How is Inspiron 1520 for gaming on the long term?

I am about to get a Dell Inspiron 1520, fully loaded. I've been told that it sucks compared to lattitude. Inspiron cheaper and it has better specs. I was told inspiron was not made for full day use compared to lattitude. Have anyone use it to game all day? Do you notice any problems?

 

I don't get the knock against the Inspiron.

The Latitude is built better in an industrial/thinkpad kinda way, but the screens are inferior and the video cards are way inferior.

Back for the buck, Inspirons are tough to beat, ESPECIALLY if you can use a good coupon. That said, I get some warranty and have had an LCD screen (5000e) and a motherboard (5150) replaced under warranty.

My current E1505 has been fine.

 

If you want the best performance for gaming and at a low budget, then the Inspirons will be better than the Latitude in terms of performance/buck.

The Inspiron 1520 can be configured with a nVidia Geforce Go 8600m GT, which should perform quite well with newer games. It certainly outperforms the previous gen 7600.

Also, you can apply the Dell Coupon to get the best deal you can out of the Inspiron 1520.

Compared to the Latitude, the Latitude will have better build quality. That is, it is made of firmer materials ( magnesium alloy casing ) and has been designed with corporate features ( fingerprint reader, hard drive shock protection, spill-proof keyboard ) for a better lasting notebook.

And the nVidia Quadro GPU is somewhat different than the Geforce 8600m GT. The Quadro GPU is designed more for precision and accuracy, targeted mostly for the professional architectural and 3D rendering engineers.

However, for those extra features of the Latitude, you will be paying more at a premium price. And thus, getting the best specs possible for your money would be difficult.

Like I said before, if you want a good gaming budget notebook, the Dell Inspiron 1520 would definitely be better than the Latitude D830.

 

how do people even know the 1520 is worse? They personally tried the brand new laptop already?

 

Worse in what sense?

If you mean build quality, then it's generally accepted that the build quality of consumer lines will be lower than that of the business line models.

Like I stated above, the business lines will have premium features such as reinforced casing ( magnesium alloy ), hard drive shock protection, extra security features, etc. So you end up paying more for such features.

The Inspiron lineup however provides consumers with their basic needs and good performance ( they don't need all the security features ) at an affordable price.

"You get what you pay for."

 

I've used both the new range of latitudes (630, and 830) and the revious range of inspirons..so i can deffinatly say that the latitudes are built better..

I think the older latitude 620 felt nicer though..although i've only used one very breifly so they might be the same lol 630 felts quite plasticy and the screen is rubbish..its not for media or gaming use trust me.

 

Inspirons can be used at anytime (even all day use), gaming is fine on inspirons, we dont know about the 1520 as know one has it yet, but overall inspiron gaming is fine

 

I've been using the 1520's predessecor, the Inspiron 6400, for 16 hours a day for the last 12 months. It's stood the test excellently, I had a faulty battery replaced the next day, but as for the laptop itself, excellent structural integrity.

And I've heard the 1520 is sturdier.

 

what about if i play games on XPS m1330 for continous 12hours a day, then 2hours rest then back to games.. will it overheat or something like my motherboard will get firedup, bec u know a genral thought about small and slim lapis are that u cant use them for long hours..
please let me know can i use m1330 for 10 or 12hours for gaming purpose??

 

The inspiron line has the 8600GT which for refrence should be able to play crysis at least on medium settings with NO lag whatsoever. The notebook should last for a few more years after that before you have to start either a) buying a new computer for games or b) start playing the ones that u already have.

The XPS 1330 has a much weaker GFX card which means that your going to be putting it under alot more stress which does result in more overheating. I dont know how much more it will overheat but i was playing AOE3 on my dads laptop yesterday (just bought the game) and the thing heated up to the point where i could not keep it on my legs. and thats a 17" DV9000. So the 1330 might overheat a little more on the toughter games.

as for running ANY laptop 12 hours strait.... get a cooling pad.... get an air conditioner.... get a better video card, 12 hours strait with a 8400m GS is going to be like watching Will ferrel movies as opposed to The Matrix.

 

Yea the 8600m is a solid card. It's also worth noting that that 8700m, basically the same card, topped the benchmarks on the previous top laptop card that Nvidia had, I believe the 7950. If you can pick up a 8600m or 8700m, go for it. Should last a few years. PC game developes can't really go running off on the settings because right now, not many have adopted Vista in the gaming world, thus no DX10. And that would mean that not as many have nvidia 8 series cards either, in desktops. I got that information from a poll that a site conducted among gamers to determine how fast they were adopting new technology/Vista features in particular.

You can readily google that poll or the information regarding the 8700m benchmarks. Good reading.