--->The Official Studio XPS 1340 Owner's Thread<--- *Part 2*

has anyone tried playing empire total and or Fallout 3 on this laptop with the 9400. I really want to get these games but could the laptop play it. if so on what settings and what sort of frame rate.

thnx

 

Wooohooo I finally decided on and pulled the trigger on the 1340! It was also a little fun giving the EPP sales manager a hard time

Specs:


XPS 1340, Intel Core 2 Duo P9600 (2.66GHz/1066Mhz FSB/6M L2 Cache)
Obsidian Black High Gloss Finish with Leather XPS 1340
4GB, DDR3, 1067 MHz 2 Dimm
13.3 Inch Wide Screen WXGA WLED Backlit LCD with 1.3 MP Camera,
NVIDIA GeForce N10M-GS 512MB
500GB 7200RPM Free Fall SensorSeagate Hard Drive
2 Year Limited Warranty
LoJack Theft Recovery Service,XPS - 1 Year DHS
McAfee Sapphire MUI, 24-Month
56 WHr 6-cell Lithium Ion P Primary Battery

Subtotal: $1,250.18
Shipping & Handling: $0.00
Tax: $93.79
Environmental Disposal Fee: $0.00
Total Price w/Discounts: $1,343.97

Damn that tax!

Definitely going to get a 9-cell battery, they wanted $90 for it but I said I would pass for now. Now the waiting game..

 

Cool, I'm sure you'll like it Also I'm sure you won't mind doing some benchmarks because it has the new GPU

 

Yeah definitely will try to get some bench marks once it arrives, I am also going to try to get Dell to send me a 9 cell when they give me a follow up call haha,

although I am having a little bit of second thoughts not going for an Adamo

 

Nice deal. I got about the same price, but with 2.53 Ghz. You can knock another $100 off if you call in to cancel the order. They will try to "save" you with the $100 offer.

 

Yeah they said they would follow up since I had to get a manager discount and make sure the order went through, I am going to try to get them to toss in a 9 cell and/or discount. Are any of you guys using notebook sleeves and if so which ones?

 

Yes please benchmarks, We need some benchmarks running windows 7, like 3dmark06 and vantage, no one wants to bench the new system

 

Well hopefully the EPP manager will throw in a 9 cell for me if not I may go with an Adamo (oo they are so nice looking lol), I am just a little weary with the heat problems and low battery life I keep googling

 

XPS 1340, Intel Core 2 Duo P9500
Obsidian Black High Gloss Finish with Leather XPS 1340
4GB, DDR3, 1067 MHz 2 Dimm
13.3 Inch Wide Screen WXGA WLED Backlit LCD with 1.3 MP Camera,
Geforce 9500 M
I had 6200 points, but it was in 3Dmark05

 

Anyone that has received a Dell in the past month, do you know if they are being shipped with A011 BIOS? Just trying to prepare for what I will need to do when mine arrives.

I called the sales rep that was helping me, but he just gave me a canned, "you'll have the most recent version".

 

Well now I am being told that my payment is not going through even though my credit card company has already contacted me about verifying this payment, not only that but my shipping date has been moved back 5 days.... throw me a bone somebody!

 

has anyone played fallout 3 on the 9400m and with what result. what settings is it playable on and how does the graphics compare to a console.
thnx

 

So I have been on hold with dell for 26 minutes of my 57 minute conversation... I think Dell and Sprint are working together to take my moneyz.

 

I just bought a refurb of the xps 1340 for $720. I bought it because my M1330 nvidia chip was defective as many people know on these forums. And dell would not give me a extended warranty for the M1330 defect. So I thought why spend $300 and buy a new motherboard and fix it and then to have it die again after a few months. Then I heard of the heat/video issues with this laptop, especially concerning this particular GPU (9500M). I think I'm going to just return this laptop. Apparently dell can not make a decent working laptop anymore, and this is there top of the line XPS series jeez.
here are the specs for what I ordered:

Intel Core 2 Duo P7350 (3MB cache/2.0GHz/1066Mhz FSB) Genuine Windows Vista Home Premium

256MB NVIDIA GeForce 9500M

Dell Wireless 1510 802.11a/g/n Draft Mini Card

500 GB SATA Hard Drive (5400 RPM)

6 Cell Primary Battery

4 GB DDR3 SDRAM 1066MHz (2 DIMMs)

13.3 inch HD WXGA Edge-to-Edge Slim Laptop screen W/LED with 1.3 Megapixel Camera

8X DVD ± RW w/dbl layer write capability

Subtotal: $721.65

You guys think this is a good price for a refurb?

