Just ordered a Dell studio 17...

duvet77 · 23 Feb 2009 at 10:21

... which marks the beginning of the end for my desktop and FPS playing days! Tis a sad day!

I've gone for the 2.26ghz, 4gb model, radeon 3650 model. Anyone else got one? Are they good?

Looking forward to playing minesweeper. :rolleyes:

frustin · 23 Feb 2009 at 10:57

how much?

balls · 24 Feb 2009 at 07:57

duvet77 said:
I've gone for the 2.26ghz, 4gb model, radeon 3650 model. Anyone else got one? Are they good?

Just bought the exact same spec, bought it from one of the ebay selleers (unused return) also got the 1920x1200 res screen.

Not arrived yet, and also selling my PC/pc games

slambo69 · 24 Feb 2009 at 12:27

Why is it the end of your fps days?

pioneer2000 · 24 Feb 2009 at 12:45

Send it back- you never want to deal with Dell customer service.

Ben M · 24 Feb 2009 at 13:34

slambo69 said:
Why is it the end of your fps days?

exactly... you'll still be able to play COD4, FEAR, Bioshock...

TheVoice · 24 Feb 2009 at 13:50

pioneer2000 said:
Send it back- you never want to deal with Dell customer service.

Which he'd have to do in order to send it back.

duvet77 · 24 Feb 2009 at 16:58

slambo69 said:
Why is it the end of your fps days?

i don't think the studio laptop will run FPS games at a standard i'll be happy with.

duvet77 · 24 Feb 2009 at 16:59

pioneer2000 said:
Send it back- you never want to deal with Dell customer service.

Are they really that bad? hopefully i won't need to find out?

Anyone know how long they take to deliver? I've been quoted 'on or before 10th March'... does it really take 2 weeks to put a laptop together?!

duvet77 · 24 Feb 2009 at 17:00

Ben M said:
exactly... you'll still be able to play COD4, FEAR, Bioshock...

what sort of standard will they run at?

slambo69 · 24 Feb 2009 at 18:16

Why did you have to opt for a laptop then?

I would say they would run OK at medium, but you can use the notebook check website to get a reasonable idea.

MTA99 · 24 Feb 2009 at 18:51

You'll still be able to play COD4 and Bioshock, just don't expect very high fps or fancy effects.

Use this to make sure you're getting the most out the gpu from the drivers available

http://www.driverheaven.net/modtool.php

duvet77 · 25 Feb 2009 at 09:48

slambo69 said:
Why did you have to opt for a laptop then?

my baby son wants his own room... how selfish!
I need to turn my computer room into a nursery so i'm getting a laptop to have downstairs.

duvet77 · 25 Feb 2009 at 09:55

MTA99 said:
Use this to make sure you're getting the most out the gpu from the drivers available

http://www.driverheaven.net/modtool.php

thanks for that.

balls · 3 Mar 2009 at 12:09

Mine arrived today, although I am wanting to fit in another hard disk drive. Anybody know if its possible to buy the internal enclosure from Dell without a drive?

No-One · 3 Mar 2009 at 12:23

Any problems with the media touch buttons? My studio 15 is going back for this very reason. Very common fault on all studio laptops

balls · 3 Mar 2009 at 19:44

No-One said:
Any problems with the media touch buttons? My studio 15 is going back for this very reason. Very common fault on all studio laptops

they're all working, same with the wireless switch ( another common fault).
bought mine from Ebay, was a returned one, box completely unopenned all plastic coverin on screen etc still there.
Basically the main requirement for me, was a 1920x1200 res screen, I could only find 3-4 17" and about 9 15" one with it.

spec
3 yr dell warranty
2ghz t5800
3gb ram
ati 3650 256mb
1920x1200 res + web cam
320gb 5400rpm drive
wireless N
and the sea sky backplate ( looks surprisingly good, but wasnt really a requirement for me)
for £649

happy with it so far