Multiple Video's of Alienware Alpha Outperforming PS4 & X1

Hey guy's I recently posted a thread asking if the Alienware Alpha was relevant in the console wars.

Now aside from all the fanboy flaming, most said it wasn't, however after more research I found a lot of Youtube video's showing benchmarks of the lowest model Alienware Alpha outperforming PS4 & X1 both in framerate, graphics and so on.

Now i'm not going to take the time to paste every link in here, if anyone wants to see for themselves, just jump on Youtube and type in Alienware Alpha vs X1 or PS4 and you'll find them.

Plus the occasional Steam sales on games, no online subscription fee....and so i'm starting to rethink this whole Steam machine / Alienware Alpha thing....especially now that the price points for each of the models are

$500 -- $700 - $850......its something to think about....and I am seriously considering switching over.

You'll still miss out on exclusive games for PS4 and Xbox One though.

Well it's obvious, Digital Foundry made an analysis on the hardware and reached the same conclusion.

The 860m is a downclocked 750Ti, which the PS4 can barely match, the 860m overclocks quite well and remains cool thus placing the card in the 750Ti territory. Not to mention even low powered Core i3s are better than the tablet CPUs on the lolsoles.

You should probably wait till november because around that time the lower end cards should be coming out to replace what's currently in the Alpha and other prebuilt HTPCs same for intel CPUs although the ones already out stomp on the CPUs in the consoles. I question what the hell AMD is doing Nvidia just revealed Titan X will have it produced soon, GTX 960 is already out, AMD is going to reveal the first of their 300 series cards at GTC which is 2 weeks away.

Like The Boredom: $18.86 and Screamride

Actually I think there are very few games that come out on Xbox One that won't be on PC as well.

Consoles were never meant to out perform PCs. Consoles have their games optimized to them so comparing specs to a PC is kinda pointless to compare.

Both have their places and another over priced PC isn't convincing me it is better than my console.

This is not a problem for lems anymore, soon we will be able to play Xbox One games also on more powerful PC if that's what we want. Sorry cows, you are out of luck.

Cows will be able to play those as well if they have a more powerful PC if that's what we want. Basically cutting out the crappy middle man that is Xbone. Logic fart on your behalf.

If you're gonna get into PC gaming, get into PC gaming and don't waste money on overpriced pre-built shit like this. Literally it's only advantage over a traditional gaming PC is it's size.

@Snugenz: I agree that the proper way to get into pc gaming is building it yourself, but this system is in no way overpriced. $470 on amazon, comes with an 360 controller and windows 8, it's pretty good value for it's price.

I was considering it for a while, because I needed an extremely portable system for gaming but in the end I might do a Mini itx with a coolermaster elite 110.

It's a bit bulkier but everything is upgradeable ;)

Does SteamOS mean every Steam game?

Lems are actually OK with the death of the Xbox brand.

Time to wrap it up now, MS. You've got the seal of approval from Insipid8.

Actually the other advantage is the U.I.'s console mode....So right out of the box you can hook it up, pick up the controller, log into Steam, download your games and grab your controller and play.

So in other words every game that's on Steam is playable with the included 360 controller out of the box, and even if it's not it also has desktop mode for your wireless keyboard and mouse.

So i.mo. it's the best of both worlds right out of the box....what is there to think about ?

Those $500 are not that great i saw some with R250X that is quite low and will get you in problems.

You do know I can use Big Picture mode on my custom built PC or my Macbook Pro if I so desire?

As @clyde46 said, Big Picture mode is pretty much the exact same thing and you can configure Steam to launch when you boot up your PC and to start in Big Picture mode.

@clyde46: how much that custom built PC cost you ?

The title says multiple videos, but I don't see any videos

Lost count. The last big upgrade was a GTX780Ti back in 2013. About a month before the PS4 launched.

The post also says i'm not taking the time to paste the links, just go to Youtube and type in X1 or PS4 vs Alienware Alpha, and you'll see the " Multiple Videos".

No one is talking about what a custom PC or Laptop can do, we're talking about the Alienware Alpha that Alienware is marketing as an out of the box PC console and it's U.I. vs that of PS4 and X1.

I really hope they do since that will kill the Playstation brand as well when the public sees no need for a gimped PC with mediocre exclusive flops that would be laughed out of the room on PC.

Cow tears and lem tears in one cocktail

PC doeskin have a recent exclusive GOTY nor a perfect 10/10 exclusive.

That UI is just Steam's Big Picture mode. Which can be booted straight into with any PC.

Because nothing assures a satisfying purchase than what another person thinks.

Switching over? You mean selling your current stuff again? How about you just save this time instead of making another silly financial decision? The alpha is just a tiny PC. It will still exist for a while. If it doesn't something better will replace it. And since you're buying digital the games aren't going to stop being produced.

PS4 doesn't have a 10/10 ether. Funny stuff.

So PS4 does win and PC comes in last. Thanks for proving my point.

@Slimmin360: it's not my job to go find your evidence

..as a Super Herm posts Meta Critic reviews above.. lol

Then we all know SONY has 2 top 5 GOATs just from last gen alone. Amazing.

In your little world I'm sure it does.

lol so your saying the xbox brand is useless then? well cant argue with you there

Playing Halo 5 on my Xbox One and PC is not useless. lol

This. The order alone > Any exclusive for that Alienware.

well the xbox one is

It depends if you buy it on sale for a good price. Also its going to be fun watching Xbox and PC gamers play against one another.

they've experimented with that before, and I doub't they would allow it for games like halo

Yes but the form fitting small size of the Alpha and the console mode, with the controller ready to play out of the box is what's better about the Alpha itself.

Nope actually it's now a done deal the I5 Alienware Alpha will be here by the end of the week, and thanks to the extra 50% trade deal on hardware and the full return of all my used games, I hardly had to pay anything out of pocket.

Tonight i'll pick up a Steam card or two to redeem when the system gets here and start my game collection.

I don't know why you insist on screwing yourself constantly...

@inb4uall: TC seems to make some poor choices

The form factor i've already said is an advantage to the Alpha, but this "console mode" you keep going on about is just Big Picture mode, that even the regular old PC/Mac and Linux versions of Steam have access to.

Think about it for a minute, with Steam and the Alpha there is no online subscription fee, also games have gone on sale anywhere from $4.99 to $15.99, especially during holidays, most of them are $10 less upon release anyway, you can adjust video settings to tailor fit even the most demanding graphical games .

The Alpha lets you upgrade the processor, the ram and the hard drive without voiding the warranty, and it has nearly the full PC library of last and current gen and more available for download, that's thousands of games, a quantity the X1 and PS4 could never hope to get.

Ok so maybe the U.I. is not as buttery smooth as the PS4 or X1, but it's a small price to pay for what you get in a pre-built, and upgradeable console. I've weighed the pro's and con's over the past week and it's definitely the way to go for me.

I know other die hard PC or console guy's might feel differently but, I believe that right now it's the best of both worlds, or at least as close as you can get of both worlds, so i'm jumping on board with the Alpha, and if it does in fact disappoint and it ends up being a mistake, then i'll be the first to come in here and admit it, but if not i'll also come in here and sing it's praises, which ever is warranted.

For the $700 that you payed using steam OS you could have built an extremly competent MiTX form factor PC for your living room that would have been completely up-gradable instead of partially upgrade-able.

Your biggest screw up is selling all your old stuff. It's almost never the right course of action. Just save until you can afford to buy something outright. Patience man.