 

I am not sure about the deal in usa but here in india, they sent the notebook with A10 not A11, so i had to update it.you might want to update the chipset drivers as well online.

 

Can you guys please do me a favor and check the DEVICE ID for the WLED? Is it the LG one?
THanks in advance.

Also, do you guys feel your hard drive is loud? Mine 320 GB Western Digital one they gave me is really loud, almost louder than the fan. I hear it all the time.

 

Mine WLED is SEC and my original HD was the WD and my current one is the ST. The Seagate is noticeably louder, but nowhere near as loud as the fan.

 

500GB 7200RPM Seagate, and I can't hear it over the fan. I don't game that often on it, so the fan is on its lowest setting most of the time, and I can't hear the drive.

 

it other words, lie...

 

So sorry to disappoint those looking for benchmarks, I ended up canceling my order due to an incompetent representative from the Philippines.

 

How do I sleep at night???

 

did anyone receive their free win7 uprgrade? I registered 1 1/2 months ago then ordered it on 10/24 and it said estimated ship date on 10/30... now its 10/31 no disk, still no tracking number or any info... does dell usually work like this? I mean crappy shipping?

 

Got mine yesterday, and it comes with a disc of all their apps. Very cool.

 

were you able to do a clean installation of windows 7 or only upgrade ?
do you get a serial number with it or it uses the vista one ?
Does anyone knows if I can install a 64bit version on a 32bit vista ?
Thanks.

 

Congrats Student, did you get the 210m as well?

 

I already have Windows 7 Ultimate installed from MSDN, so I wasn't going to use it. It does have a key on it, but I'm not sure what it can or can't do, as it expressly states it's for upgrades only. :-(

I have the 9500M in my 1340, and I ordered mine at the end of August and got it beginning of Sept. I ordered the upgrade a couple weeks ago, it that long.

 

Oh, and you can't do architecture changes like that, so 32bit works with 32bit only. Likewise for 64bit.

 

hey, does anyone know whether the wwan mini pcie can be used for other card, ie wifi, or will it only take wwan cards?

 

New SXPS 13 owners,
Did you guys get 1yr Free LoJack? My BIOS says Computrace is activated, but I don't think I have the service...?Can you guys check? Also, be careful, if you activate it it cannot be disabled.

 

I'm afraid I already activated accidently However I don't think that computrace thing is lojack, and if it is it's probably going to be there anyway even if you didn't buy lojack. I could be wrong...

 

so in other words when i get the free upgrade cd i wont be able to do a clean install?

 

The upgrade CD can be used for a clean install. I did it yesterday.

 

If it's in working condition when it gets in, then it's a good price. I haven't experienced any video/heat problems with my laptop yet. I have the 9500 as well. I think the P series of the processors run cooler as well. The two share a heat sink, so undervolting your CPU helps alot as well. Just don't use it on your lap and expect it to run comfortably. Let me know if you've got questions. You can always return it later.

 

Does anyone know the part numbers for the motherboard with just the 9400m and the motherboard with the 9500m?

 

Finally decided to bite the bullet and order the XPS 13. These are the specs:

-XPS 1340, Intel Core 2 Duo P8700 (2.53GHz/1066Mhz FSB/3M L2 Cache)
-4GB, DDR3, 1067 MHz 2 Dimm
-13.3 Inch Wide Screen WXGA WLED Backlit LCD
-500GB 7200RPM Free Fall SensorSeagate Hard Drive
-Genuine Windows 7 Home Premium, 64bit
-Dell Wireless 1510 802.11n Half Mini Card
-Dell Wireless 370 Bluetooth Module (2.1)
-NVIDIA GeForce N10M-GS 512MB
-56 WHr 6-cell Lithium Ion P Primary Battery
-2 Year Limited Warranty
-LoJack Theft Recovery Service,XPS - 1 Year DHS
-McAfee Sapphire MUI, 36-Month

Subtotal - $1,180.17
After Tax - $1,249.39

Seems like a decent price. What do you guys think?

