Alienware Steam Machine R2 Wireless Driver

Armed with an Nvidia GeForce GTX 960 GPU with 4 GB of VRAM, the Steam Machine R2 is certainly more powerful than the consoles of the current generation, but not the heavyweights of the office.

When we ran Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six Siege, the Steam Machine R2 reached 131 frames per second at 1080p per minute, losing the average of 215 frames per second. However, the Alienware X51 and its Nvidia GeForce GTX 970 processor have only slightly improved, up to 185 fps. After changing the setting to High, the frame rate of the Steam Machine R2 was reduced to 69 fps, which is well above our readability threshold of 30 fps, but lower than the category average by 129 fps. The X51 reaches 107 frames per second.

In the Metro: Last Light test, the Steam Machine R2 offered 105 frames per second in low resolution at 1080p, but it dropped to 27 frames per second less.

In itself, the Steam Machine R2 960 graphics processor can not run 4K games with higher settings or is compatible with Oculus Rift or HTC Vive. That’s why it’s worth asking your friends some help, which in this case is the Alienware graphics amplifier ($ 199) equipped with an Nvidia GeForce GTX 1080 GPU (starting at $ 699)).

With the amplifier connected, the Steam Machine R2 pumped 252 fps during the low-resolution reference of the Rainbow Six Siege 1080p, which was reduced to 127 fps at 4K (3840 x 2160). Set the high setting at 188 fps in 1080p and 69 fps in 4K.

During Metro: Last Light, we recorded a frame rate of 118 frames per second in low-resolution 1080p and 106 frames per second in 4K. With all sibilant options enabled, the frame rate was reduced to 47 fps in 1080p and 19 fps in 4K.

The Steam Machine R2 is an average hay maker for such a small device. The Intel Core i7-6700T processor at 2.8 GHz with 8 GB of RAM effortlessly launched an episode of Black Butler on Netflix with 11 additional tabs open in Google Chrome when running a full system analysis The stuttering only started when I launched The Witcher 3 in window mode.

In the synthetic test Geekbench 3, the PC obtained 13,762 points, an average of 15,142, but exceeded 12,536 of the X51 (Intel Core i5-6600K 3.5 GHz).

When we tested Steam Machine R2’s transfer speeds, the 1 TB, 7,200 rpm hard drive doubled 4.97 GB of mixed media files in 1 minute and 48 seconds. This resulted in a fairly low transfer rate of 46.5 megabytes per second, which is much slower than the average of 224.5 Mbps workstations. The 256GB SSD of the X51 has roasted its smallest cousin , with a speed of 279.3 Mbps.

In the macro test of the OpenOffice spreadsheet, the Steam Machine R2 has 20,000 names and addresses in 3 minutes and 31 seconds, which is slower than the average of the 3:03 category. The X51 did a little better, at 3:14.

In addition to the Windows 10 applications and some third-party offerings, much of Alpha’s storage space is free and you are waiting for it to be filled out as you wish. As with most gaming computers, the Nvidia GeForce Experience comes pre-installed and includes a number of utilities designed to maximize the performance of your gaming console, including battery life and performance maximization.

The revised configuration of the Steam Machine R2 I costs $ 949 and has an Intel Core i7-6700T processor at 2.8 GHz with 8 GB of RAM; a 1 TB hard drive, 7200 rpm; and an Nvidia GeForce GTX 960 GPU with 4 GB of VRAM.

The $ 499 base model includes an Intel Core i3-4170T 3.2 GHz processor; 4 GB of RAM; a 500 GB hard drive, 7200 rpm; and an Nvidia GTX 960 GPU with 2 GB of VRAM. If you’re an AMD fan, you can get an iteration of $ 599, which offers a Radeon R9 M470X GPU with 2GB of VRAM memory, plus an Intel Core i3-6100T, 8GB of RAM and a 500GB hard drive, 7200 rpm .

If you like a good DIY project, you can open the Alpha with nothing more than a Phillips screwdriver. From there, you will have access to the processor and RAM, which can be easily replaced. In case you need a little help, Alienware has created several YouTube videos to guide you through the process.

• Make sure you are logged in with an administrator account.
• Locate the folder where the file was downloaded.
• Locate the downloaded file and double-click on it.
• Follow the instructions on the screen.
• In the Select destination location window, click “Next”. If you want to select another folder, click Browse.
• In the Ready for installation window, click “Install.” All the necessary files will be extracted in the selected folder. 

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