AMD reveals trio of Alienware PCs featuring Polaris graphics cards

[HEXUS]

Choose from an Alienware Aurora, Area 51, or Alpha R2 with Radeon RX 400 GPUs.

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[scaryjim]

I'm pretty sure the R9 M470X isn't Polaris - pretty much every google result I've pulled up says it's Bonnaire. AFAIK when Polaris hits laptops it'll be using the same branding as the desktop cards.

[cptwhite_uk]

Was actually considering the Alpha R2 for a friend, then I noticed the M470X is only the 2Gb RAM variant...seriously?!

[CAT-THE-FIFTH]

Was actually considering the Alpha R2 for a friend, then I noticed the M470X is only the 2Gb RAM variant...seriously?!

Its basically an R7 260X.

[cptwhite_uk]

Thanks for the info CAT, i thought you Mobile variants of the 400 series were meant to be on/near similar performance levels to the desktop counterparts?

[CAT-THE-FIFTH]

Thanks for the info CAT, i thought you Mobile variants of the 400 series were meant to be on/near similar performance levels to the desktop counterparts?

I was talking about the RX460. The mobile RX460 is quite close to the desktop ones:

http://www.notebookcheck.net/AMD-Rad....171186.0.html

However,there are rebranded 28NM parts in the line-up too.

[iemand]

That rebranding of graphic cards is one thing. Taking it even further to GPU chips as well, makes it all a bit more confusing me thinks.

[jigger]

I really like the look and design of the Alienware desktops cases. I think Dell could make some money selling bare bones systems and cases.

[Sunderas]

Dunno why but the Area 51's design actually appeals to me.

[CAT-THE-FIFTH]

Alienware has released some laptops and one of them has a RX470:

http://www.tweaktown.com/news/53717/...ops/index.html
http://radeon.com/en-us/alienware-un...x-470-laptops/