Dell simply launched its new Alienware Area-51 lineup of gaming PCs at this time. Currently, it is accessible in solely two configurations – each paired with an Intel Core Ultra 9 285K and GeForce RTX 5080 GPU – beginning at a bonkers value of $4,449.99. Don’t count on to get it immediately both; Dell estimates this method to reach at your door by April 22.
Alienware Area 51 RTX 5080 Gaming PC Up for Preorder
Alienware Area-51 Intel Core Ultra 9 285K RTX 5080 Gaming PC (32GB/2TB)
Alienware Area-51 Intel Core Ultra 9 285K RTX 5080 Gaming PC (64GB/4TB)
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This Alienware Area-51 gaming PC options an Intel Core i9 Ultra 9 285K CPU, GeForce RTX 5080 GPU, 32GB of DDR5-6400MHz RAM, and a 2TB NVMe SSD. The CPU is cooled by an enormous 360mm all-in-one liquid cooling resolution, and the system is generously powered by a 1,500W 80Plus Platinum rated energy provide. There’s no query that this PC will deal with any of your gaming wants, even at as much as 4K.
The Intel Core Ultra 9 is Nvidia’s latest flagship CPU. It’s definitely a really highly effective processor, though not fairly as a lot of an uplift as we might hope from a brand new technology. In our Intel Core Ultra 9 285K assessment, Jacqueline Thomas wrote that “it’s exhausting to have a look at the Intel Core Ultra 9 285K and never scratch my head. It’s a strong processor, however Intel eliminated Hyper-Threading and lowered the max Turbo Boost velocity, nerfing its potential. This was completed in favor of including an NPU to the chip, however that makes little sense for a desktop processor that’s invariably going to be paired with a devoted graphics card. This makes the Core Ultra 9 285K a shaky guess on a world the place AI is so ubiquitous that it’s value dropping out on conventional compute efficiency. Whether or not that finally ends up being true, although, we’re undoubtedly not there but.
The RTX 5080 is one in every of two new Blackwell graphics playing cards which can be out (and not possible to seek out). In our Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080 FE assessment, Jackie gives an identical sentiment. “If you have already got a high-end graphics card from the final couple of years, the Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080 doesn’t make a variety of sense – it simply doesn’t have a lot of a efficiency lead over the RTX 4080, although the additional frames from DLSS 4 Multi-Frame Generation do make issues look higher in video games that help it. However, for players with an older graphics card who desire a important efficiency increase, the RTX 5080 completely gives – doubly so when you’re snug with Nvidia’s AI goodies.”
RTX 5080 and 5090 GPUs Are Sold Out Everywhere
The first wave of Nvidia GeForce RTX 50-series graphics playing cards went up for preorder this morning and offered out inside the first hour. First to be launched had been the 2 highest-end GPUs within the stack: the RTX 5090 and RTX 5080. The mid-range RTX 5070 and 5070 Ti playing cards will probably be launched later in February.
Sadly, the identical is the case with prebuilt gaming PCs geared up with these new GPUs. We noticed quite a lot of techniques listed early this morning (with a number of even displaying up a day early), and at this level these are all out of inventory as effectively.
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