Integrated vs Discrete vs Dedicated graphics; Dell XPS Studio 16 and Alienware M15x

[FFCookie]

Our colleagues Laptop Spirit tested the Alienware m15x laptop , described by the manufacturer of the '' fastest '' 15,4 . The base price of the machine is 1,249 euros . The testers got their hands on version BoostedWhose price rises to 2300 euros . We thus find a processor Intel Core 2 Duo T9300 ( 2.5 GHz ), the largest mobile GPU of the moment : NVIDIA GeForce Go 8800M - GTX ( for a significant additional cost of 400 euros! ) 2GB, 200GB HDD, Output HDMI. Please test for Integrated vs Discrete vs Dedicated graphics of Dell XPS Studio 16 and Alienware M15x.

[Marthaz]

he basic configuration of the Alienware m15x starts at Euro 1399. For this price , the machine is equipped with following components :

* Intel Core i7 720QM (+ 479.99 euros for a Core i7 820QM , + 1180 euros for a Core i7 920XM )
* 3GB RAM (+ 39.99 Euros for 4GB, 522.99 EUR + 6GB + 1022.99 euros for 8GB )
* 250GB HDD ( + 50 euros for 320 GB + 85 euros for 500 GB )
* Graphics Card NVIDIA GeForce GT 240M 512MB ( + € 115 for the GTX 260M 1 GB )
* Slot-in DVD burner (+140 euros to add Blu -Ray + 370 euros for burning Blu -Ray )
* Battery 6-cell 56 Wh (+ 69.99 Euros for the 9-cell 85 Wh)
* Windows Vista Home Premium SP1 64bit (+ EUR 120 for the Ultimate version )

[ApPy10]

Combining power and elegance , the Dell XPS StudioTM16 was designed to ensure ultimate multimedia experience with a laptop, offering exceptional performance and design .

* NEW ! Now available with Intel®CoreTMi5 Intel®CoreTMQuad-Core i7 ( optional ) .
* Supports Full HD 1080p and ATI high end .
* Choose genuine leather details and a backlit keyboard.
* Brighten up your display with LED display 40 cm (15.6 ") and on-screen performance RGB LED 41cm ( 16 "), available as an option .

[Team Leader]

The graphics card is certainly not the best there is. You could be a lot better , but what is your budget? I advise you to mount your PC by a professional or if you just materiel. Whatever the size of these machines, there is a VGA port , a e- SATA connector , a Gigabit Ethernet port , a location ExpressCard , HDMI , a DisplayPort port , card reader memory 8 - in - one , one FireWire and headphone jacks endless and micro . Add to that a Wi - Fi 802.11 b / g / n , webcam two million pixels and a dual microphone Bluetooth module ( normally offered in optional) .

[Archibald]

Alienware M15x current models 15.6 " Gamer on this segment with an Intel Core i7 bottom of the table and graphics card series nVidia Enthusiast catalog . It is also the same platform that we had the opportunity to see the Asus G51J . But if this is the same platform on paper , in reality it is different because we have a graphics card NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260M turning the operating frequencies announced by NVIDIA on the launch of this graphics card As you can see from this screenshot of the GPU -Z utility .

[Paisley007]

The XPS 13 includes an Intel Core 2 Duo P8600 ( 2.4Ghz ) with 4GB of DDR3. The storage space is comfortable , thanks to a hard disk 500 Go the another optical drive is a reader / DVD burner. Display is in turn covered by an Nvidia GeForce 9500M chip with 256 MB memory video . The latter is expected to enjoy the moment in games pretty good conditions.

[Joshe]

In The graphic part is it a Mobility Radeon HD4870 1GB instead of a dedicated Radeon Mobility HD4850 1GB dedicated earlier. But while the latter could be configured in CrossFire, this is - for now - not the case with the Radeon Mobility HD4870 . In addition, the storage space is now composed of either a hard disk by default but 2 units RAID1.