 

I would like to know once and for all, is heat a true problem on this machine. I notice a few posts above some states don't expect to use this on his/her lap. Is that a reality with this machine for everyone?

 

That was a decent price

 

You can use it on your lap with just the 9400, no problemo.
But i guess, never tried, that doing it with the sli on might get it to warm.

 

Does anyone here have in their possession a SXPS 1340 WITH THE N10M GPU??? ANYONE?

 

I should be getting one today. It's a brand new replacement system for my ailing XPS M1330 (Nvidia GPU problems). I'm going to be selling it, though, so I won't get a chance to test it out.

 

Haha seems like a lot of people have been ordering but still no sign of benchmarks with the 210,

Not a bad price on that build I am sure you will enjoy it!

 

Nice. Is that with EPP and coupons or something? I can't come remotely close to that when configuring on the website.

 

I pretty much got the same deal, but you have to start with the right bundle package otherwise it cost a lot more. I am pretty sure the "bundle" I selected was a $403 savings and then I customized from there.

 

Yep, you're right. I didn't even consider configuring the expensive bundle. Duh.

 

i also ordered the following and i'm getting very frustrated with Dell:

-XPS 1340, Intel Core 2 Duo P8700 (2.53GHz/1066Mhz FSB/3M L2 Cache)
-4GB, DDR3, 1067 MHz 2 Dimm
-13.3 Inch Wide Screen WXGA WLED Backlit LCD
-500GB 7200RPM Free Fall SensorSeagate Hard Drive
-Genuine Windows 7 Home Premium, 64bit
-Dell Wireless 1510 802.11n Half Mini Card
-Dell Wireless 370 Bluetooth Module (2.1)
-NVIDIA GeForce N10M-GS 512MB
-56 WHr 6-cell Lithium Ion P Primary Battery
-2 Year Limited Warranty
-LoJack Theft Recovery Service,XPS - 1 Year DHS

I ordered on 10/23 and my status is STILL "In Production"! I can't get any answers as to why this is, and it's never taken this long to get a system from Dell. Also, they used to state "build" stage, "QA" stage, but now just this vague message. My estimated delivery date is still 11/10 and i did choose the free ground, so yes, it makes sense, but i'm wondering if anybody else is having a ridiculous waiting period such as this?

 

I am having the same issue. Even worse, when I call in to check on the order, the automated response is the my order is being processed! (not even in production) I've emailed the sales rep that helped me with my order and he looked into it and said that everything is on schedule for me to receive me order on time, but I am not holding my breath.

I used to have real positive experiences with Dell customer service (years ago), but this time around has been a different story.

 

For those of you wanting more info on the new graphics card, check out these links.

It's also known as: NVIDIA GEFORCE G 210M

http://www.notebookcheck.net/Comparison-of-Graphic-Cards.130.0.html

http://www.notebookcheck.net/Computer-Games-on-Laptop-Graphic-Cards.13849.0.html

http://www.notebookcheck.net/Mobile-Graphics-Cards-Benchmark-List.844.0.html

 

You guys could be stressing yourselves out over nothing... chill out. IF Dell is late with the shipment, then you can get your panties in a bunch (PS I would get my panties in a bunch IF the shipment was late too, so that was in no way a jab).

 

We probably are, but it doesn't give you a warm fuzzy feeling when there isn't any visible progress. This is a big purchase for most people and they want to know that everything is moving along.

Also, getting the order placed in the first place had its own set of challenges so the whole process was less than smooth.

 

I agree that it is a big purchase and you would have every right to get angry when the time comes, Im just trying to point out that life is full of enough worry... why not try to avert it if you can. Besides, at this point there is absolutely nothing you can do unless you know someone who works in the assembly line or shipping facility.