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Play YOUR game. Alien. Adrenaline. The new Alien. Adrenaline feature enables Game Mode, which lets you assign a unique profile to each game on your system. Disable unnecessary programs and activate your music player when you launch one game, or bring up key web links when you launch another.

Alien. FX. Complete your immersion by customizing your system with themes that respond to in- game events with unique lighting effects. Alien. Fusion. Alien. Fusion power management controls enable you to configure your settings to maximize performance and efficiency while managing power usage. Crank up the settings for hardcore gaming and resource- intensive tasks, or scale back when you just need to run everyday programs.

Alienware M1. 7x R4 (2. Reviewed. With the fourth installment in any series, be it books, movies or a TV show, its creator has to guard against reproducing more of the same. Fortunately, Alienware has avoided that sense of ennui with the M1. R4. While it looks the same as last year, Alienware's latest iteration of its 1. Intel Ivy Bridge processor and Nvidia's newest and most powerful mobile GPU.

The new components combine to produce a potent powerhouse able to handle any and all challengers. However, the road to gaming nirvana isn't cheap; will gamers pony up the $2,5.

Still, we immediately felt at home among the elegant lines and ridges of the M1. Stealth Black lid and sides. The trademark backlit glossy alien head insignia glows invitingly, beckoning us to open the lid.

The front of the M1. Similar to the alien head on the lid, the grilles are highlighted by a gentle, ethereal glow. Overall, we prefer the subtle swooping lines of the M1.

Origin Eon 1. 7S. The customizable backlit Alien head on the lid is also a step up over the Origin's blood red logo. We're perennial fans of the M1. An alien head power button sits above the keyboard, next to the row of command buttons for volume and Wi- Fi.

A gigantic touchpad with matching discrete buttons are wrapped in a glowing blue band whose color we could also configure. We also love the large Stealth Black soft touch palm rest, where our hands nestled ready for a long night of gaming. One of the best features of an Alienware notebook is the insane amount of customization available via the backlighting. We had a blast choosing the colors of the lid logo, the Alienware insignia on the display bezel, keyboard, the two front grilles and the bar around the touchpad. We created one color profile using different shades of blues that would pulse every few seconds.

At 9. 8 pounds, the only place you'll be transporting this 1. It easily outweighs other gaming rigs such as the 8. Origin Eon 1. 7S, the 8. Samsung Series 7 Gamer and the 9. ASUS G7. 5VW- DS7.

Display. It should be a crime for a display to be this pretty. As we gazed into the M1. Madame. Noire. com and CNN.

The view only improved as we watched a 1. You. Tube trailer of . Blacks were nice and rich, accentuating the soft torchlight against Foxx's hair.

The generous viewing angles ensured that three people could comfortably watch the action ensuing on the screen. The one caveat is that the glossy display is highly reflective and can be distracting. At 2. 82 lux, the M1. The G7. 5VW- DS7. Eon 1. 7S paled in comparison at 2.

The Series 7 Gamer however, outshone everything with an impressive score of 3. When playing . As we entered . Audio. Audio was loud on the M1. James Brown's plaintive wail on . The longer we played, the more it felt and sounded like we were fighting our way out of a Brazilian favela.

Heat. After running a full- screen Hulu video for 1. G and H keys and underside measured 8. Fahrenheit. A small metal plate on the bottom of the notebook measured 9. We also spent some time patrolling the dangerous streets of Gotham in .

However the underside and the metal plate reached an uncomfortably warm 9. Webcam. Despite the 2- MP webcam on the M1. Colors were also washed out in florescent and natural lighting. However, we liked that we could snap stills and capture video in 1. Live! Central software. Ports As expected, the M1. Two USB 3. 0 ports, a combination e.

SATA/USB 2. 0 port, HDMI in, a 9- in- 1 card reader and a slot- loading Blu- ray reader line the notebook's right side. Another pair of USB 3. Display. Port, HDMI out, VGA, Gigabit Ethernet, a secure lock slot and jacks for a headphone, a microphone, a combination headphone/microphone and a S/PDIF jack.

The AC adapter jack is hidden neatly away on the rear of the notebook. Gaming and Graphics. Gaming on the Alienware M1.

This machine is capable of dizzying frame rates and breathtaking graphics thanks to its Nvidia Ge. Force GTX 6. 80. M GPU- -currently the most powerful in Nvidia's mobile line- -with 2.

GB of VRAM. We also appreciated having automatic switchable graphics that seamlessly toggled between the Nvidia GPU and the integrated Intel HD Graphics 4. The M1. 7x rose to the challenge of running .

