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Alienware's 17-inch laptops have always offered strong performance. But now thanks to an update that's adding support for up to a Radeon RX 6850M XT GPU and a new 480Hz display, Alienware says the ...

Mary-Elisabeth is an associate writer on CNET's How-To team. She's a recent graduate of UNC-Chapel Hill's English Department, and resides in Charlotte, North Carolina. On the How-To team, she covers a ...

The m17, long the mainstay of Alienware’s gaming laptop line-up, has never been short of performance – but now you can equip one with a suitably speedy screen as well. The m17 R5 is the first laptop ...

PC gaming is one of the many trends that has accelerated over the past couple of years as people have adjusted to a more at home world. Gaming was growing before the pandemic but with entertainment ...

In brief: Announced earlier this year, Alienware's new AMD-powered m17 R5 and Intel-powered x17 R2 gaming laptops have now finally arrived. Besides the latest CPU and GPU combos, these 17.3-inch ...