NotebookForums.com › Forums › Notebook Manufacturers › Alienware Notebook Forums › Alienware General › Alien versus Alien (head to head)
New Posts  All Forums:Forum Nav:

Alien versus Alien (head to head)

post #1 of 8
1/14/08 at 9:27pm
Thread Starter 
Well since I have 2 Alienware Computers in the house I decided to find out who is the top Alien.

The Alien challengers:

Area-51 5550 Predator Tower
P4 3.4 OC'd to 3.924GHz
Liquid cooled processor
Nvidia 6800 Ultra 256MB RAM
406MHz Core 1.2GHz Memory

Area-51 M5750 17" Laptop
Core 2 Duo 2.16GHz or (4.32GHz processing power)
ATI X800 256MB RAM
452MHz Core & 504MHz Memory

The results: Desktop Laptop
3DMark012355229454
Laptop knocks the Desktop to the canvas

The results: Desktop Laptop
3DMark031410912874
Desktop comes back to take round 2

The results: Desktop Laptop
3DMark0559386381
Laptop once again takes the 3rd round

The results: Desktop Laptop
3DMark0628943000
Laptop takes the final round for a 3 out of 4 victory

Actually while gaming they are very similar which was what I wanted, so I'm very pleased with my portable Alien.
Note: The desktop might have done better with another 1GB of system memory.
Reply
Reply
post #2 of 8
1/15/08 at 11:24am
I think laptops have finally reached even preformance with desktops..
Reply
Reply
post #3 of 8
1/15/08 at 11:38am
Thread Starter 
Quote:
I think laptops have finally reached even preformance with desktops..
I agree, I think that fact is going to really effect the direction the market and new designs take. Sure you will always have more powerful desktops, but for mainstream users and even for gamers - laptops meet their needs today.
Reply
Reply
post #4 of 8
1/15/08 at 1:32pm
Performance notebooks have come into their own.
Reply
Reply
post #5 of 8
1/15/08 at 1:35pm
Quote:
Originally Posted by Guntizzle View Post
I think laptops have finally reached even preformance with desktops..
you are joking right?
Reply
Reply
post #6 of 8
1/15/08 at 1:51pm
Thread Starter 
Quote:
I think laptops have finally reached even preformance with desktops..
Quote:
you are joking right?
I believe, he means, if you walk into an electronics store like Best Buy, Circuit City, Mac Store, etc and you select a decent laptop and you do the same for a desktop (not the price leader - sales gimic type). You will find the performance doing most any task will yield very similar performance or perceived results. Now in the gaming arena things are different. The performance potential with desktops is still much higher, but if you take a game like Crysis which is very demanding of hardware there are laptops out there that will play it very well, maybe not at the same level as a triple SLI Intel extreme processor equipped machine, but very playable experience nonetheless.

If you look at the original point of this thread you'll see what I mean. My AW desktop will still play most if not all games (not on Ulrtra High, etc.) that the majority of desktops will choke on and my Laptop is actually tested to be a better performer and it cost me less.
Reply
Reply
post #7 of 8
1/15/08 at 9:18pm
'...mumbles about dubious circa 2004 vs circa 2006 comparison'
Reply
Reply
post #8 of 8
1/15/08 at 11:29pm
Thread Starter 
Quote:
'...mumbles about dubious circa 2004 vs circa 2006 comparison'
Yes, but one that mirrors your current desktop and the upcomming M17X comparison
Reply
Reply
New Posts  All Forums:Forum Nav:
  Return Home
  Back to Forum: Alienware General
NotebookForums.com › Forums › Notebook Manufacturers › Alienware Notebook Forums › Alienware General › Alien versus Alien (head to head)