On the game's highest settings (1. Hz, DX1. 1 on, MSAA 4. X), the notebook delivered an average frame rate of 5. The star of the show was the gunplay, specifically the slow- motion bullet time that covered the world in gray and slowed enemy movement to a crawl, allowing us to line up our shots and clear out a whole room of hostiles like our favorite action heroes. The M1. 7x blew through our graphics benchmarks, delivering a blistering 2.

DMark. 06. That's 1. However, it wasn't enough to topple the Origin Eon 1.

S (2. 4,5. 91), which has a Nvidia Ge. Force GTX 6. 75. M with 2. GB of VRAM, but a more powerful CPU. On 3. DMark. 11, the M1. The Eon 1. 7S, Series 7 Gamer and G7.

VW- DS7. 1 scored 3,6. On the . The Origin Eon 1. S, by comparison, notched 2. ASUS G7. 5VW- DS7. Samsung Series 7 Gamer scored 1. When we cranked it to maximum, the M1. The Series 7 Gamer (1.

Eon 1. 7S (1. 29 fps) registered lower scores. The M1. 7x continued its impressive performance on .

The Series 7 Gamer churned out 3. Origin Eon 1. 7S and the G7. VW- DS7. 1 scored 4. Performance Powered by a 2.

GHz Intel Core Intel Core i. QM CPU, 8. GB of RAM, a 5. GB 7,2. 00 RPM hard drive with a 3.

GB m. SATA SSD, and an Nvidia Ge. Force GTX 6. 80. M with 2. GB of VRAM, the M1.

During PCMark 0. 7, the M1. That's 1,2. 63 points above the desktop replacement average. The only notebook that beat the M1. Origin Eon 1. 7S and its 2. GHz Intel Core i. XM CPU, which scored 5,6. Using its 3. 2GB m.

SATA cache, the M1. Windows 7 Home Premium in 3. It took the M1. 7x 3 minutes and 3. GB of multimedia files, a transfer rate of 2. MBps. That's 2. 1. MBps below the 4. MBps average. The G7.

VW- DS7. 1 performed slightly better at 2. MBps while the Series 7 Gamer notched 3. MBps. The Eon 1. 7S continued to dominate with a blistering 2.

MBps. During the Open. Office test, the M1. The Origin Eon 1. S completed the task in 3: 1.

G7. 5VW- DS7. 1 finished in 4: 5. Battery Life. Another place where the M1. During the LAPTOP Battery Test (continuous Web surfing over Wi- Fi), the M1.

That's 1 hour and 4. The Series 7 Gamer and the G7. VW- DS7. 1 lasted 3: 2. Eon 1. 7S lasted a dismal 2: 3. Software. The M1. Launching Command Center grants users access to a helpful quartet of utilities with alien- themed names.

Alien. FX, our hands- down favorite utility, allowed us to change the color scheme and rhythm of the notebook's lighting system. Alien. Fusion (pictured) lets users manage and create power plans while Alien. Touch controls touchpad functionality. There's also Alien.

Adrenaline, which gave us the ability to create a desktop short that would automatically launch a set sequence of actions when launching a specific game. In case of a system crash, Alien. Autopsy is there for any backup and recovery needs as well as troubleshooting and running diagnostics checks. Configurations. Our $2,5. GHz Intel Core Intel Core i.

QM CPU with 8. GB of RAM, a 5. GB 7,2. 00 RPM hard drive with a 3.

GB m. SATA SSD, Nvidia Ge. Force GTX 6. 75. M graphics with 2. GB of VRAM and Intel HD Graphics 4. GPU. The $1,4. 99 base model comes equipped with a 2. GHz Intel Core i. QM CPU with 6. GB of RAM, a 5.

GB 7,2. 00- rpm hard drive and an Nvidia Ge. Force GTX 6. 60. M GPU with 2. GB of VRAM. The $1,8. GB of RAM and a AMD Radeon HD 7. M GPU with 2. GB of VRAM. Msi Sound Effect Manager Free more.

Verdict. Although its $2,5. Alienware M1. 7x R4 remains the ultimate gaming notebook. Although the chassis stays the same, we can overlook it due to the sheer power stuffed under the hood. Shoppers looking to save a few bucks can get an Origin Eon 1. S with similar specs to our review unit for $2,1. M1. 7x. Gamers and those with heavy- duty multimedia needs will be hard- pressed to find a better notebook than the Alienware M1.