2nd Dell XPS M1710 Review
Okay, time for the next Dell XPS M1710 review. Just this time, it’s 13 whole pages by AnandTech. And for your information, this is merely the first of a two part series on the M1710.
Now, the basics have been covered earlier, so we’ll skip straight to the conclusion. After all, it’s a long one my friends.
As far as portable gaming goes, the XPS M1710 is currently one of the best options available — certainly the best I’ve ever used. SLI gaming laptops are on the horizon, but as our benchmarks show there are quite a few titles that don’t really need multiple graphics cards to be perfectly playable. In fact, personally I think multiple GPUs in desktops is already getting a bit carried away, and while I don’t generally want a thin and light notebook, anything larger than the XPS M1710 starts to get into the “luggable” category as opposed to being a truly mobile computer. A single fast graphics chip at present seems the best way to balance performance against heat and power requirements.
As for how the XPS M1710 compares with other laptops, we don’t have anything in-house faster right now, but there will almost certainly be competitors in the near future. For now, this is an extremely powerful mobile gaming platform, and it deserves serious consideration if you’re in the market for such a system. The system also looks great, and the 17″ LCD feels huge — you generally sit with the laptop very close to your face, so a 17″ laptop display feels about the same as my 24″ desktop display. This is by no means a complete review, and we will have a follow-up article looking at some specific details, but our first impression is definitely favorable.
More information and reviews on the Dell XPS M1710 here.
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4th Dell XPS M1710 Review | House of Dell said,
Pingback • July 21, 2006 @ 3:17 am
[…] While early reviews of the XPS M1710 gave Dell’s gaming luggable unrestrained praise (think 9.0 out of 10 kind of praise), we’re looking at a “mere” 3.5 out of 5 from BusinessWeek. Why? Simply because BusinessWeek now has comparable top-of-the-line laptops, such as Fujitsu’s Lifebook N6410, to compare with. […]
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House of Dell » 3rd Dell XPS M1710 Review said,
Pingback • June 27, 2006 @ 5:31 am
[…] I missed this review of the Dell XPS M1710 by CNET a while back, so given that it’s been a rather slow week, I thought it would be okay to bring it in. We’ve seen two reviews of the same machine already, so I’ll skip the basics. […]