*NEW* 2015 Dell Inspiron 15 - 7559, i7 6700HQ/GTX960M owners thread

3x Laptops arrived yesterday :)
2 with the better screen, I toyed with the idea of sending the other back, but TBH it isn't terrible and the Kids will never notice !
 
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Aye, the LG screens are a bit more vibrant, but the BOE is good, without being side by side you would be hard pushed to notice. I am guessing if you wanted you could get software to bump up the vibrancy, Nvidia used to have something in the control panel but seems not any more ?

Re the Hybrid drive, try before you make your mind up, it seems reasonably quick to me, I don't think I will bother installing an SSD now.

One slight downside, I was hoping for around 5700+ 3Dm11 score, mine are sitting at ~5400 after updating to latest NVidia drivers. Not much difference in real terms I guess.

So far though, I am pretty impressed for a £700 laptop :)
 
Can anyone recommend an optical drive that'd work well with this laptop? I presume it would be connected by USB?
 
USB DVD drives are much of a muchness. Pick one with the features you want. If you already have a PC with an optical you can share it over a network to install stuff etc
 
You can max the sliders out in MSI Afterburner for some free performance if you like, I didn't notice any ill effects. Don't feel the need though, not that I've had any time to play games lately :(
 
Just wanted to update you guys, got this now extending to an LG Ultra wide 25" monitor and when set to main display the 960m is driving GTA 5 at full res and runs as fine as the native display on the laptop.

This is one pokey little beast.
 
Anyone else have weird Elan driver for the touchpad? I updated via the device manager and now when I double click the mouse icon in the task bar i get a blank elan screen where the settings should be. If I go to Mouse Properties, select the Elan tab and click Options it crashes. What's up? Am I using an old/incorrect driver?
 
For gaming I would say so, I was very surprised how well my sons plays F1 2015 with max settings, in fact they have coped very well with anything that's been thrown at them so far.
I think you are looking at around 1K+ to have something noticeably better performing unless its changed since I pulled the trigger on them.
 
Well you know when its under load, but I wouldn't say its terrible. I don't have much to compare to regarding other laptops, but certainly it wasn't something that made me think much about it, even when two side by side were gaming.
 
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I know this is rather subjective, but what are peoples view on the fan sound on these under load?
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It makes a whoosh but it's more air noise than whinny fan sound that some laptops have. I find I can still happily game using the onboard speakers. The cooling does a great job on this machine the only thing to watch is it sucks the air exactly where your knees will be if on your lap. You really need a tray or something flat if you intend to use it on your lap.
 
I'm looking at buying a refurb model. If everything else is the same, would you pay £25 for the 4k screen?

It's for gaming/travelling/movie watching etc. No video editing which I'd normally expect a 4k screen to be an advantage...
 
I was waiting for more TB3 devices to come out, but decided to jump and have ordered an i7/FHD 7559.

Now to find an 850 EVO M.2 to put in it!
 
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