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    Crysis and GTA IV on M1730

    Discussion in 'Dell XPS and Studio XPS' started by vradev, Mar 12, 2009.

  1. vradev

    vradev Notebook Consultant

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    Hello,
    I'm looking into getting the M1730 w/ X9000 (overclocking it to 3.4 Ghz), 9800M GT in SLi and 4 GB of RAM but I wanted to see how would it perform w/ the most demanding games out there i.e. Crysis and GTA IV, if their settings and resolutions were maxed out. I know that X9000 is slower than the newer X9100 and QX9300 but is it gonna affect perormance a lot. Is it worth getting X9000 or is this CPU getting old now. I still want a system that would be powerful enough for the next 2-3 years but I'm a bit hesitat to get the X9000. Can anyone let me know how those 2 games perform on the M1730 if the cpu is overclocked to 3.4 Ghz?
    Thank you.
     
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    NickQ Notebook Consultant

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    I have only played Crysis on mine, and overclocking does nothing, IMO.

    I notice a slight advantage overclocking the GPU's, but not much. Also, I am running the 8700m GT SLI, so off the bat you're in a better situation than me.

    Overclocking the GPU's, I can run Crysis at meduim settings, 1600x1200, with a few non-demanding settings set to very high.
     
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  3. vradev

    vradev Notebook Consultant

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    So, if you overclock the X9000 cpu from 2.8 to 3.4, the performance is the same?
    I still don't know if I should I buy this system or go with something else like Alienware's M17 for example. I wish Dell upgraded their M1730s to work with the QX9300 cpu.
    Please post any other opionions or results on how the M1730 is handeling Crysis and GTA IV.
    Thanks.
     
    vradev, Mar 13, 2009
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