New Alienwares 2016

A lot of people are interested in the AW 13 R3, which is a stark contrast from this forum, where there is more interest in the AW 15 R3 and AW 17 R4.

 

It was strange, I feel like the only person here thinking about that delicious 13 with OLED.

 

I think its strange that more people here are not interested. Arguments over 15" and 17" AW vs other comparable Competitor Clevo, MSI seem to get the most interest for AW.

Its the smaller portable segment where they truly shine, and have done so since the AW M11x. Here they never jumped onto the ultra thin shockingly loud hotbox bandwagon with razer, aorus and msi

OLED is a truly unique offering for any laptop (only other is Lenovo I think) let alone the gaming segment.

If they offer kaby lake quad core, then I may sell my current AW 13 OLED

 

So true - the M11x R1 was my first "gaming" laptop, and dedicated gaming computer - I used to love how small it was. I kept it in my day bag, played so many games on break from work, in bed, etc...

How do you like the OLED panel they put in the 13? Do you have an OLED TV for comparison?

 

I'm looking forward to the new 13. Just hope they offer a bigger battery


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But who wants to game on a 13"? At least I consider even the 17" to be at least 23" too small


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Its incredible. No TV to compare it to. My nicest monitor is the Dell Ultra Sharp U345W 34" curved monitor. I find myself Gaming on 13" screen for everything but First Person Shooters. Playing Limbo or the Swapper ( or other very high contrast game) at night with the lights off is an otherworldly experience with surround sound.

 

13" screen is plenty big when you are only 20" from the device.

Maybe growing up with a GameBoy instead of consoles makes me think this?

 

Well, I think "in your face" proximity works well for a VR headset, too. All a matter of perspective, right?

 

i am actually waiting for the AW13. I keep going back and forth between the AW15 or Razer blade

 

I am about to buy the new 15 and would like to know if it has Optimus, and if it does is there a BIOS switch for the Optimus?

 

Yes it has, but it seems like u can disable it via bios

 

We finally have an unboxing up on youtube.

 

Optimus can be switched off in the bios even on AW15 machines without Gsync? anyone can confirm?

 

How do you hold the AW13 that close to the eyes? I hade a C64 when growing up BTW

 

AW15 shipped ^^ ! Yay. should get it in 2-3 days .
When I get i'll remove that mechanical HDD and will donate it to an antique museum.

 

I happen to run an antique museum....I also accept donations....

 

How long was yours in production?

 

It seems impossible to disable it from BIOS

 

Seem not. Maybe need to unlock the BIOS

 

Laptop is out for delivery, cant wait to try it out today.

 

Can u try fn+f7?

 

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FN+F7

 

According the reviews it's a little over-satured compared to the best OLED TVs, but it's a damn good screen way better than any LCD you can find in a laptop in almost every aspect. The issue however is the technology being too new to be considered "safe" to jump all the way in. Screen burns risks and unavoidable pixel degradation come with the package.

 

My 17/6820HK/1070/32GB had a shipping label created. Should be here Monday.

 

Well this is catastrophic - dell/aw has locked us out from updating gpu drivers from anywhere but them.

This is a huge dealbreaker.

https://i.reddituploads.com/f852503...536&w=1536&s=f832d6b9ff9427023fa8acabd8e5db89

 

Try completely removing your graphics drivers (with DDU) and then installing the one from nvidia.

Never mind, looks like he already tried that one.

 

Two users are reporting that they tried and are unable. This is from a reddit report about the new 15 r3

https://www.reddit.com/r/Alienware/...ware_15_r3_disaster_dell_wont_let_us_install/

 

It'll tell you information not available under the GEFORCE app in the driver tab.

First thing I did was try and upgrade the driver... Probably NOT a permanent thing I would guess.

 

This doesn't seem to be new. I remember with the early Echo models that their Nvidia GPUs weren't in the official Nvidia drivers until a driver or two later (or in the case of the 13 R1's 2nd GTX 860m and Alpha's GPU, a few drivers later).
This problem can be fixed if you modify the driver's inf file (specifially, the nvdmi.inf file) to include the ID of the Dell GTX 1060N and GTX 1070N. You can copy-paste the inf file from Dell's driver over the nvdmi contents. You'll have to disable the signature-certificate check thing to do this (this is a boot option). It's a temporary fix until they, the IDs, are on the official Nvidia drivers.

 

Switched to discrete mode and tried for ****s and giggles...

 

No you have to wait a little for Nvidia driver to recognize the dell CUSTOM 1070 (because yes they have a different Vbios and architecture).

Had the same problem back in the days when I had the MSI + 780M, got it really soon and at first couldn't install drivers. All I did was go to laptopvideo2go I think and they had custom INF files for drivers that allows you to install drivers on new laptops .

umar from Dell seems to think it's just an early adopter quirk, stock Nvidia drivers should install, if that's not the case or if we don't get an official statement within 14 days (EU law) I will return my AW15 without hesitation, ball in their court.

 

Do you have it now? The new AW 15?

 

Saturday or monday .
I really hope they will fix this driver quirk very quickly. Or at least tell us it is actually a quirk and not an intentional lock

 

OK sorry for the double post :

https://twitter.com/aw_umar/status/786599470276284416
Ok here it is , phew...This freaked me out a little tbh .

This is the closest official answer you will get as of now (Umar Khan Alienware youtube/marketing, good guy btw). But It does confirm that it's not really intentional. STOP FREAKING OUT EVERYBODY ^^ and let's wait for official top notch nivida drivers (or modified inf ?)

 

I haven't received mine. But that Chinese youtuber who posted first review said the option is hiden from BIOS

 

Is this a new AW?

 

Can some1 of the newly aw owner try the fn+f7 option in windows and report whats happening?

 

Easy to avoid screen burn on any OLED device. Degradation is 7 years to reach 50% brightness If constant use (10 hr days), for something I would only keep 2 years max anyway.

 

20-26" is average for any laptop which you use the keyboard on. Sounds close, but use a tape-measure, your closer to a laptop screen than you'd imagine.

 

I will try it out later this afternoon.

 

Any report on battery life yet for general usage? Like just browsing online, watch youtube videos, etc.

 

Bummer having to restart to switch between them but at least it seems possible. Perhaps you can also confirm that there is a TPM chip in there as well?

 

Isn't that quite reasonable considering that you had disabled the Nvidia GPU if I understood you correctly?

 

It does have a TPM chip btw..

 

What's your AW again? The 17 or 15? Specs?

 

I have an Alienware 15, its listed under security devices Trusted Platform Module 2.0.

Also the build quality on this laptop is leaps and bounds better then its Sager counterpart.

 

Apparently you can install STOCK AMD drivers on the new AW15/AW17 laptops and stock nvidia drivers very soon, so it's really nothing guys, you freaked me out a little !
I cancelled an msi gs62VR (just before it got shipped), a Asus GL502VS (God that thing heats), and cancelled a clevo P650RS-G, if those drivers were going to be locked i would have returned my AW15 --'. I want a good pascal laptop, the hardest part is the hardware (thermals, design etc.) so let's not destroy everything with crappy bios/software alienware ! And also,...I'm tired of returning/cancelling and waiting.

 

I suppose it would be a first for Dell to lock drivers, they never did it.

 

Didn't mean to freak you out - I just wanted to make sure we got to it quickly while people are within return timeframes.

Im glad this will be fixed, I am ordering the 13 as soon as its up.