Alienware 15 Gaming Laptop Review: Hedging Its Bets
Alienware 15 Gaming Laptop Review: Hedging Its Bets
Alienware 15 游戏笔记本电脑评测：稳中求胜的折中之选
WIRED 优点： 性价比表现尚可。键盘和触控板手感良好，虽非顶级但表现合格。简约的设计美学令人愉悦。接口丰富，甚至配备了以太网口。 缺点： 显示屏色彩表现欠佳。边框较厚且铰链较高，导致机身显得笨重。
Many of the best gaming laptops cost hundreds of dollars more than they did six months ago. Back then, you could get a decent budget-tier gaming laptop with an RTX 5050 for $700 or $800. Sadly, that’s no longer the case. In the current landscape of expensive hardware, the new entry-level gaming laptop from Dell’s Alienware line—the Alienware 15—offers just enough performance capability and quality specs to make it worth the price. 目前，许多顶级游戏笔记本电脑的价格比半年前上涨了数百美元。在过去，你只需 700 或 800 美元就能买到一台配备 RTX 5050 的入门级游戏本。遗憾的是，这种情况已不复存在。在当前硬件价格高昂的市场环境下，戴尔 Alienware 系列推出的这款新入门级游戏本——Alienware 15，提供了恰到好处的性能和规格，使其物有所值。
When Simple Is Better
简约即是美
The Alienware 15 doesn’t seek to be overly flashy or impressive in its design. With gaming gear, though, I tend to count simplicity as a positive. No overdone RGB lighting or aggressive edges. This model takes visual DNA from the Alienware Aurora laptops, with a similar-looking keyboard and chassis materials. I especially appreciated the gentle curve of the vents just below the lid. Alienware 15 在设计上并不追求过分张扬或浮夸。不过，对于游戏装备而言，我倾向于将简约视为一种优点。它没有过度堆砌的 RGB 灯效或激进的棱角设计。该机型沿用了 Alienware Aurora 系列的视觉基因，键盘和机身材质看起来非常相似。我特别欣赏屏幕下方通风口那柔和的曲线设计。
Though the Alienware 15 is a notable 0.9 inches thick, a lot of that heft is in the lid, meaning the device doesn’t feel clunky while open. Its screen is chunky, but I like that the top-heavy design means the laptop doesn’t sit as high up off the table when I’m using it. On the other hand, it’s not much thicker than the more expensive Alienware 16 Aurora. 尽管 Alienware 15 的厚度达到了 0.9 英寸（约 2.3 厘米），但大部分重量集中在屏幕盖上，这意味着设备在打开时并不会显得笨重。虽然屏幕部分较厚，但我喜欢这种“头重脚轻”的设计，因为它让笔记本在使用时不会离桌面太高。另一方面，它与价格更高的 Alienware 16 Aurora 相比，厚度并没有增加多少。
The Alienware 15 has some flex in the lid and keyboard deck, but nothing egregious. You won’t even notice it unless you start really pressing down where you shouldn’t. I enjoyed typing on the keyboard and also found it to fill its space nicely. The touchpad is large and feels OK to use; it’s not the best touchpad I’ve used on a cheap gaming laptop, but it’s also far from the worst. Alienware 15 的屏幕盖和键盘面有一定的形变空间，但并不严重。除非你刻意用力按压不该按的地方，否则根本察觉不到。我很享受在这款键盘上的打字体验，它对空间的利用也很合理。触控板面积很大，使用手感尚可；虽然它不是我用过最出色的入门级游戏本触控板，但也绝非最差。
One other compromise Dell made with this laptop is in its connectivity capability. It’s only on Wi-Fi 6, which is two generations back from what the latest devices use. You may not notice the difference in connection speeds, but if you have a newer Wi-Fi 7 router and are hoping to take advantage of it, you won’t be able to do so with the Alienware 15. 戴尔在这款笔记本上做出的另一个妥协是连接性能。它仅支持 Wi-Fi 6，这比最新设备所使用的标准落后了两代。你可能不会察觉到连接速度上的差异，但如果你拥有较新的 Wi-Fi 7 路由器并希望发挥其优势，那么 Alienware 15 将无法满足你的需求。
Fortunately, the laptop ports are plentiful and up-to-date, including two USB-A ports, two USB-C ports, an HDMI 2.1 port, and even an Ethernet jack. Both USB-A ports can support up to 5 GBps, and both of the USB-C ports are good for up to 10 GBps. The USB-C port on the left side can also charge up to 100 watts, which is not enough for gaming but is great for a quick charge. My only complaint is that the connectivity options are heavily on the left side of the device. Only the headphone jack and the other USB-C port are on the right side. 幸运的是，该机的接口非常丰富且主流，包括两个 USB-A 接口、两个 USB-C 接口、一个 HDMI 2.1 接口，甚至还有一个以太网口。两个 USB-A 接口均支持最高 5 GBps 的传输速度，两个 USB-C 接口则支持最高 10 GBps。左侧的 USB-C 接口还支持最高 100 瓦的充电功率，虽然不足以支撑游戏运行，但用于快速充电非常方便。我唯一的抱怨是接口大多集中在机身左侧，右侧仅有一个耳机插孔和另一个 USB-C 接口。
A Dismal Display
令人沮丧的显示屏
