XPS M1530: a brief review

[aytus]

hi tushar bhai can you please tell us how much discount r they offering. i will be ordering this laptop in a week or so.. the base price is 50k but after customising the price gets about 60k without taxes and 68k with taxes. how much discount at most can i get according to you. also have you tried asking for freebies rather than asking for discount .. like a free laptop bag??

@arvind,,, any grainy screen problum??

also can any1 tell me the best method to pay to them from an sbi card .. i dont have a credit card and i suppose the bank will charge for a dd??

 

[coolpcguy]

@dominator Dude why don't you OC the 8600m GT? I've posted a tutorial for it in digit, the performance increment is massive!

 

[dOm1naTOr]

@aytus
the screen is absolutely brilliant but for my bad luck i found a dead pixel at right corner. Its hardly noticeable nd i has to use a S/W called tdpf to find it. Everythin is fine apart from this. Its ultra sharp nd gud colours. But adjusting brightness[with hot keys] while gaming shows some glitches for split second nd a cracky noise[only during gaming].

@coolpcguy
the card is already running hot as the rear of lappy gets too hot. The rear has a massive metal heatsink + grill which is used to throw out all he heat collected by the heatpipes running thruout the interior to cool CPU nd GPU.
One thing for sure that the 8600M GT gets hotter than its desktop counterpart. But it seems to ge stable enuf as if it cud stand another 10~15c increment in temps[still not closer to electric stove editions ].

@coolpcguy
ny links?

 

[gopz]

@dominator Dude why don't you OC the 8600m GT? I've posted a tutorial for it in digit, the performance increment is massive!

And also the heat & stress on the machine will be massive, and the moment you try to overclock it, you lose the warranty. I dont recommend overclocking this beautiful laptop.

 

[coolpcguy]

@dominator I'm aware of the cooling mechanism, I believe its the same on my Inspiron

The beauty is that overclocking the 8600m GT DOES NOT increase the temperature, max only a 2deg incremement.
My C2D temps max out at 77dec, 8600m GT at 67deg,

Also I realized that you're using Vista, I believe there are certain issues regarding Vista + nVidia drivers + ATiTool which would prevent OC'ing, but you can try.

Here's the link: *www.thinkdigit.com/forum/showthread.php?t=79968

 

[dOm1naTOr]

if u sure temps wont be a big problem, ill try riva tuner which i been using to oc my desktop GPU.
BTW how much 3D Mark 06 do u get?

 

[coolpcguy]

^^ I've mentioned the 3dMarks obtained in the link above

 

[aytus]

hi arvind .. do you suggest buying this nylon backpack or should i opt for that belkin sling bag?? i would need a laptop bag to carry it with me// does that nylon bag has backstrap and anything to hold the charger ??

id suggest you refrain from ocing .. mainly bcos u void ur warranty... and howz gaming at ur native res.?? can you post some pics..

 

[dOm1naTOr]

The nylon case is gud but cannot be used as a carry bag. Its more like a protection case which protect the lappy alone nd need to have another bag large enuf to carry the bagged case.
The case if for some 850/- i think and the backpack one is a large bag which cud hold lappy charger nd accessories.
*buysell.mypdacafe.com/upload_files/mpc_buysell/5772/Dell%20Backpack%20KC736.jpg

 

[gxsaurav]

Zeeshan got his Dell XPS M1330 yesterday, have to say...I like the size. It can even come in my Sidepack

 

[tusharlad]

hi tushar bhai can you please tell us how much discount r they offering. i will be ordering this laptop in a week or so.. the base price is 50k but after customising the price gets about 60k without taxes and 68k with taxes. how much discount at most can i get according to you. also have you tried asking for freebies rather than asking for discount .. like a free laptop bag??


I have replied to your pvt msg.

hi arvind .. do you suggest buying this nylon backpack or should i opt for that belkin sling bag?? i would need a laptop bag to carry it with me// does that nylon bag has backstrap and anything to hold the charger ??

id suggest you refrain from ocing .. mainly bcos u void ur warranty... and howz gaming at ur native res.?? can you post some pics..

I don't suggest to buy nylon backpack or belkin bag. coz Dell's bag is costlier and bares less value for money. same with Belkin, it may not be water resistant.

Either you go to your local market and can find a descent lappy bag having many other compartment within1200.

By the way I've received my matchine yesterday 24th may only. Delayed delivery by 5 days due to short supply of GPU as they informed.

 

[kooki]

can someone tell me the difference between the 8600m gt 265 ddr3 and the desktop 8600gt 512 ddr2?
in everyday performance.

 

[dOm1naTOr]

I thnik 8600M GT with 256 GDDR3 wud be better than 8600GT 512 DDR2.
Coz The former has clocks 475/700 while latter has 540/400.
If u have an 8600GT 512 DDr2, post the 3D marks nd we can make sure.

nyways as per my opinion, the DDR2 oc potential is really low nd ocing GPU alone wudnt help much as memory wud lag behind. The memory clocks will act as relative bottlenect despite fast GPU.

But for 8600M GT with GDDR3 , the memory has real gud clocks nd can be further oced much, but GPU oc is limited due to heat rise insede the lappy due to its limited cooling setup. But for a small rise in GOU clock can fruit really gud in performance due to higher memory clocks nd GPU wont have to wait for slow responding memory. here the GPU acts as the relative bottlenecker nd a small rise in GPU clocks shows real gud results.

Nyway theory cud go wrong, nd cannot be predicted accurately untill a test/comparison is performed.

 

[aytus]

8600GT with gddr3 will perform better in gaming with high settings at lower resulutions (read more fps with higher settings at lower resolutions) and 8600 GT wit 512 will be slower comparatavely on lower resolutions but the fps wont drop as you shift into higher resolutions.. so if u hav say an high defination screen.. say 1920*1080 go wit 512 ddr2 .. else go with 256gddr3

 

[VD17]

hey Aravind, i'm another prospective buyer of 1530. My primary need is music so i opted to buy the bluetooth headphones as well, apart from the ear buds they're giving free. Anyway, just wanted to know one thing: how's the bass in both the stuff (ear buds and headphones)?

 

[a_k_s_h_a_y]

^^^^ then go for a 1525 if music only.
its got all minus the Gfx card.

 

[VD17]

i like style as well..

 

[dOm1naTOr]

the sound seems to be overpowered, due to preamping on the headphone jacks.
The music quality after on EP 639 is awesome, but the bluetooth headphone when paired with the system is below avarage. Its much better when coupled with an A2DP phone like SE K550i.
BTW, did u buy the creative audigy HD advanced Audio s/w with ur system?

 

[aytus]

hi guys.. i just read sometime back on techpowerup.com that creative is making the audigy software free of cost.. please if someone can conform.. it will save lots of ppl some bucks...

 

[dOm1naTOr]

wow
BTW, it dun make ny gr8 improvement on sound. Just adds more features like headphone optimization, nd s/w EAX effects etc