Dell Studio XPS 1340/1640 now available for purchase on Dell's site !!!

My Inspiron 9300 have ATI card and 4 years later I never had a problem with them, instead Nvidia have too much heating problems for me. In the review they let the screen @ 80% of bright...so probably if u reduce it to 40 or 50% It should be going up to 3 to 4 hour.

Everybody see here the defects and things that YOU don't like it. But think "Hey is the first dell to have DDR3,,, is the first dell laptop to have more than 4Gb in Ram"

Probably it's not cheap now but in some months It will go down...and probably lots of u will buy it. By myself I just wait until april to order one... why???

1. Price should be cheap
2. Hardware will be upgraded for sure
3. Just wait to see what people say and how they review it
4. For sure will be more colors and different trim
5.I just dont like HP all glossy, Vaio, Alienware MEGAEXPENCIVE and bulky, and Mac OS system

For me StudioXPS 16 have a lots of possibilities since I'm a photographer and I want the best resolution in my laptop and they have subwoofer so...I can hear good music (at a decent volume) without plugging my external sound system.

 

plasma I was considering getting a similar configuration to yours,just with the added blueray and x-fi but the lack of a 6+9 cell combo and over a 3.1k price tag before tax kills it for me. With this price I see no reason in getting the Studio XPS

 

Wow, the AU prices are $600 USD cheaper than the US! For once the exchange rates are worth it.

I actually have $4500 AUD, so I could get Blu-ray and X-Fi, but I really don't need it.

 

Does anyone know what model the 128GB SSD is?

Hoping it's not an OCZ Core I.

 

But how would looking at BIOS tell how much max RAM it supports? BIOS doesn't have any "Max RAM" entries, etc. I thought it's chipset dependent, no?

 

I doubt anyone knows. I think you should just get the 320gb hd and upgrade to a 160+ slc ssd later on.

 

The Chipset allows 8GB, but we don't know is Dell SXPS BIOS will support it.

@12345, I just chatted with a rep and he said the warranty is void if you replace CPU or HDD

 

What when did replacing the HDD void a warranty.

 

Just put the old hd back in if you have an issue with the laptop. I mean,since to change the memory you have to open up the laptop and changing the memory does not void the warranty they can't really prove that you've changed the cpu/hdd if you put the old ones back in before shipping it to them if a warranty claim is needed.

 

Is 1366x768 in 16" XPS Studio looks good for games and desktop?

 

Dell typically uses Samsung MLC 128GB SSDs, which are very good. As reliable as the Intel, but a little slower.

 

Yes - very good performance for gaming - see the review below:

From the recent NBR 3DMark06 comparison results: http://www.notebookreview.com/default.asp?newsID=4764

3DMark06 represents the overall graphics performance of a notebook. Higher numbers indicate better performance.

 

You are not answering the question, he was asking if that resolution good enough, not the performance of the graphic card.

Imo 1366x768 is just too low especially for the vertical pixels, however 1080p is too expensive :/

And 16:9 would not be good for gaming anytime soon, most of the games don't support that and you will see "widen" image at full screen or blank room in windowed mode I think.

 

The thing is, the 3670 is weaker than a 9600M GT. Those tests were done at 1280 by 800, lower than normal. 9600M GTs, at 1280 by 1024, score 4500+. That HDX18t score there is wrong.

 

the new laptops look interesting to me. ive been bouncing back and forth between the studio's and the xps1530 for 3 months now and im glad ive waited. ill be replacing my old inspiron 600m, which has been a very reliable work horse for me. intel 1.4 cpu, 2gb of ram, the 64mb ati 9000 video chip, and the high rez 14.1in monitor running at 1400X1050. anything will be an improvement and unless some smoking hot deals come out on a xps1530, i can see a 1640 in my future once i can get the configuration i want for less then $1500, current config i like is $1700 right now.

 

fordtech6, I am almost in the same situation as you. I have an Inspiron 8200 from 2002 and really would like some more power. Finally. It has been a great laptop and has been upgraded through its life, but the XPS 1640 will be the one that makes me retire my old 8200

 

I was means for visual of Vista.

I had tried on 32" HDTV with 1366x768 and it looks very horrible.

 

Many of recent PC games are support 16:9 as well, just defect from monitor and shows list of resolution.

It's similar to console that use 16:9.

 

OK, i asked the sales rep, he confirmed that 1340 supports up to 8 GB of RAM as well.

 

You're better off getting an aftermarket. I priced it out, you can pick any brand cheaper than the unknown option on the Dell. I'm going that route. I also opted for the bare minimum memory. It's the processor and the screen that's what I want.

 

What manufactor is the built-in Firewire controller in the 1640? Ricoh?

 

Recent top games? That's a small portion.

Console and TV are different from PC, console also runs well on weak hardware compare to PC but that doesn't 100% reflect what gaming is like on PC :>

 

why 1340 have hybrid sli and 1640 don't??? =( I now is an ATI but i just want it... lol

 

and also I will like the P9500 in the 1640 because is faster than the p8600

 

yeah, I'd appreciate it as well if we could link some 1340 reviews.

