Standing screen display size | 7 Inches |
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Screen Resolution | 1280 x 800 pixels |
RAM | 16 GB |
Hard Drive | 16 GB |
Graphics Coprocessor | geforce gtx |
Chipset Brand | NVIDIA |
Card Description | Dedicated |
Graphics Card Ram Size | 16 GB |
Alienware Graphics Amplifier (9R7XN), Stealth black
Brand | Alienware |
Screen Size | 7 Inches |
Color | Stealth black |
Hard Disk Size | 16 GB |
Ram Memory Installed Size | 16 GB |
Graphics Card Description | Dedicated |
Graphics Coprocessor | geforce gtx |
Item Weight | 7.7 Pounds |
Total USB Ports | 1 |
Connectivity Technology | USB |
About this item
- Amplify your performance Step up your graphics performance with support for a full length, double wide, desktop graphics card that do not exceed 10.5 inches in length
- Designed for Alienware 13 R2, 15 R2, 15 R3, Alpha R2, M17xR2, M17xR3, X51 R3, R2 notebooks LCD or on any external display connected to the amplifier
- Includes a 460 Watts internal power supply, GPU is not included, peripherals dock to the amplifer with 4 built in USB 3.0 ports
- Plug in with a single proprietary cable, included in box, exclusively made for Alienware R2 laptops, it is a system bus extender, has stealth black color
- Compatibility for available GPUs compared to TBT3 options and offer support for a single full length, dual wide, PCI Express x16 graphics card, support graphic cards of up to 375W and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 600 as well as AMD Radeon HD 5000 series and newer
- Note: Kindly refer User Guide before use
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Technical Details
Brand | Alienware |
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Item model number | 9R7XN |
Item Weight | 7.7 pounds |
Product Dimensions | 16.1 x 7.3 x 6.8 inches |
Item Dimensions LxWxH | 16.1 x 7.3 x 6.8 inches |
Color | Stealth black |
Processor Brand | AMD |
Number of Processors | 2 |
Additional Information
ASIN | B00PCJXN0I |
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Customer Reviews |
4.0 out of 5 stars |
Best Sellers Rank | #21,391 in Computer Internal Components |
Date First Available | November 7, 2014 |
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Product Description
Dell Alienware Graphics Amplifier with Stealth Black finish has a 460 Watt Multi-GPU Approved Power Supply. (4x) Full power SuperSpeed USB 3.0. Enhanced AlienFX System Lighting - Alien Head lighting zone. (1x) A/C Power; (1x) Alienware Graphics Amplifier to Notebook Port. Support for a single full-length dual-wide PCI-Express x16 graphics card. Up to 375W graphics cards supported. NVIDIA GeForce GTX 600 series and newer. AMD Radeon HD 5000 series and newer. Defined by internal graphics card. (1x) PCI-Express x16 (electrical spec: x16).
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Customers like the compatibility and performance of the laptop. For example, they say it works well with their Alienware 17 R3 and adds plenty of performance. That said, some complain about the stability and construction. Opinions are mixed on ease of use, fit, and graphics card.
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Customers like the compatibility of the laptop adapter. They say it works well with their Alienware 17 R3 and is simple to set up. Some say it's a very useful product that extends the gaming life. Some mention that it works right off their Alianware monitor and there's no loss of performance.
"...Alienware Graphics Amplifier paired with an MSI RTX 2070 Super works incredibly well. Borderlands 3 runs between 50 and 60 fps at 1440p maxed out...." Read more
"...Also, my 13 R3 now stays cool when gaming.While it works great for what it's supposed to do, I do have a few complaints about it:..." Read more
"Works great with my Nvidia GTX 1080 Founders Edition connected to my A W. 17 R3 with the latest driver and attached to my 60 in TV via hdmi...." Read more
"...back of the laptop, but there was a lot of lag times...it just didn't work very well...." Read more
Customers like the performance of the laptop. For example, they mention it adds plenty of performance to their Alienware 13r3, runs at a brilliant pace, and streams at high level without lag. They also say it's playing Overwatch at 200 FPS with no lag times. Customers also didn't mention any bottlenecking or issues with frame rate while gaming.
