The Alienware 15 Gaming Laptop Is Good Enough for Price and Performance

I did need to tweak graphics settings (such as dropping to the Medium preset) to get there, but I never felt as if I had to destroy a game’s image quality to achieve smooth frame rates. In a world where integrated graphics are increasingly powerful, the faster frame rates help make the Alienware 15 feel like a proper gaming laptop worthy of carrying around, despite its bulk.

For reference, the Alienware 15 with the RTX 5050 is 77 percent faster for games than the best integrated Intel graphics, as tested in the latest Dell XPS 14. You’ll have no problem using the full extent of that 165-Hz refresh rate if you want to experiment with DLSS upscaling and frame generation.

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A key disadvantage of not using the latest Intel chips, however, is that the laptop’s battery...

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