hi guys i want to buy a new laptop primarily for watching movies, surfing and gaming... am also looking for a stylish laptop... shud i go for Dell XPX 1530 or Asus G1S/G2S... is asus available here in kerala.... and if yes wats its price???
Gaming Laptop!!! Asus Or Dell????
dell xpx 1530
For Gaming its Dell XPS M1730. Starting price is 90K and check it out at the Dell's site for urself.
And If you dont mind the price and the weight (5.5KG!!!) and its so bulky...why would anyone prefer this to a desktop which can do something much better and costs 1/3rd of it?
Out of the choices you mentioned, I choose Dell XPS m1530
ASUS might be better I am not sure, but Dell has good onsite service and gives you peace of mind (I am not saying ASUS is bad..but I know about Dell for sure)
+1 for XPS M1530
but Asus has already started to ship their laptops with 9600M GT GPU which is anyday better than 8600M GT on XPS M1530, but the price for 9600M GT wud be higher, be warned. Dell hasnt yet released M1530 with 9600M GT in India. U can also wait for 1~2 weeks until Dell too starts putting 9600 in M1530.
but Asus has already started to ship their laptops with 9600M GT GPU which is anyday better than 8600M GT on XPS M1530, but the price for 9600M GT wud be higher, be warned. Dell hasnt yet released M1530 with 9600M GT in India. U can also wait for 1~2 weeks until Dell too starts putting 9600 in M1530.
XPS1530 is the best choice for gaming laptop.
H
XPS1530 shouldn't qualify as a gaming laptop since it has a m8600gt which is an underclocked,low power variant of 8600gt(which is pitifully underpowerful),but for 50K(or so) price it's the best deal u can get.For a good gaming laptop,one needs at m9600gt/m8700gt/m8800 gt,but these besides being expensive would also be v.power consuming requiring more powerful batteries,coolers in effect making the laptop much heavier.It's absolutely right,that a gaming laptop doesnt make sense as it's very heavy and considering performance/price is much lower than what u get for desktop,but some of us(who probably need to transport it many times) would have to go for that..
I think m9600gt would most probably support hybrid-sli and thus would have a much better battery life if implemented properly...
8600GT is more than enough to play most games on a 15" widescreen.
Moreover, there are laptops under Alienware brand that are for pure gaming. But they cost a bomb. XPS 1530 has perfect balance of price and performance.
Moreover, there are laptops under Alienware brand that are for pure gaming. But they cost a bomb. XPS 1530 has perfect balance of price and performance.
am ready to w8 2 or even 3 week if 9600m gt comes to 1530... but r u sure dell wil put 9600m gt on their laptops for under 60k???
+1
thats because its a gaming laptop.
it has a huge 17" screen.
it has SLi GPUs and 4 gigs of ram.
it means PORTABLE GAMING.
desktops can't do that.
I know desktops make more sense than laptops for gaming, but here he specifically asked for a gaming laptop.
infact, XPS m1530 does not qualify as a gaming laptop. A gaming laptop is similar in power to a gaming desktop. m1530 is a "multimedia" laptop. its not meant for playing crysis in high resolutions with 16x AA.
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^^^ its expected that Dell shall ship m1530 with 9600GT within 3-4 weeks.
but is there is any news frm dell specifying that...
If Dell ships M1530 with 9600GT then sooner we can expect M1730 to have Dual 8800GT in SLi or a 9800GT in it too. Moreover M1730's native screen of 17 inch supports Full HD resolution which M1530 doesn't has, its max res is 1280x800.
M1530
Processor
Intel® Centrino® Processor Technology - Intel® Core™2 Duo Processor T5750
Memory
3GB Dual-channel 667MHz DDR2 SDRAMMonitor
15.4" Widescreen WXGA (1280x800) TFT Display with TrueLife™
Graphic Card
256MB NVIDIA® GeForce® 8600M GT
Harddrive
250GB 5400RPM SATA Hard Drive
M1730
Processor
Intel® Centrino® Processor Technology - Intel® CoreTM 2 Duo Processor T8300
Memory
4GB Dual-channel 667MHz DDR2 SDRAM
Hard Drive
200GB 27200RPM SATA Hard Drive
Display/Monitor
17.0" UltraSharpTM Widescreen WUXGA (1920x1200) TFT Display with TrueLifeTM
Graphic Card
Dual 256MB NVIDIA® GeForce® 8700M GT graphics with NVIDIA SLI Technology
These are the default configs and as anyone can clearly see that in terms of gaming M1730 is better.