"...Witcher 2 ran at a brilliant pace even at Ultra. I did not notice any bottlenecking, but I have never used that GPU inside a full-sized desktop AND..." Read more
"...The RX 480 has provided a very welcome boost in power over the GTX 970M my laptop came with...." Read more
"...Added plenty of performance to my Alienware 13r3 and works nearly seamless from what I can tell...." Read more
"...When I'm home I found it to give tons of power to the system. From playing on medium graphics to ultra with the gtx 1080...." Read more
Customers are mixed about the ease of use of the laptop. Some mention it's very easy to install and use, with no issues figuring it out. However, others say that it'd be difficult to set up and use.
"Installing my Gigabyte G1 1070 was easy. Connected the AGA to my Alienware 13 R3 and everything worked the first time...." Read more
"...All that said, I'm very satisfied with my purchase. It was easy to setup and boot up, there wasn't any software that needed to be installed to get..." Read more
"...feels like it was just slapped together and it is difficult to install larger size gpus...." Read more
"Bought this to use with my Alienware 17 R3. Setup was a breeze: popped open the amplifier, removed a couple of screws, inserted my video card..." Read more
Customers are mixed about the fit of the laptop. Some mention that it fits their full sized card just fine, while others say that it won't fit larger graphics cards like the GTX 1080 Ti.
"...However, it is relatively large so if you want to save desk space you may want something to put it on...." Read more
"...The 2070 fit right in with no issues. I am a bit surprised at how quiet it is compared to my PC's processor's jet engine fan...." Read more
"...CON:The only flaw I can think of is: RTX cards fit snug into the amplifier (The ones that "CAN" fit)...." Read more
"...It's very well priced, fits most large graphics cards (I have a Radeon 5700 xt)...." Read more
Customers are mixed about the graphics card. Some mention that it provides a noticeable graphics boost, has an absolutely beautiful display, and is a great amplifier. However, others say that there is no graphics card and that it is not included.
"...the card and the monitor I mention above...no lag times, absolutely beautiful display...." Read more
"...This is an external graphics card CASE. It doesn't come with a graphics card...." Read more
"...When I got the graphics amplifier it looked better than I expected...." Read more
"...cool lap top, cooler graphics, Founders 2080 super!!..." Read more
Customers are dissatisfied with the stability of the laptop. They mention that it's a janky piece of hardware, poorly constructed, and feels a little cheap. The PSU that comes with the laptop is of poor quality and did not stand up to moderate use over several months. Some customers also say that the laptop freezes.
"...this hunk of plastic, you may be sorely disappointed, in this massive failure that Dell has produced...." Read more
"...This is great for travel, just know, it is not made of metal, but a semi-tough plastic that I would imagine could crack if it got one good knock...." Read more
"tl;dr: It's a janky piece of hardware, but so is my Alienware laptop. Nevertheless, it gets the job done...." Read more
"...I just consider it a winter coat for the gtx, sporty and rugged, cant do without it.. not too loud, I forget its on.. more white noise if anything...." Read more
Customers find the notebook difficult to open and close. They mention that the wider 1080s will not allow the case to close. Some say that the graphics dock doesn't even close properly.
"...Unfortunately mine gets stuck, and is super hard to open, but companies make lemons and I have coped with it, and it's not a big deal, just use some..." Read more
"...My graphics dock doesn't even close properly, though I was warned this thing feels cheap as all hell and it really did, even just inserting the GPU..." Read more
"...when you first open it you think you might break it, but it's just hard to open." Read more
"...said, if you already have a taller card, it just means the top won't totally close, so if you can live with that, carry on..." Read more
Customers are dissatisfied with the noise produced by the notebook computer. They mention that it's very noisey at idle, and way too loud when temperatures rise. The fan and the power supply in the graphics amplifier are loud, and the PSU emits a loud whine when you load a game.
