Alienware Upgrades Its Best Gaming Laptop
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Dell Technologies Inc.’s Alienware brand has been flexing its muscles at the CES electronics show in Las Vegas today, unveiling three new gaming laptops alongside a traditional tower personal computer powered by Nvidia Corp.’s most advanced gaming processor.
As announced at CES 2026 (and revealed in a pre-briefing event held in New York), the panels feature a response time of 0.2 milliseconds, 15 times faster than before (3ms), WQXGA resolution (2,560 x 1,600), a 240Hz refresh rate, a peak brightness of 620 nits, and an anti-glare coating that reduces gloss by 32 percent.
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This particular configuration is equipped with an AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D CPU, GeForce RTX 5090 graphics card, 32GB or DDR5-6400MHz RAM, and a 1TB SSD. Additional system details include a 360mm all-in-one liquid cooling system for the CPU and a massive 1,500W 80Plus Platinum power supply that allows plenty of headroom for future upgrades.
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,