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DEVINDRA HARDAWAR: It's
been a pretty busy year

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so far for Alienware,
but it's not showing

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any signs of slowing down soon.

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At Gamescom this year,
the company is unveiling

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a slew of new gaming hardware.

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First step is its
next-generation Aurora R9

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desktop.

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It features the latest
legend industrial design

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which we saw on all of
Alienware's notebooks

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this year.

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Compared to the last model, the
new Aurora has a rounder front

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and an overall less busy look.

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You've also got a choice between
the two-tone black-and-white

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case or just a matte black.

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It's unabashedly a
mid-tower computer,

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but it's one that looks more
modern than any Alienware

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desktop we've seen before.

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It would be right at home as
a prop in Valve's "Portal"

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games or something like that.

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Once you crack it open,
you've got full access

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to all the hardware inside.

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You can equip it
with any of Intel's

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ninth-generation desktop
CPUs and your choice

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of AMD or Nvidia's latest GPUs.

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Given just how much more
powerful and functional gaming

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laptops have become
over the years,

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a full-fledged desktop seems
like a bit of overkill.

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But the beauty of any desktop
is that you can build it

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any way you'd like
and easily upgrade

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components down the line.

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So sure, even though notebooks
are getting more upgradeable,

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like the Alienware Area-51M,
it's still far easier

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to yank off the side
of a desktop and plug

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in whatever you'd like.

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You'll be able to
snag the new Alienware

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Aurora in black on August
20th starting at $970.

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The two-tone version
will cost you extra,

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but Dell hasn't confirmed
how much that'll be yet.

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Now, a powerful desktop
deserves a capable monitor.

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So how does a 55-inch
OLED gaming screen sound?

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We saw a prototype of
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back at CES, but now Dell
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and it's almost ready to ship.

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As you'd expect, it basically
looks like a TV from the front.

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But around the back,
there's a large LED

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strip which serves as an ambient
backlight while you're playing.

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It also has a new
legend designed,

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so it'd fit right
alongside the Aurora

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or any of the
company's new laptops.

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So why would you get
this over a typical TV?

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It's all about the specs.

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The Alienware gaming
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4K up to 120 Hertz and a fast
0.5-millisecond response time.

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It also has AMD's
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And since it's OLED,
it'll have inky dark

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black levels and
some of the best

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contrast you'll find on any TV.

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I played a bit of
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I was struck by how
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was on the gaming ladder.

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It was as if the game was
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and keyboard movements,
even when I was just panning

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around the camera quickly.

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I'll admit I don't have
much of an issue with gaming

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on my normal OLED TV, but
the Alienware gaming monitor

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was still noticeably faster.

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I didn't get to see anything
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but the game at least looked
sharp, with bold colors

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and plenty of brightness.

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As with every OLED display,
though, be prepared

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to spend a lot of money.

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It'll be available on
September 30th for $4,500.

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That's insane, I know, but
I'd imagine quite a few gamers

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wouldn't mind spending
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the best possible screen.

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It's probably a hard sell
for most other consumers,

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though, when you can get LG's
latest 65-inch OLED for $2,800.

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As for other new
gear, Alienware also

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has a 34-inch ultra-wide
monitor coming,

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but we didn't get
to see it in action.

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That'll go for $1,500
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And if that's too
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also a standard 27-inch 1080p
240-Hertz monitor coming

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on September 17th for $600.

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Even though most of
Alienware's announcements

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are the standard upgrades
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it's still nice
to see the company

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finally adopt a new design
across all of its hardware.

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And maybe swinging
for the fences

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with that gorgeous OLED
monitor will actually pay off.

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Head over to engadget.com the
rest of our gaming coverage.

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