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Dell vostro 1400

  • 15-02-2008 12:52am
    #1
    conzy
    Subscribers Posts: 6,408 ✭✭✭


    Opinions?

    Seems very reasonable @ 790 inc vat and shipping
    Components
BASE	Intel® Core™ 2 Duo Processor T7250 (2.00 GHz, 800 MHz FSB, 2 MB L2-cache)	edit
OPERATING SYSTEM	Genuine Windows Vista® Home Premium - English	edit
SUPPORT SERVICES 	1Yr Basic Warranty - Next Business Day Included - No Upgrade Selected	edit
LCD	14.1" Wide Screen WXGA+ (1440x900) TFT Display with TrueLife™	edit
INTEGRATED WEBCAM	Matte Jet Black with 2.0 mega pixel camera	edit
MEMORY	2048MB 667MHz Dual Channel DDR2 SDRAM (2x1024)	edit
HARD DRIVE	250GB (5400RPM) SATA Hard Drive	edit
GRAPHICS CARD	128 MB NVIDIA GeForce 8400M GS	edit
POWER SUPPLY	90W AC Adapter	edit
OPTICAL DRIVE	Fixed Internal 8X DVD+/-RW Drive including Software	edit
PRIMARY BATTERY	Primary 9-cell Lithium-Ion Battery (85 WHr)

    Anyone know if the Graphics cards still have DRR2?


Comments

  • #2
    Voodu Child
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,706 ✭✭✭Voodu Child


    conzymaher wrote: »

    Anyone know if the Graphics cards still have DRR2?

    The 8400M is DDR2, but it's pretty irrelevant. It's a basic 3D card, it plays older stuff like HL2 fine, but wouldn't be up to anything too recent.


  • #3
    Jonathan
    Moderators, Education Moderators, Home & Garden Moderators Posts: 8,260 Mod ✭✭✭✭Jonathan


    It plays the OB games fine.... Dont be expecting AA or AF but at 14.1" wide its fine...


  • #4
    TerrorFirmer
    Closed Accounts Posts: 29,930 ✭✭✭✭TerrorFirmer


    Actually while the 8600GT has 256 of ddr2 as reference, the 8400GS quite often has 128mb ddr3....


  • #5
    conzy
    Subscribers Posts: 6,408 ✭✭✭conzy


    After doing more research the XPS M1530 seems to be a better purchase, i might make new thread about it :p

    It has portability and decent gaming performance (8600m gt) for around 1200 euro

    Is there any better laptops in this price range? There seems to be a crazy jump in price bracket from mid range to high end in laptop, any laptop with a card better than the 8600m gt seems to be 1800 euro +


  • #6
    Voodu Child
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,706 ✭✭✭Voodu Child


    Right now, if you want a reasonably portable 15.4" that'll play games (its not a monster but does a decent enough job of most games), it's hard to do better than the M1530. It has the DDR3 version of the 8600M - it's a little faster than the DDR2 version they use in the Vostro etc.

    The M1530 is a good purchase, I got one and am very happy with it so far.

    The 8800M GTX is in a few laptops now (including an Alienware 15") but as you say, there's a fairly big price difference between the mid and high-end.


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  • #7
    conzy
    Subscribers Posts: 6,408 ✭✭✭conzy


    voodoo_child wrote: »
    Right now, if you want a reasonably portable 15.4" that'll play games (its not a monster but does a decent enough job of most games), it's hard to do better than the M1530. It has the DDR3 version of the 8600M - it's a little faster than the DDR2 version they use in the Vostro etc.

    The M1530 is a good purchase, I got one and am very happy with it so far.

    The 8800M GTX is in a few laptops now (including an Alienware 15") but as you say, there's a fairly big price difference between the mid and high-end.

    How do you find gaming performance? I play mostly multiplayer games so Im used to sacrificing looks for performance... It should tear through games like Team Fortress 2 on low - medium settings?

    Any other thoughts on it? Can't wait to get it!


  • #8
    Voodu Child
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,706 ✭✭✭Voodu Child


    conzymaher wrote: »
    How do you find gaming performance? I play mostly multiplayer games so Im used to sacrificing looks for performance... It should tear through games like Team Fortress 2 on low - medium settings?

    Any other thoughts on it? Can't wait to get it!

    It scores around 4300 3Dmarks (06) out of the box. The newest game i've tried on it was COD4 - single-player at full settings (except AA) and 1440x900 averages around 40FPS. You only need to lower the res and settings a little to keep the multiplayer at around 90FPS average.

    I don't have TF2 but all the HL2 games fly on it anyhow so it should be grand.

    I went for the 1440x900 screen, at 250nits its the brightest of the current options (1280x800 is 220nits, 1680x1050 is 200nits). Though there will be LED backlight screens at some stage if you're in no rush, they'll be much brighter than anything currently available.


  • #9
    conzy
    Subscribers Posts: 6,408 ✭✭✭conzy


    I'm not buying until late June so hopefully by then the LED backlights and the Penryn CPUs will be an affordable option, I asked a Dell rep and he said the Merom CPUs will remain for a few more months as the best CPU for the M1530, but there will be a new graphics option "soon"

    Wonder what it is?! a 8700m gt hopefully


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