Watched the stream, doesn’t look like a good choice. It had numerous issues with software and drivers.
The temps were out of control, to the point of thermal throttle and then slide show stuttering in some games.
He can’t update the driver, when he did it causes a black screen and forced him to use an external monitor to remove the driver and revert to the Dell driver. This also meant he was not able to access the adrenaline software, so no using those features or tinkering or overclock/undervolt.
No FreeSync or adaptive sync support available according to him. For this price? That is unacceptable. Almost all Nvidia GPU based laptops outside of MSI now have G-Sync, even the 4050 laptops.
Games crashed when they overheated. He used the silent profile which heavily limits the power to keep the laptop stable.
Basically this needs a lot more time in the oven. Terrible buy over an Nvidia GPU for similar price.
I’ll start by saying I’m BIASED to AMD
But at the same time, the issues you’ve listed seems to be specific to Dell/Alienware shitty software. High temps are a trademark of Alienware thin designs. Software (and drivers and AWCC or Dell CC causing driver fk ups) are also their weak point necessitating updates after updates to fix.
Terribly specced display over lower tier options seems to be a cost cutting measure. Which makes me think Dell/Alienware decided to rush this to be first with the hardware. Here’s hoping some other OEMs decided to take this up and actually do it right.
I would also be surprised if Adrenaline tuning works on the 7000 series tho. Last I heard was that the 7600 series were locked out. My 6600m and some guys 6700m were also locked but I haven’t read about 6800m being locked out yet. We could only do manual tuning via MPT unless we roll drivers back.