Alienware has announced a major display upgrade for its gaming laptops. The company is bringing OLED screens back to its lineup after several years. This time, the focus is on high refresh rates and faster response times, which matter a lot for gamers.
The new OLED panels are coming to the Alienware 16 Area-51 and Alienware 16X Aurora. Both laptops now feature a 16-inch anti-glare OLED display with a 240Hz refresh rate. Alienware says the panel offers a 0.2ms response time, which should help reduce motion blur during fast-paced games. The display also reaches up to 620 nits peak brightness in HDR mode and covers 120 percent of the DCI-P3 color gamut.
Alienware has added several VESA certifications as well. These include DisplayHDR True Black 500 and ClearMR 9000. The company is also highlighting the anti-glare coating, which it claims reduces reflections compared to glossy OLED panels. This claim is based on internal testing, so real-world results may vary.
For now, only the 16-inch models are getting the OLED treatment. The larger Alienware 18 Area-51 continues to use an IPS display. However, it does get a refresh rate bump to 300Hz.
The Area-51 models will ship with new Intel Core Ultra 200HX series processors. Alienware has not shared full details yet, but these chips sit just below Intel’s top-end mobile offerings. Both the 18-inch and 16-inch Area-51 laptops can be configured with Nvidia RTX 5070 Ti up to RTX 5090 mobile GPUs. They also support up to 64GB of DDR5 memory and as much as 12TB of PCIe Gen 4 storage using multiple SSDs.
The Alienware 16X Aurora remains mostly unchanged apart from the new OLED display. It can be configured with up to a Core Ultra 9 275HX processor and an RTX 5070 mobile GPU. Memory support goes up to 64GB, while storage tops out at 2TB.
All three laptops continue with Alienware’s AW30 design language introduced last year. There are no visible changes to the chassis or overall look.
Alienware also teased two upcoming laptop categories. One is an Ultra-Slim gaming laptop, which the company claims is around 17mm thick. It will be available in 14-inch and 16-inch sizes and will feature a dedicated Nvidia GPU along with new power-efficient processors. Alienware says the 16-inch version is nearly half the size of the current Alienware 16 Area-51 by volume.
The second teaser is for an Entry-Level Alienware gaming laptop. Details are limited for now, but the company hinted that more information will be revealed in the coming months.
Alongside laptops, Alienware also announced an update to its Area-51 desktop lineup. Starting February, the desktop will be available with AMD’s new Ryzen 7 9850X3D processor. The new chip offers slightly higher clock speeds compared to the previous model, while the rest of the system specifications remain the same.
Alienware plans to launch the updated OLED gaming laptops in the first quarter of 2026. Pricing details have not been revealed yet, but higher costs are expected due to ongoing component supply issues.
