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| gamesir | Jun 2 2011, 03:54 PM Post #1 |
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I just bought this laptop for college(University of Alabama), and I was wondering how good it would be for playing games when there's nothing else to do. Includes XPS 15-2nd generation notebook, nine-cell lithium-ion battery, AC adapter, manual, setup diagram 2.7GHz Intel Core i7-2620M processor, up to 3.4GHz with Turbo Boost 15.6" diagonal widescreen HD WLED TrueLife display with 720p signal support, 1366x768 resolution 4GB shared dual-channel DDR3 memory 500GB 7200 RPM hard drive 8X DVD+/-RW dual-layer drive Dell 2GB DataSafe online backup/storage for one year Intel Centrino wireless-N 1030 Bluetooth 3.0 NVIDIA GeForce GT 525M 1GB graphics with Optimus JBL 2.1 speakers Built-in 2.0 megapixel webcam with facial recognition Backlit keyboard 10/100/1000 ethernet Two USB 3.0 ports HDMI 1.4, eSATA/USB 2.0 combo with Power Share, mini display, RJ-45 ports Two headphone jacks, one with S/PDIF support Mic jack Genuine Windows 7 Home Premium, 64-bit Microsoft Office Starter 2010 15 months of McAfee Security Center Measures approximately 15"W x 10-3/8"D x 1-3/8"H UL listed adapter; 2-year LMW |
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| Pando | Jun 2 2011, 04:12 PM Post #2 |
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The GPU looks good (from what I can tell). Hard drive and USB 3 is good, RAM is okay but might need to upgraded down-the-road. The worse thing I can spot is the 13 inch resolution on a 15 inch screen. |
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| gamesir | Jun 2 2011, 05:04 PM Post #3 |
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Would it be possible to play games like CoD or something on high settings or atleast on par with the consoles? |
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| Pando | Jun 2 2011, 05:16 PM Post #4 |
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I've seen a Macbook Air 11 inch with an 8 watt Nvidia 320M performing really well with CoD4. The 525M should do just fine
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| gamesir | Jun 2 2011, 05:20 PM Post #5 |
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Hell ya. If it cab play Battlefield 3 when it comes out, I'll ba happy |
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| lightsilver | Jun 3 2011, 06:08 AM Post #6 |
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It looks fine up front, until you come to the conclusion that it's Dell, so there must be something fundamentally wrong with it. |
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| Timberline | Jun 3 2011, 06:28 AM Post #7 |
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Yeah, it looks good but I heard that a lot of people have problems with Dell computers. |
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| OverTheBelow | Jun 3 2011, 10:13 AM Post #8 |
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Actually, the GPU looks pretty bad. I'd be surprised if it can run Battlefield 3 on lowest at a steady framerate. Overall it is by no means a 'good' graphics card, even for a laptop. ![]() COD MW2 will run at a good 45fps on medium settings, Crysis 2 will run at around 30fps on medium, Black ops you could probably scrape around 30fps on max, Bad Company 2 40fps on low, etc See more here at bottom of page: http://www.notebookcheck.net/NVIDIA-GeForce-GT-525M.43889.0.html edit: Also, don't even think about installing that McAfee rubbish. It's nothing but bloatware that will slow your PC down. Go for an antivirus such as Kaspersky or Malwarebytes. Edited by OverTheBelow, Jun 3 2011, 11:54 AM.
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| ElementalAlchemist-ZNR | Jun 3 2011, 11:46 AM Post #9 |
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Even the free Microsoft Security Essentials is pretty good. |
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| gamesir | Jun 3 2011, 03:22 PM Post #10 |
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Would it be possible to update the video card to a nvidia geforce gt 555m in the future with that kind of laptop |
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| lightfire | Jun 3 2011, 03:56 PM Post #11 |
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Listen to OTB. He knows what he's talking about, 10x. Such a nerd
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| OverTheBelow | Jun 4 2011, 12:53 AM Post #12 |
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Shh! ![]() @gamesir: Aside from RAM, laptops cannot usually be upgraded. So no, if you bought this laptop you'd be stuck with the GT525. |
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| gamesir | Jun 4 2011, 01:13 AM Post #13 |
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Damn. Oh well, it's for college anyway. Thanks for the help guys, really appreciate it. |
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| OverTheBelow | Jun 4 2011, 07:36 AM Post #14 |
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It's not like you can't do ANY gaming whatsoever on it, there is still some reasonable performance on most games at least. You should be glad you aren't stuck with an Intel integrated gpu anyway.. *shudders*. :p |
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| Minato | Jun 4 2011, 11:04 AM Post #15 |
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I was going to say the same thing. Dell = POS. Trust me on that one.
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