Build Testing With DX12 Reserved For Windows 10

[TyWillems19]

Alienware Alpha pretty much looks like a scam, on the local version of the website it redirects me to it only says "2 GB Nvidia GTX graphics"... What does that even mean? A 2GB GTX 910? Useless. Also the CPU's are kind of low in clock speed, the i5 has a max turbo of 3 ghz which is not slow but you could get faster for the price.

I've done quite a bit of research about it. From what I gather, the graphics card is a custom built Nvidia Card with virtual identical architecture to a GTX 750ti or GTX 860m. Most people say that everything gaming wise is pretty much bottlenecked through the card itself, and gaming performance is virtually reliant on that. Because it is custom built, most people complain about the inability to eventually upgrade the card if they so choose. The card itself outperforms PS4 and Xbox One in most cases, however.

They have different models (i3, i5, i7, 4GB RAM, 8GB RAM, HDD size, etc.) and there is little difference in gaming with games that don't take advantage of the extra threads/cores in the processor itself.

For example, games like Battlefield show little difference in framerate/gameplay when comparing the i3, i5, and i7, but a game like Crysis 3, which is highly demanding, will kick in access to the processor and suck up some extra power and improve performance.

From what I've heard, the Alpha is not the best (pre) Steam Machine that is available right now, but it battles in value for specification. I am actually in love with it because of it's Windows-first based OS. I plan to get the i7 with 2TB HDD 8GB RAM and use it for music production and a gaming device as an addition.

I am certain a better gaming PC can be built, likely for a better price, but the Alpha is also almost just a quarter of the size of the PS4/Xbone and that is really cool to me as well. And its case is cool

Sorry for the long post, but that is my take on the Alpha, and why I will be getting it. Its graphics card and processing power should be sufficient to handle RPCS3 when the time comes.