£1200 - Dell Studio XPS 16 - with ssd?

iMacMart · 11 Sep 2009 at 07:01

I did install the drivers?

I checked the res many times and thats all I could see even after installing the ATI drivers that W7 picked up as an update?

EDIT: Also it had a large lump of dust behind the screen in the centre and the other unit I have ordered comes with 3 years warranty

Strife212 · 13 Sep 2009 at 20:53

Any update on peoples orders?

Izi · 14 Sep 2009 at 00:09

still waiting in pre production.

annoying as hell

Izi · 16 Sep 2009 at 22:34

strife has yours moved from pre production yet?

Sean_UK · 17 Sep 2009 at 18:16

Sorry to hear your still waiting Izi

My brothers arrived 7 days ago, and he is very pleased with it - so thanks for your helpfull info

This Laptop runs very hot, both Cores over 80c with Prime95 and around 70c in games; result been laptop throttles quickly in any game causing terrible fps. Solved this issue by tweaking the T9600 1.2125v VID down to 1.000v prime95 small FFT's fully stable, 60/58c per core maximum, and with games it's even less.

Brother opted for the following specs direct from Dell >

2.8GHz T9600
4670 1GB
4gbDDR3 1066mhz
RGBLED 1920x1080 (Screen is great, well worth the money!)
Bluetooth
500GB 7200rpm
N series wireless
TV Tuner (Bit **** signal wise)

Strife212 · 17 Sep 2009 at 18:54

Izi said:
strife has yours moved from pre production yet?

Nope

Try phoning them up and asking whats going on?

Izi · 17 Sep 2009 at 19:03

Strife212 said:
Nope

Try phoning them up and asking whats going on?

i did, got sweet FA from them.

I was thinkining I might have had it by now and the 25th was the cut off date. Now i am wondering if we actually get it before then.

anyone_8542 · 17 Sep 2009 at 21:27

The RBG screens are very good. I had some post production XPS 16's at work (trade only parts supplier) around November last year. Got them fired up no problem, after sourcing a suitable CPU and some RAM.
The extra resolution makes a big difference. So much crisper and clearer than the standard screen, which is still very good, but side by side ther is a big difference and i would defiantly recommend going for the upgrade. As others have said they do run very hot so you need to make sure the air vent's are not obstructed or you will melt the GPU or your leg. BE WARNED!!

Also If you do order one of these, then go for Windows 7 as the OS. Massive improvement over Vista in so many ways.

Hope this helps

Strife212 · 18 Sep 2009 at 14:04

I really need this soon as well, going to university tommorow. It better arrive on the 25th.

Strife212 · 18 Sep 2009 at 22:13

Update: Mines moved into production. Yours too izi?

Izi · 18 Sep 2009 at 23:08

ive been in london today - when i left at 7 i checked and was still in preproduction. just got home and checked again and has gone in to production - whoop whoop!

now lets see how quickly it will come.

Strife212 · 19 Sep 2009 at 00:59

Tuesday? :3

Dangerous Dave · 19 Sep 2009 at 11:41

Sean_UK said:
Sorry to hear your still waiting Izi My brothers arrived 7 days ago, and he is very pleased with it - so thanks for your helpfull info

This Laptop runs very hot, both Cores over 80c with Prime95 and around 70c in games; result been laptop throttles quickly in any game causing terrible fps. Solved this issue by tweaking the T9600 1.2125v VID down to 1.000v prime95 small FFT's fully stable, 60/58c per core maximum, and with games it's even less.

That's not hot I had a 2.53ghz MacBook Pro at 102c today after doing a bit of video encoding. You couldn't touch the top set of keys as they were so hot.

RomeoS · 19 Sep 2009 at 12:54

Sean_UK said:
Sorry to hear your still waiting Izi My brothers arrived 7 days ago, and he is very pleased with it - so thanks for your helpfull info

This Laptop runs very hot, both Cores over 80c with Prime95 and around 70c in games; result been laptop throttles quickly in any game causing terrible fps. Solved this issue by tweaking the T9600 1.2125v VID down to 1.000v prime95 small FFT's fully stable, 60/58c per core maximum, and with games it's even less.

Hi Sean,

What program did you use to adjust the VID? I have tried RightMark Clock Utility with no luck.

Izi · 19 Sep 2009 at 13:54

Strife212 said:
Tuesday? :3

one can hope, I am not so sure!

Sean_UK · 19 Sep 2009 at 19:02

RomeoS said:
Hi Sean,

What program did you use to adjust the VID? I have tried RightMark Clock Utility with no luck.

RMClock version 235 iirc and it worked fine, well appart from no support for 0.5x multi. Vista 64 requires RTCore64.sys driver for RMClock to work. Also replaced the heatsink rubber like thermal paste which was truely awfull quality, used some Arctic MX-2 and temps dropped a further 5 to 7c.

RomeoS · 19 Sep 2009 at 21:56

Sean_UK said:
RMClock version 235 iirc and it worked fine, well appart from no support for 0.5x multi. Vista 64 requires RTCore64.sys driver for RMClock to work. Also replaced the heatsink rubber like thermal paste which was truely awfull quality, used some Arctic MX-2 and temps dropped a further 5 to 7c.

Same version I tried mate with the patched RTCore64.sys but it did nothing to the VID :confused:

Mind taking a few screen shots of what options you ticked/enabled etc?

[EDIT] Figured it out. I've been looking for a way to lower the voltage of the GPU but GPUz wont read the BIOS to dump to RBE.

ninja2000 · 20 Sep 2009 at 09:23

Like Sean, I also had heat problems when it arrived. I replaced the thermal paste on CPU and GPU then used RMclock to drop my P8600 to 1v and now my cpu hits a maximum of 75c on full CPU & GPU load

Izi · 20 Sep 2009 at 15:02

strife - now at stage 4

tuesday might not be too optimistic afterall

edit: now in delivery

says up to 4 days though.

ninja2000 · 20 Sep 2009 at 16:19

You will likely get it Thurs. Mine came from China, so guessing yours will too.
They will phone you soon to give you a delivery slot