Dell Screen: 17.3" HD+ WLED 1600 x 900

HummuH1 · 24 Jan 2011 at 14:08

The above screen is on an XPS17 I'm looking at. Anyone got any opinions on it, good bad or otherwise?

It would be powered by a GT445M (for some light gaming) and an i7 740QM so thinking the lower than full HD res might be less of a struggle for the GPU/CPU?

How are Dell's generally viewed these days, been a while since I bought one?

Any thoughts appreciated.

ninja2000 · 24 Jan 2011 at 20:03

One word....shocking!
Poor blacks, terrible viewing angles, nasty contrast. I ordered one, received it, turned it on and was so disgusted I sent it straight back. I expect it from an acer but not from a premium range like the xps. I ended up getting the 15 with the upgraded screen which was expensive but worth it.
Other than the screen the laptop was great. A lot of people are switching them out themselves. There is a big thread on a certain notebook forum

Dangerous · 24 Jan 2011 at 22:11

I have one and it seems fine.

I went for the Dell because of the Nvidia card with Cuda support (Adobe MPE)

ninja2000 · 25 Jan 2011 at 09:14

Are you serious! What panel did you get?

HummuH1 · 25 Jan 2011 at 11:01

ninja2000 said:
One word....shocking!
Poor blacks, terrible viewing angles, nasty contrast. I ordered one, received it, turned it on and was so disgusted I sent it straight back. I expect it from an acer but not from a premium range like the xps. I ended up getting the 15 with the upgraded screen which was expensive but worth it.
Other than the screen the laptop was great. A lot of people are switching them out themselves. There is a big thread on a certain notebook forum

Thanks man. Like Dangerous, whilst the 15" screen upgrade might be better you can only get the GT445M in the 17" model. It's not a great card but better than the GT425M in the 15" models.

What GPU did you get on the 15" and how does it cope gaming on the full HD res?

ninja2000 · 25 Jan 2011 at 13:56

I got the 435 nd i7. It clocks amazingly, run it 800/1600/950

I play SC2, DOW2, SupComm2 at 1080p high settings but for FPS' I run them on 1600x900 with medium/high settings. I can run COD BO at 1080p on high with no AA/AF or shadows but prefer the higher frame rate of 1600x900
BFBC2 struggles at 1080p unless I set it to medium/low

I really wanted the 17" but the screen killed it. I even thought about replacing it. I may be fussier than your avarage user though and the screen is one of the most important things to me. The B+RG screen in the 15" was a £170 upgrade but its gorgeous