Dell unleashes new Alienware gaming PCs with NVIDIA's new RTX GPUs

Dell Area 51

Dell has saved some big announcements for Gamescom 2022, including the new esports training platform Alienware Academy, Alienware Command Center for managing all kinds of PC accessories, as well as some cool new monitors and PCs with NVIDIA GeForce RTX graphics processors. In short, the company is going all out this year with some dandy new hardware and services for gamers.

We already covered the Alienware Academy, which is essentially a resource and preparation facility of sorts for anyone who desires a career in professional gaming on the big stage. As for the new Command Center, it's just Alienware'southward version of the peripheral director for Windows 10, assuasive gamers with compatible keyboards, mice, and more to connect everything together using one app. Information technology too works on any PC — non merely Dell — which is an added bonus.

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Dell S2419HGF

Dell's new 24- and 27-inch gaming monitors (FHD and QHD, respectively) sport overclocked refresh rates of 144Hz and 155Hz, with an crawly rapid response time of just ane ms — ideal for gaming. Both displays support AMD'south FreeSync engineering science, which pairs nicely with whatever AMD-powered GPU.

They're accordingly designed as far as gaming displays go and come backed past Dell's superb Premium Panel Exchange plan, assuasive the replacement of a display should at that place exist any issues throughout the warranty catamenia, even if information technology'southward only a single pixel out of line.

The Dell S2419HGF and S2719DGF displays volition be available in the U.Southward. and Asia starting August 28 at $319.99 and $549.99.

Aurora and Area 51 with NVIDIA RTX

Dell Alienware Area 51

The Alienware Aurora will exist available with the recently appear NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070, 2080, and 2080 Ti GPUs. All this ability will exist housed in a mid-tower chassis, allowing for future upgrades and modding. Better yet, these new GPUs will permit for some fantabulous 4K gaming.

Also as the Aurora, Dell is too refreshing the flagship Area 51 desktop gaming PC with the new GPUs from NVIDIA. What sets this model aside is the choice to configure the arrangement with an Intel processor rocking 18 cores, because why not? The new Aurora PCs will be available for preorder in early on September, merely you volition be able to buy the Area 51 desktops with RTX GPUs that very aforementioned month.

Fancy Alienware 15 and 17 keyboard lighting

Dell Alienware 15

Finally, Dell has made some changes to the Alienware xv and 17 gaming notebooks. Both models at present come up rocking per-primal LED lighting for more than 80 quadrillion combinations, utilizing various modes and effects. Non only is in that location more colorful light emitting from each key, they're also using the upgraded TaxtX keyboard, sporting a primal travel of only 2.2mm.

Both the Alienware fifteen and 17 will be available on August 21, starting at $1,399.99 and $1,599.99, respectively.

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