 

I means most PC games releases in after 2006 does offers 16:9 support.

I don't make compare with hardware, just for screen ratio.

I'm concern about 16:9 on laptop, however I did bought new 22" Dell monitor with 1920 x 1080 and don't get used of it then exchanged to other 22" Dell monitor with 1650 x 1050.

Current XPS M1530 need update so badly because 8600m GT is 1.5 years old and 256 MB VRAM isn't enough either.

 

Because Hybrid xFire doesn't exist yet for Notebooks.

 

Why go with ATI at all? I keep reading that the "gaming" is reserved for Alienware, so why not put hybrid graphics in the 1640? (my guess is that's what held up the release)

I was going to purchase this laptop until they pulled the plug on hybrid graphics. I could go with the 13" model but if I'm gonna do that I'll get a netbook and a 42in plasma with ps3 instead.

 

The XPS 1330 comes with 128MB NVIDIA® GeForce™ 8400M GS option right?

How much better is the NVIDIA® GeForce® 9500M - 256MB on the Studio 13?

I really want to know what games I can play on this…..

 

The 9500 is about equal to the 8600 in the M1530. You can play most recent games.

 

9500M definitely better than 8400M:
- lower power consumption
- more video memory, means better at higher resolutions
- ability to offload Blu-ray playback to GPU instead of CPU
- GDDR3 vs older GDDR2, also a big difference

 

The 9500 uses GDDR3?

Would the Studio XPS 13 using both 9400 and 9500 in hybrid SLi and work better than the GDDR3 8600?

 

Ok Great,

But just remember it is the

NVIDIA® GeForce® 9500M - 256MB

NOT THE

NVIDIA® GeForce® 9500M GS

Are you factoring that in? I don’t know what the difference is but I hear it its pretty big
Cheers
T

 

Remember, this is NOT a gaming notebook. So, don't be surprised, you've been warned. It will perform decently with most of the games, but for gaming there's Alienware. XPS is mostly for other graphics, photo, video, etc.

 

I got it and that’s Fine my gaming needs are pretty basic
(adventure games like, A Vampyre Story, The Lost Crown, Culpa Innata) if I can play these I am happy and I need a small laptop.
I just want to make sure before I land out the cash

 

Right, just to add to this though, the 1340 will be using hybrid sli meaning it will probably be better than a 9500m gs because you will have a 9500m as well as a 9400m running together. I would estimate around 8600gt preformance

 

It's no longer a rumor! Mobility HD 4670 is out, the Studio XPS 1640 is already obsolete in the graphics department!

http://ati.amd.com/products/mobilityradeonhd4600/index.html

This graph shows it best I think, Dell upgrade your video cards!

http://blog.laptopmag.com/ati-debuts-mobility-radeon-hd-4000-series/atislide6

 

Oh Ok, well that’s great, you may have just sold me.. Cheers pal

 

Me too! But I'm waiting for the first drop in price that'll probably come in a month or so. And by then, most professional tech blogs/magazines will have sample models and reviews!

 

From the Service Manual it looks to only have one memory slot, so 4GB max.

 

Does ATI 3670 in XPS Studio use full 512 MB dedicated VRAM or use hypermemory?

 

It uses 256MB, as it is a 128 bit card. When any non-high end (9700M GTS and above or 3850 and above) card uses more than 256MB, it is a marketing scheme. Uninformed users would buy a laptop with a 1GB 3650 over a 512MB 9800M GTS because they think the memory is better so the card is.

HyperMemory and TurboCache are absolutely useless btw.

 

Ugh, I'm going look for ASUS notebook with GeForce but I saw 512 MB VRAM on Dell website.

I'm big fan of GeForce, that what I use for my desktop and need more than 256 MB VRAM due GTA IV at medium level for texture.

I never trust ATI after had bad experience with drivers on old day, also Dell should offers GeForce.

I would want know if 512 MB was shown on GTA IV to make able to play at medium for texture, it's memory resource.

 

nVidia 128 bit cards (9300, 9500, 9600, 9700M GT) are also incapable of using more than 256MB as well.

 

It means ASUS N50 with GeForce 9650m GT (128 bit) 1 GB use turboCache for all of 768 MB VRAM out of 1 GB VRAM?

 

No. The card has a built in 1GB, but is only capable of using 256MB, leaving the extra 744MB useless.

Once again, TurboCache is nothing and does nothing. It is a scheme to get people to believe a low-end card can use 2303MB.

 

Ok then you means ATI Radeon 3670 from Studio XPS has 512 MB built in but capable to use 256 MB?

It seems like not big deal because some members got 1 GB as max for memory resource on GTA IV and able to play at medium level for texture on ASUS N50.

 

Uh, I think.

What I'm saying is that 128 bit cards can ONLY use 256MB maximum and any excess memory is absolutely useless and cannot be accessed.

 

Do you have any links backing this claim?

 

Uh, ask any experienced member on NBR. It's fact. 64bit cards can only use 128MB, 128bit cards can use 256 maximum and 256bit can use 512MB only.

Common Knowledge.