The 15.3-inch screen is the laptop’s biggest weakness. Its 1920 x 1200 resolution is fine, but like many cheap gaming laptops, the display uses a lower-quality panel than what you’ll find on higher-end models, including the Alienware 16X that I tested last year. The result is washed-out, desaturated colors. My colorimeter confirmed my hunch, showing the Alienware 15 covered only 63 percent of the standard red, green, and blue (sRGB) color space, compared with the 100 percent you see on higher-end laptops. 15.3 英寸的屏幕是这款笔记本最大的短板。其 1920 x 1200 的分辨率尚可，但像许多廉价游戏本一样，它使用的面板质量低于高端机型（包括我去年测试的 Alienware 16X）。这导致色彩显得苍白且饱和度不足。我的色度计证实了我的猜想：Alienware 15 的 sRGB 色域覆盖率仅为 63%，而高端笔记本通常能达到 100%。
Though I’ve experienced similar issues with other budget laptops, including the Acer Nitro V 16, misery doesn’t love company in this case. That is, the commonplace nature of this problem doesn’t make a bad display any nicer to look at. Even white webpages have a sickly green tint. 虽然我在其他入门级笔记本（如宏碁 Nitro V 16）上也遇到过类似问题，但这并不能让人感到安慰。换句话说，这种问题的普遍性并不能让糟糕的显示效果变得更好看。即使是浏览白色背景的网页，也会带有一种病态的绿色色调。
This display conundrum is one of the main reasons to opt for the Alienware 16 Aurora instead of the Alienware 15. The 16 offers a better-quality screen with more natural (and accurate) colors. That model came out last year, and it currently costs $300 more. 这种显示屏的困境是选择 Alienware 16 Aurora 而非 Alienware 15 的主要原因之一。16 英寸机型提供了质量更好的屏幕，色彩更自然（也更准确）。该机型于去年发布，目前价格比 15 英寸版本高出 300 美元。
The Alienware 15 has a 165-Hz refresh rate, which is perfect for this level of performance. It also has a total of 115 watts of performance, combining both the RTX 5050 and Intel Core Ultra 7 240H. This is last year’s CPU from Intel, but you’ll notice that many of the laptops that use the new 2026 Series 3 chips are quite expensive at the moment. Given the eye-popping prices, sticking with an older CPU seems to be a wise choice by Dell, as the performance difference in gaming isn’t substantial. Alienware 15 拥有 165Hz 的刷新率，这对于该级别的性能表现来说非常完美。它拥有总计 115 瓦的性能释放，由 RTX 5050 和 Intel Core Ultra 7 240H 共同驱动。虽然这是英特尔去年的 CPU，但你会发现目前许多搭载 2026 系列 3 芯片的笔记本价格相当昂贵。考虑到令人咋舌的价格，戴尔坚持使用旧款 CPU 似乎是一个明智的选择，因为在游戏性能上的差异并不显著。
Even tougher to reconcile is that Dell is offering the $999 starting option with only an RTX 4050 graphics processing unit (GPU). This graphics card is well over three years old and only includes 6 GB of VRAM—it’s simply not worth buying. For all intents and purposes, I’d consider the Alienware 15’s starting configuration to be the $1,200 model that gets you RTX 5050 and 8 GB of VRAM. That said, Dell only charges an extra $150 to upgrade to the RTX 5060 from there, and I’d recommend buying it if you can afford to do so. I haven’t tested that configuration, but that’s a fairly cheap price increase for what should be a substantial performance jump. Regardless of which GPU you choose, you’ll get a starting configuration of 16 GB of RAM and 512 GB of storage (with options to double those for a price). 更让人难以接受的是，戴尔提供的 999 美元起步版本仅配备了 RTX 4050 显卡。这款显卡已经发布三年多了，且仅有 6GB 显存——完全不值得购买。实际上，我认为 Alienware 15 的真正起步配置应该是 1200 美元的版本，它配备了 RTX 5050 和 8GB 显存。话虽如此，戴尔仅需额外支付 150 美元即可升级到 RTX 5060，如果预算允许，我强烈建议升级。虽然我没有测试过该配置，但对于预期的性能大幅提升来说，这笔差价相当划算。无论你选择哪款 GPU，起步配置均为 16GB 内存和 512GB 存储空间（并提供付费升级选项）。
At the RTX 5050 level I tested, I was satisfied with the Alienware 15’s performance. I could play modern, heavy games like Cyberpunk 2077, Marvel Rivals, and Black Myth: Wukong at close to or more than 60 frames per second (fps) in the Ultra preset without relying on upscaling. I did need to tweak graphics settings (such as dropping to the Medium preset) to get there, but I never felt as if I had to destroy a game’s image quality to achieve smooth frame rates. In a world where integrated graphics are increasingly powerful, the faster frame rates help make the Alienware 15 feel like a proper gaming laptop worthy of carrying around, despite its bulk. 在我测试的 RTX 5050 版本中，我对 Alienware 15 的性能感到满意。在不依赖超分辨率技术的情况下，我可以在“超高”画质预设下，以接近或超过 60 帧（fps）的速度运行《赛博朋克 2077》、《漫威争锋》和《黑神话：悟空》等现代大型游戏。虽然我确实需要调整图形设置（例如降至“中”画质预设）来达到这一目标，但我从未觉得为了流畅的帧率而必须牺牲游戏的画质。在集成显卡性能日益强大的今天，更高的帧率让 Alienware 15 感觉像是一台真正值得随身携带的游戏笔记本，尽管它确实有些笨重。