"...4. The AGA’s fan makes a somewhat high-pitched sound...." Read more
"...The factory fan is deafening, but the fan and power supply are all standard parts that can be replaced and upgraded...." Read more
"...The 2070 fit right in with no issues. I am a bit surprised at how quiet it is compared to my PC's processor's jet engine fan...." Read more
"...The power supply can get noisy under heavy load, so you might not want this sitting directly next to you...." Read more
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In our configuration, we use a GeForce GTX 1060 Mini 3GB GDDR5 Super Compact Graphics Card ZOTAC GeForce GTX 1060 Mini 3GB GDDR5 Super Compact Graphics Card (ZT-P10610A-10L) and for the monitor we use an Acer XF240H Acer XF240H bmjdpr 24-inch Full HD (1920 x 1080) AMD FreeSync Display (Display Port, DVI & HDMI Port, 144Hz Refresh Rate) .
At first, the signal from the amplifier was not picked up by the monitor. The laptop itself would not recognize the the second screen, although the light on the front of the amp would come on when we turned the laptop on. The signal just wouldn't transmit from the amp to the monitor. I then went online and downloaded the driver for the graphics card, rebooted, and then all worked well. We are using a display port connection.
I highly recommend this if you want to give your Alienware a boost for gaming...it works perfectly. I also recommend the card and the monitor I mention above...no lag times, absolutely beautiful display.
If things change as we use it more, I will update this review...thanks for reading....hope our experience helped!
The Alienware Graphics Amplifier paired with an MSI RTX 2070 Super works incredibly well. Borderlands 3 runs between 50 and 60 fps at 1440p maxed out. The performance from the amplifier to the laptop display do not appear to show any performance loss (at least to me) compared to something like a Thunderbolt dock (due to its limitations of bandwidth). This combination runs Monster Hunter World at 1440p with DLSS on at 80 frames per second. I haven't tested this with an external monitor yet.
CON:
The only flaw I can think of is: RTX cards fit snug into the amplifier (The ones that "CAN" fit). The height of the MSI RTX 2070 Super needs leverage placed on top of the amplifier to allow it to close fully (compared to taking the card out and attempting to close it and slide the switch to lock it closed). Ensure the graphics card you purchase is shorter than 10.5" in length (not height), otherwise it will hit the closing mechanic on the amplifier.
Reviewed in the United States on September 20, 2019
The Alienware Graphics Amplifier paired with an MSI RTX 2070 Super works incredibly well. Borderlands 3 runs between 50 and 60 fps at 1440p maxed out. The performance from the amplifier to the laptop display do not appear to show any performance loss (at least to me) compared to something like a Thunderbolt dock (due to its limitations of bandwidth). This combination runs Monster Hunter World at 1440p with DLSS on at 80 frames per second. I haven't tested this with an external monitor yet.
CON:
The only flaw I can think of is: RTX cards fit snug into the amplifier (The ones that "CAN" fit). The height of the MSI RTX 2070 Super needs leverage placed on top of the amplifier to allow it to close fully (compared to taking the card out and attempting to close it and slide the switch to lock it closed). Ensure the graphics card you purchase is shorter than 10.5" in length (not height), otherwise it will hit the closing mechanic on the amplifier.
I have an Alienware 17R3 laptop with M.2 SSD drives and 32GB or RAM. The processor is an i7-6820HK, running the Alienware factory OS of Windows 10 Pro. This is not a weak system, and I've NEVER had issues running a 3840x2160 external monitor off the laptops internal Video card. But, as any gamer, I was looking for more, and decided to purchase the Dell Alienware Graphics Amplifier, and that is where things went bad...
Some out there have found success with running an older BIOS. I have gone through every BIOS update possible to see if there was ONE that would work with this amplifier. I also made sure I had the updated drivers for the system and graphics card sitting in the external Amplifier.
I started off with the latest BIOS 1.3.10 which has the following fixes:
1) Improve user experience in Battery mode
2) Add Caldera SW flag for Fn+F1/S3&S4 plug in
Result: continuous reboot, until failure
Next, I moved to the starting BIOS; 1.2.8, as some people have had “luck” with older BIOS versions.
