selected from 500GB to 4TB. In addition, the Alienware M series keyboard set is also equipped with the Alienware CherryMX mechanical switch option, which can create a higher user experience.
It can be noted that the wireless network module seems to have only a single option of MediaTek Wi-Fi 6 MT7921, and does not provide common modules such as Intel Wi-Fi 6 / 6E. A collection of Alienware m17 R5 with such equipment, the design size is 397.30 x 298.71 x 36.70 (maximum thickness) mm, the reference weight is regarding 3.3kg, and the starting price of the US official website is 1,599.99 US dollars. It is a product that tests faith.