Alienware 13 R2 Gaming Laptop And Graphics AMP Review
Alienware 13 R2 Performance: Batman And Bioshock Infinite
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We've chosen not to update to Batman: Arkham Knight until the game's engine has the majority of its bugs and kinks worked out and Warner Bros. Interactive re-releases it to Steam.
The combination of a dual-core Skylake processor and GeForce GTX 960M GPU yields playable framerates in Batman: Arkham Origins with the eye candy turned up, though the combo lags behind more potent configurations.
Things change when attaching the AMP with a GeForce GTX 980 graphics card in side. Framerates nearly doubled to 101 FPS on average, while the minimum framerate jumped jumped from 25 FPS to 59 FPS. This is a game that clearly demonstrates the benefit of Alienware's AMP accessory.
After attaching the AMP, the GeForce GTX 980 graphics card gave a ton more headroom with average framerates jumping to 65 FPS.
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The situation played out similarly in Bioshock Infinite, except instead of doubling performance when switching to the AMP, we saw framerates nearly triple, going from an average of 34.16 FPS to 91.23 FPS. A faster graphics card like a GeForce GTX 980 Ti or Titan would boost performance even further.