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

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.

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 )

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 .

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) .

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 .

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.

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.