Alienware M14x Best Gaming Laptop Review

Alienware M14x Best Laptop Gaming

Gaming Laptop Alienware M14x Reviewp. Typically, the difference between 14 inch and 15 inch laptops, even a little, but we usually prefer the smaller of the two options for portability. If only a gaming notebook, but the difference may be even more pronounced. Although we do not believe that the 15-inch Alienware M15x laptop to see on the road to new 14-inch version, unsurprisingly named M14x, and felt much less - even if they are still animals in comparison with other 14-inch - notebook computers.

For games that truly portable, you want to save the 11-inch M11x popular, finding a pretty good ultra-portable gaming. But this calls for new, not between the size is not for those who take their game to a family vacation or business trip and still enjoy a reasonable screen size and resolution of 1600 x900 pixels wide as the screen.

It is not cheap, and our test unit costs $ 2198 M14x, high-end Intel Core i7 2820QM, Nvidia GeForce GT555M GPU, 8GB RAM and 750GB hard drive contains. Fortunately, the configuration is more realistic start at $ 1,199.


That was several years ago, Dell announced the Alienware line of make-up, and began to show. As a final M11x M14x has the same angular velocity about the design of new cars, such as 15 - and 17-inch model some years ago. As we have seen for the first time, we thought it was a good step toward more upscale feel, but because we have many laptops that robust design to go further to look modern and minimalist look.

M14x has the same type of car in front of the grill (it's just for show, no ventilation), the points from corner to corner on the screen, and matte black finish (red opaque appearance of our system). This is special, for sure, and will be comfortable and familiar to old fans from Alienware, but we also want something new, and hopefully a little thinner. Thickness of 1.2 and 6.5 pounds without the adapter C /, still dragging the effort more time.

Alienware on lighting and FX parameters management system is still there. This allows you to adjust the keyboard illumination color and the other light activity of the system. Backlight can be difficult for an important game, and the keyboard to recognize the black in the black in the darkness.

The keyboard has a more traditional design, tapered keys, rather than a large flat buttons that many laptop manufacturers do not care about those days. The company previously said that the cones provide more space between each letter, it is best first-person shooter, makes extensive use of the WASD keys. We're not sure we have your favorite design for the main game, but it's an interesting theory.

Alienware has always been a very good touchpad, though most other phones in the industry exceeds the size. The texture is smooth and matte on the touch pad feels good under the fingers, and two large mouse buttons are separated are welcome. As in previous notebooks, Alienware, backlit color touch-defined rings that can be selected. Some touch-pad option, such as the size of the scroll bar is controlled by an application called Touch abroad, but we do not have multi-touch gestures look like two-finger scroll.

A 14-inch screen, one would expect to find that the rule in 1366 x 768 pixels, but for that much money, it is reasonable to expect more. The native resolution of this model is actually 1600 x900 pixels, which is a step forward for gaming. We would like for the full year 1920 x1 0080 pixels and text on the 14-inch screen is difficult to analyze, to take effect. Speakers as good as any we've heard in a notebook this size, and better than you find on many consumer notebooks Klipsch.


While the connections and ports on the M14x mostly standard items, we expect the output parameters of a three-Video, HDMI, VGA and mini DisplayPort. Absent are the high-speed ports such as eSATA and Thunderbolt, but you get a pair of additional USB 3.0 ports and WiMax.

Also, you can get useful additional antennas for mobile display, complete with the Vizio brand receiver, instead of the usual Netgear (Alienware does not use the more Intel Wireless Displays version of the technology). Although you can theoretically measure the beam on a big screen TV nearby, although we have not matured, despite extensive experience with version Intel / Netgear this technology. Look for updates after we tried a new driver.

The real star of the show 2820QM quad-core Intel Core i7, which is located at the top of Intel's current line of laptops. This is a very powerful processor ensures that only the latest high-end systems, such as high-quality 15-inch Apple MacBook Pro, which is comparable with the M14x in our tests. But is the CPU you have, no doubt, and most buyers should M14x with processors at different levels in order if you choose to save the system money online.

Nvidia GeForce GT555M also a new top-of-the-line parts, and help run our Unreal Tournament III at 1400 X900 pixel test 240.4 frames per second. Play the latest games such as Mafia II 1600 x900 pixels with very high graphics settings, we have a more realistic figure of 34.8fps. Anyway, it's slot machines and more than bright enough (do not go even if not in 1920, x1, 080 pixels screen resolution and high M14x) to manage the latest games.