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Dell has revived Alienware Area-51 with a flagship desktop featuring AMD’s Ryzen 7 9850X3D, RTX 5090 graphics, up to 64GB DDR5 and 12TB SSD storage, built for enthusiasts who want maximum performance,
All three flagship notebooks—the 16X Aurora, 16 Area‑51 and 18 Area‑51, now run on Intel’s new Core Ultra 200HX processors paired with NVIDIA GeForce RTX 50 Series GPUs, pushing performance ceilings for high‑end gaming and multitasking
Alienware’s flagship desktop finally ditched proprietary parts last year (no more Dell-specific motherboards) and welcomed AMD’s flagship Ryzen X3D desktop chips in November. Now it’s getting the latest AMD chip too — just know the new 9850X3D is only a tad faster than the 9800X3D (AMD says roughly 7 percent uplift).
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The Head of Product for Dell’s Gaming Business Unit explained why the days of massive, heavy gaming laptops are numbered, why Alienware hasn't jumped onto the handheld bandwagon just yet, and how AI is about to change the way we yell at NPCs.