Result; continuous reboot, until failure
Next, I moved to the next updated BIOS 1.2.15, which has the following fixes:
1) Updated suspend / resume protections
Result; continuous reboot, until failure
Next, I moved to the next updated BIOS; 1.3.6, which has the following fixes:
1) Caldera mode1 enter mode5 setting
2) Remove TDPL method for DPT
Result, continuous reboot, you know what comes next....
Next, I moved to the next updated BIOS, 1.3.9, which has the following fixes:
1) Alienware Graphic Amplifier enhancement
Result, continuous reboot
I did a lot of research and found that some folks found that installing an Operating System from Microsoft helped them. So, I purchased Windows 10 Home from Microsoft, installed it, and ….... as you can see from the video; continuous reboot.
I really tried to make this work, but in my opinion, this joke perpetrated by Dell on users signifies my last computer purchase from Dell.
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El Amplificador viene super bien empacado, cuenta con todos sus cables y en mi caso compre una RTX 2060 de MSI y le quedo perfecta, batallé un poco para cerrar el cajón pero era cuestión de acomodar bien mi tarjeta gráfica.
Contiene en el paquete:
*Soportó gráficos 4K.
*Hasta ahora el rendimiento ha sido espectacular, claro con su correspondiente tarjeta gráfica (que se compra aparte).
*No necesité de actualizar todo el sistema para que la reconociera, solo descargue el driver en Dell y listo reinicié y la reconoció.
*Cuando ya esta conectado el cable especial de ALIENWARE encienden ambas cabezas de un color blanco.
Se puede cambiar la luz led de color desde el Alienware FX.
*Trae su cable ALIENWARE especial.
*Cable de corriente.
Todo excelente, muy recomendable.
Reviewed in Mexico on September 26, 2020
El Amplificador viene super bien empacado, cuenta con todos sus cables y en mi caso compre una RTX 2060 de MSI y le quedo perfecta, batallé un poco para cerrar el cajón pero era cuestión de acomodar bien mi tarjeta gráfica.
Contiene en el paquete:
*Soportó gráficos 4K.
*Hasta ahora el rendimiento ha sido espectacular, claro con su correspondiente tarjeta gráfica (que se compra aparte).
*No necesité de actualizar todo el sistema para que la reconociera, solo descargue el driver en Dell y listo reinicié y la reconoció.
*Cuando ya esta conectado el cable especial de ALIENWARE encienden ambas cabezas de un color blanco.
Se puede cambiar la luz led de color desde el Alienware FX.
*Trae su cable ALIENWARE especial.
*Cable de corriente.
Todo excelente, muy recomendable.
Reviewed in India on January 27, 2017
CONSIDERACIONES
-Sí, las computadoras de escritorio son mucho mucho mas potentes blah blah, lo sé y aún así requiero una para mi trabajo con gran potencia para mi trabajo y para mis juegos como hobby.
-Sí, la tarjeta de vídeo que le conectes al amplificador tiene una caída de rendimiento del 5%-10%, es NEGLIGIBLE comparado con el beneficio.
Compré una 980 Ti hace poco y puedo jugar The Witcher 3 en 4k con 50 fps con los detalles al máximo exceptuando sombras y antialiasing, baja a 40 fps en algunas de las zonas mas pobladas pero aún así es una calidad excelente y más para 4k, la posibilidad de obtener mayor rendimiento en el futuro es lo mejor.
Aquellos afortunados que se esperaron y van a comprar la GTX 1080 verán que el amplificador es una excelente solución que les permite tener tanto movilidad como poder, MUST HAVE para cualquiera que cuente con una laptop Alienware compatible.
This add infinity of options to boost up your gaming experience. Just installed a 1080 graphic card. Works like a charm!
I just changed the amplifier power suply for a 750w and the fan for a stronger one. I run pretty much everything now! The only thing missing is to change my HDD for an ssd and im good for 2 more years at least!