Speed of computers become outdated now

Speed of computers become outdated now make people feel tired love purchased with his laptop a few days out of date it is sad, and Alienware's new 13-inch notebook looks likely to escape a cruel law, since this add-in video card can be replaced unit to expand the gaming performance, sounds cracked.

Alienware 13 is as successor of the Alienware 14 appearances, compared to the predecessor, 13 1 inch thin and weigh 4.5 pounds lighter, and 1TB 1366x768 screen with low priced at $999, continue to add money, you can buy equipped with SSD and 2560x1440 touch screen with high style.

If you also too 13 enough your, so Alienware also has approach help you continues to burn money: a paragraph 300 dollars of external graphics processing enhanced unit, and this external chassis (please forgive, this is that goods to I of first impression) can plug stepped down type PC among of full size PCI-Express displayed card and provides up 375W of power of output power, in insert external graphics zhihou, notebook computer built-in of graphics on will was disabled, all graphics processing by external graphics completed.

In addition, the external chassis has four USB 3.0 ports, 13 after receiving the goods on, a second desktop gaming computer that transforms into a 4K output.

Notebook itself of grade sense also is is foot of, surface has feel is good of flexible coating, keyboard is is continue of big key cap and three color Happy Valley lamp of combination, touch Board of press also has three color Happy Valley background lamp, although two only finger with control Shi this touch Board reaction is strange, but on recognition single finger,, this block touch Board of performance also is very excellent of.

13 this completely of put drive throwing to has cloud nine, and also no has 14 Shang that frenzied of Happy Valley lamp effect, then 13 also not like 14 as looks like a is to break you home Windows fly back outside space of alien spacecraft, in using convenience degrees aspects, 13 still has Reader, and three a USB 3.0 interface, and headphones and microphone interface and Ethernet interface, HDMI and Horn and so on natural is not less of.

Most particularly, of course, is that the interfaces used to connect external chassis, which we'll mention later.

Performance aspects, 13 built-in of I5-4210U and GT860M has provides has enough strong of performance has, but and top of performance machine (like price up 2100 dollars of mine snake BLADE) also is has gap, to 13 of performance, in 1440P Xia run Tomb Raider Li shadow and no main of to 2 are also OK, premise is put effects off half, and frame speed also is no that wipe has oil General smooth of feel, and for Thai Tan fall, and Crysis 3 game hardware to be eaten and the Witcher 2 this very happily play only under 1080p.

For this problem, the solution there are two, one is to buy a Alienware 1080p 13, so even if they do not open all kinds of special effects, the game screen is good enough, and the second is, of course, plus money to buy a $300 outside the chassis slightly.

This Quintana black of external chassis on and a trumpet of toast furnace size almost, and this goods of materials was is to more simple has more simple, open cheap of crisp skin plastic made of block button (also was I lane broken has several) zhihou, on can saw inside that 460W of PC power, and power next is is a with PCI-EXPRESS X16 slot of trumpet circuit board (this goods itself is no graphics of, need addition acquisition graphics OH).

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I opens the desktop GTX 660Ti in and out of the chassis, aligning slots in, loosen the two captive screws on, connect the two GPU power supply line, then plug in the power cord, and laptops with dedicated connection lines and link up with the chassis, you're done, restart your computer.

After the restart is complete, no need to set, without having to install drivers, there's no need to do anything, 13 GTX graphics processing tasks to automatically 660Ti, and Ascension are obvious, of course, 1440p Tomb Raider even using high-quality silky smooth.

So I decided to frenzied time, I found a piece of NVDIA GTX980 and a 4K TV, after playing for a while, my heart was left in one word: cool, if it is what is left to say in addition to the word cool, it should be seven or eight exclamation points.

The most powerful video cards on the market for graphics processing, Titans fall, and Crysis 3, Raider, and no man's land 2 is able to play smoothly at a 4K resolution, if the resolution is reduced to 2560x1440, can screen special effects are all set to the highest, and continues to enjoy little Cottonwood picture.

Certainly slightly, to a Taiwan notebook computer plus value 900 dollars of add-ins accessories to enhanced performance (this also not is 4K TV of price), has such of performance upgrade should is deserved of, but can so enhanced a Taiwan notebook computer of performance in zhiqian is wants to are can't wants to of, had of add-ins processing unit will by interface bandwidth of limit, or is like Sony of Vaio z as not can free to replaced by add-ins of hardware. Now, if you have a spare piece of high performance video card, you can make him come in handy in this way.

But play is not no problem at all: using GTX980 to run the no man's land 2 and Crysis 3 o'clock, you must close the PhysX, or game does not run smoothly.

I like:

Palm rest feel good keyboard feel good;

Machine worked well, and little noise;

When using the SSD, the machine runs very quickly;

Excellent acoustics, surround sound is fabulous.

I don't like:

Although Haswell of the use of low voltage processors, but Alienware 13 battery life is rubbish, just 3 hours and 10 minutes, to know the light BLADE use quad-core processor, high resolution screen and frame thinner cases do 4 hours of battery life, aliens, effort;

External chassis brings performance boost does cows, but a $300 buy this stuff, we can use some good material?

Have to restart after you insert or pull out the external chassis, which is forcing me to buy a SSD version?

Soft coating's capability of the body class.

To buy or not to buy?

To tell you the truth, I am a bit tangled, this ability to walk around with all my games and home just a few lines will be able to enjoy the great game is enough burst, but Alienware 13 is still big and bulky and the battery life is very poor computer, which makes this as a notebook is not qualified. As of right now, Alienware 13 in performance and portability are lost to the lightning snake BLADE.

Personally, I'd rather buy a Dell XPS battery to power some laptop used to work, and I also hope that the laptop in my home to connect to the external chassis, let me free to play games, but unfortunately this is not possible (at least not now).

Alienware 13 this computer, this performance is indeed very good, capable of running many games, does the card also has a very attractive upgrade performance, if this is your dish, then buy buy buy.

Via GIZMODO