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About this product
Product Identifiers
BrandAlienware
MPNZ01G, 9R7XN
Ean0884116181996, 0796594185888, 7427451976907
GTIN0884116181996, 0796594185888, 7427451976907
UPC0884116181996, 0796594185888, 7427451976907
Model9R7XN
eBay Product ID (ePID)11026724975
Product Key Features
Compatible BrandFor Alienware, For Dell
PortsUSB 3.0
Compatible ModelAlienware 13,15,17 R2
TypeExternal
Dimensions
Weight11.05lbs.
Height6.8in
Width7.3in
Length16.1in
Additional Product Features
Country/Region of ManufactureChina
Ratings and reviews
Most relevant reviews
- 29 Dec, 2016Most favourable review
Its nice to have desktop performance from my gaming laptop
I love being able to plug all of my gaming accessories and printer into the graphic amps usb 3.0 ports and only having to connect 1 easy cable to my laptop and have desktop performance playing my games and what not.. then when I need to go I unplug the 1 cable and pack my laptop up in its case and game on the go. the internal gtx970m is still plenty good enough for portable gaming. If I'm going to be away from home for ahwhile I bring the graphics amp too, lol.. its not that big and fits into my duffle bag with all my cloths and stuff... so this is definitely worth what it does. I still would much rather have sockets on my 17r3's motherboard though for the cpu and gpu. even though the graphics amp is awesome, it would still be nice to upgrade my gtx970m to a gtx1080 and in a few years even upgrade the cpu.. but for what it is and whats available I do love my graphics amp... I can always upgrade the video card in it, so it will keep my laptop a powerful gaming pc way longer than if alienware didn't offer it.. All in all, I highly recommend it. it does only get pci express x8 though, which is confusing.. the NVidia control panel says its connected to pci express 3.0 x8 but the alienware website says its a X4 connection, so i'm a little confused about that.. so I wouldn't be sticking a titan in it.. lol. I tried my gtx1080 out of my tower computer with the x79 chipset and i7-4930 and the gtx1060 I bought just for the graphics amp gives just as much performance as the 1080 does and i'm thinking its becasuse of the 4 or 8 lanes of pci express when the card needs pci express x 16 for its full potential.. so in my opinion a gtx1060 is the biggest card I would put inside the graphics amplifier....Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
- 24 Dec, 2017Most critical review
For the price not very well constructed
It works fine except for the fact that the power cable might pop out also the cable that connects to my laptop does it fit very well in pops out in the slightest movement makes my laptop shut down because the power cable might come out it fits my GTX Titan X Pascal which is good but it needs a little work build quality wise.Verified purchase: YesCondition: New
- 21 Jan, 2018
Awesome - But know it's limits
I purchased the 9R7XN because MY version of the Alienware 17 R3 has the 4k screen. But the internal 3g Nvidia video card (while awesome at 1080p games) struggled at 3840 × 2160. The 9R7XN allows the use of an external video card while using either an external monitor...or in my case....feeds the image back to my laptop monitor. It does this seamlessly. I thought that feeding back into my laptop's 4k screen it would be choked and not as fast as feeding it to the external. But, it was just as fast. I run 2160 Fallout absolutely maxed out and it absolutely maxes the fps. So here is where you ask "what did you put in the AGA (Alienware Graphics Amplifier). And this is where we come to the good...or the bad. The AGA has a limit of 10 inches on graphic card length. My card of choice was the Nvidia 1080 Founder's Edition (all metal, no plastic). This is a beast card but it is 10 inches. Some of the cards I wanted exceeded 10 inches so the AGA's limit scratched them from my list. I ran a XFX ATi 290 and a Nvidia 1070, 1060, 1050 Ti...and they all ran fine. (But those cards ran in 1080, they would not run 2160 as smooth as what I was aiming for) The Nvidia1080 though produced too much heat for the AGA to negotiate. Ran 2160 res fine, but system shutdown in minutes due to overheat in the AGA box. I eventually had to remove the box-like cover and leave it "open air". Since doing this took away the only fan it DID have as it was attached to the front of the AGA box, I bought a small nine inch desk fan and blew it across the AGA. This has allowed me to play unlimited time in 4k. Ok...now that I am running just the guts of the AGA out of it's box, the video card length is no longer an issue. That being said, the AGA and the concept of running an external video card on the Alienware 17 r3 and such laptops is a Solid Win imo. The cable between the laptop and AGA does not appear to be the bottleneck I thought it was going to be. In fact, this concept should be used by all laptops. It works and it works well. On Steam I own about 100 games, and 80 of them don't go higher than 1080p. The Alienware 17 R3 allows me to play those games home or abroad by throwing the laptop in a bag. But on those games I own that are 2160p, I now easily play them at home, and now how a new choice for on-the-road. I can choose to carry the AGA and retain my 2160p status while on-the-road or settle with 1080p. I wanted to mention it like that because usually the first thing people ask me is "why not just have bought a desktop in the first place with the big video card in it?". For those people who must have mobility sometimes but don't want or can't afford two system, the AGA probably definitely the solution. Just know in advance the length limitation and the fact that the AGA case is like an Easy Bake Oven for a video card.
Verified purchase: YesCondition: New
- 03 Jul, 2017
Works week but that cable needs to go
Great way to upgrade your laptop. It could be improved with a littler more height to for larger cards and to get ride of the low profile screws which strip easily and are hard to replace. The cable is also far too fragile at the laptop side for frequent docking, they should have used a docking base like their latitude line.Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
- 26 Feb, 2020
It's Good.
This product is awesome. It gave me a huge performance boost and will keep my laptop relevant for many more years.Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
- 16 Oct, 2019
Alien x51 r3
My internal card died so I bought 980 ti and found it was way to big for my machine got the alienware z01g graph amp and now playing games like a winner. The box had extra usb3 ports and different 4 types of hdmi port for all cable types. Cant boast enough about the product. The only downside is I wish it came with a bigger power supply. I know this plenty but I think a 600watt would have made this the only product to buy on the market. And yes it is easy to upgrade the power supply yourself but it would have made this 9.5 product a 10 for me.Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
- 29 Mar, 2016
Fair price for it's features
This thing will longer your laptop's lifetime for almostas long as you want and gives you the posibility to keep mobile when you want to work, and stay desktop when you are at homeVerified purchase: YesCondition: New
- 13 Jun, 2017
The only way to go.
Thunderbolt 3 options lose about 10 to 20 % of your performance but the amp is a direct connect to PCIe and you only take a 5 % hit do to the mobile processor in alienware laptops and mini pcs compared to a desktop.Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
- 30 Nov, 2021
Worked great
I had one that no longer worked and Dell quit selling them. This one was used but worked great.Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
- 18 Dec, 2019
Does what it’s supposed to
I have an RTX 2060 super in it and I love it. Also good that they added USB ports because I needed thatVerified purchase: YesCondition: New
