news 28 Posted April 24, 2014 View this email in your browser (http://us3.campaign-archive1.com/?u=efc4c507c2cf964fc2462caca&id=82059d2cda&e=0c004f9c13) NVIDIA holds the lion's share of the market in mobile graphics hardware, but it's not the only competitor. When Alienware asked if we'd be interested in looking at a notebook based on AMD's top-end R9 M290X in a single-GPU configuration, we agreed. This system is based on exactly the same hardware and chassis as the Alienware 18-inch model that we reviewed last fall, but it's somewhat more modest hardware whacks a full $2000 off the price. Unlike the massive system we reviewed last time around, this rig's performance aims at what, on a desktop, would be considered a midrange GPU with a moderately high-end CPU core.. Alienware 17: AMD's R9 M290X Goes Mobile http://hothardware.us3.list-manage2.com/track/click?u=efc4c507c2cf964fc2462caca&id=c212b9255a&e=0c004f9c13 Thanks for stopping by! Regards, Marco Chiappetta HotHardware.com http://hothardware.us3.list-manage.com/track/click?u=efc4c507c2cf964fc2462caca&id=fdc244cb9d&e=0c004f9c13 ============================================================ Share this post Link to post