Alienware 15 Gaming Laptop Review: GeForce Infused, Bang For Your Buck

Name: Alienware 15 Gaming Laptop: GeForce Infused, Bang For Your Buck
Brand: Alienware

by Joshua Gulick — Thursday, June 04, 2015, 12:00 PM EDT

As 47, a killer for the International Contract Agency (ICA), you have a very dangerous, but action-packed life. The Hitman franchise has been winning praise from critics throughout multiple games, of which Hitman: Absolution is the latest. When running this game’s benchmark, we set AA to 4X and pump the Quality Level settings to Ultra, making for a grueling gaming test.

Hitman: Absolution

DirectX 11 Gaming Performance

The Alienware 15 landed a little less than 7pms behind the Eurocom P5 Pro here. The Graphics Amplifier gave it another 10fps, which isn’t bad. The Asus gamer still takes top honors, though.

Metro: Last Light

DirectX 11 Gaming Performance

The Alienware 15 jumped from 30.67 fps in Metro Last Light to 46.7 fps when we attached the Graphics Amplifier. That’s a noteworthy improvement.

Tags: Nvidia, Intel, Dell, Alienware, Haswell, killer networks

Joshua Gulick

Josh cut his teeth (and hands) on his first PC upgrade in 2000 and was instantly hooked on all things tech. He took a degree in English and tech writing with him to Computer Power User Magazine and spent years reviewing high-end workstations and gaming systems, processors, motherboards, memory and video cards. His enthusiasm for PC hardware also made him a natural fit for covering the burgeoning modding community, and he wrote CPU’s “Mad Reader Mod” cover stories from the series’ inception until becoming the publication editor for Smart Computing Magazine. A few years ago, he returned to his first love, reviewing smoking-hot PCs and components, for HotHardware. When he’s not agonizing over benchmark scores, Josh is either running (very slowly) or spending time with family.