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Dell XPS 15 2023

Jonathan.T.Harpur

Jonathan.T.Harpur

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hello well I did it and pulled the trigger and got a Dell XPS 15 to replace my 2019 16inch the specs are as fallows

Windows 11 pro,

13th gen i7

NVIDIA(R) GeForce(R) RTX(TM) 4060 with 8GB GDDR6 1

32GB, 2x16GB, DDR5, 4800MHz

1TB M.2 PCIe NVMe Solid State Drive

15.6" OLED 3.5K (3456x2160) InfinityEdge Touch Anti-Reflective 400-Nit 1 Display

just looking to know if graphics card I got will play ats and farming simulator as I found the 4070 to much money :)
 
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I7 or i9? Don’t see the cpu spec listed. Congrats on the purchase, and yes the 4060 will play those games, its biggest downfall in that machine is its 40w tdp on the gpu. That will definitely limited the cards performance

These aren’t gaming laptops and they aren’t cooled nearly as well because they aren’t advertised as such.
 
I don’t think the difference in CPU performance is that important in gaming.
Plus the thermals inside a laptop might even mitigate any benefits that an i9 might have on paper
 
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unrigestered said:
I don’t think the difference in CPU performance is that important in gaming.
Plus the thermals inside a laptop might even mitigate any benefits that an i9 might have on paper
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i was just asking out of curiosity. My concern is the 40w tdp on the GPU, not the cpu, that is a huge bottleneck on that gpu
 
1BadManVan said:
i was just asking out of curiosity. My concern is the 40w tdp on the GPU, not the cpu, that is a huge bottleneck on that gpu
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Generally speaking, I prefer i7 processors over the I9, as the heat and power draw outweigh the performance impact.
 
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I had an XPS 15 and never will go for one again.

It is a laptop with powerful, full-powered CPUs and GPUs while being under 4 pounds and super thin while also trying to get good battery life. It tries to do too many things at once and isn't great, or even good at all of them.
 
maflynn said:
Generally speaking, I prefer i7 processors over the I9, as the heat and power draw outweigh the performance impact.
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Yup, i agree there. I got the i7-13700kf in mine and it flies along, even got a small overclock on it and been flawless.
 
Jonathan.T.Harpur said:
hello well I did it and pulled the trigger and got a Dell XPS 15 to replace my 2019 16inch the specs are as fallows

Windows 11 pro,

13th gen i7

NVIDIA(R) GeForce(R) RTX(TM) 4060 with 8GB GDDR6 1

32GB, 2x16GB, DDR5, 4800MHz

1TB M.2 PCIe NVMe Solid State Drive

15.6" OLED 3.5K (3456x2160) InfinityEdge Touch Anti-Reflective 400-Nit 1 Display

just looking to know if graphics card I got will play ats and farming simulator as I found the 4070 to much money :)
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How is battery life on it, especially with that OLED display? I know battery has been the weak point for Windows laptops, especially in comparison to apple silicon.
 
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