M1530
Processor
Intel® Centrino® Processor Technology - Intel® Core™2 Duo Processor T5750
Memory
3GB Dual-channel 667MHz DDR2 SDRAMMonitor
15.4" Widescreen WXGA (1280x800) TFT Display with TrueLife™
Graphic Card
256MB NVIDIA® GeForce® 8600M GT
Harddrive
250GB 5400RPM SATA Hard Drive
M1730
Processor
Memory
Hard Drive
Display/Monitor
Graphic Card
These are the default configs and as anyone can clearly see that in terms of gaming M1730 is better.
H
Have a doubt which'd be better 2 gb dual channel or 3 gb dual channel(asymmetric dual channel,2+1 gb) in terms of speed..would 3 gb be able to utilise the DIMM config?
So when can we actually expect 1530 with 9600m gt???
there are options for 1280*800, 1440*900, 1680*1050{xtreme HD] for M1530 and price diff b/w 1280*800 and 1680*1050 is less than 5k. 1680*1050 is more than what u can ask for a 15.4" display.
@Hrithan
Dell dun allow less than 3GB on M1530. Only choices are 3GB and 4GB. The sales executive said so. Also as they are saying, the 3GB too is dual channel as the 965Xpress chipset allows nonidentical sized modules to run in dual channel.
So which resolution is better and is 3gb or 4gb more preferred for gaming???
More the RAM better, so go for 4GB one if you don't have budget considerations
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My question was is the assymmetric dual channel as good as symmetric dual channel?(or is it worse,but 1 Gb would more than compensate 4 that?)
Get 4GB as price diff is only some 1.2k or somethin and no matter how much ram u have, vista can eat em all. So 4G seems to have better bang for the buck and future proof as its not easy to upgrade lappys.
Ya ... 4GB one is better .
XPS M 1530 is a gud option.
m8600GT is fine.It will run games @med -high
Cuz I dont see Lappy with m9600GT coming that soon.
XPS M 1530 is a gud option.
m8600GT is fine.It will run games @med -high
Cuz I dont see Lappy with m9600GT coming that soon.
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but 32bit wont utilize the full 4GB and afaik Dell installs 32bit Vista Home Premium.
My XPS 1330 recognizes 3.5GB of RAM> I dont mind paying the small price difference for dual channel functionality and 0.5GB RAM being not recognised. Also, its future proof (to an extent)
You may argue that the 3GB also will be dual channel, but it is not so.
which resoultion shud i go for 1280 or 1440 or 1920
The more the better
1920 will be too much on a 15" display. get 1440 and it will be really good.
1920 will be too much on a 15" display. get 1440 and it will be really good.
There is no 1920 for 15.4"
Only upto 1680*1050. 1920 is only for 17" display on M 1730.
btw 1440*900 looks awesome on 15.4" coz usually that resolution is cramped on 19" display and its much sharper on 1 15.4" display. Normally u can do w/o AA on most games if res is set to 1440.
1680 shud be better, but do consider that if the GPU can handle games at that resolution, and when it comes to scaling down to lower res like 1440, non native res wont be that prettier.
Only upto 1680*1050. 1920 is only for 17" display on M 1730.
btw 1440*900 looks awesome on 15.4" coz usually that resolution is cramped on 19" display and its much sharper on 1 15.4" display. Normally u can do w/o AA on most games if res is set to 1440.
1680 shud be better, but do consider that if the GPU can handle games at that resolution, and when it comes to scaling down to lower res like 1440, non native res wont be that prettier.
H
cant agree with u on this 1.from the 965 chipset onwards Intel supports asymmetric dual channel mode where u can run 2 diff sizes mem sticks in diff channels and they'll operate in 128-bit dual channel mode.its true that performance wont be as good as symmetric dual channel.
i'm saying this cuz i've used this type of mem config with my P5B Dlx and IP35-E.wat happens is that the latency increases.