Is This a Good Config For the Price?

i just recently purchased a dell studio 15
here is the specs
223-7851 1 Studio 1535, Intel Core 2 Duo T9300, 2.5GHz, 800Mhz, 6M L2 Cache
320-6865 1 Jet Black
311-8612 1 4GB, DDR2, 667MHz 2 Dimm
330-0498 1 Back-lit Keyboard
320-6870 1 Hi Resolution, glossy widescreen 15.4 inch display (1920x1200)
320-6516 1 ATI MOBILITY RADEON HD 3450
341-6693 1 320G 5400RPM SATA Hard Drive
420-8566 1 Microsoft Windows Vista SP1 Home Premium Edition, English
330-0495 1 DELL RESOURCE DVD,BACK-UP INSP 1535
420-5769 1 Internet Search and Portal
420-8223 1 Dell Video Chat
463-2282 1 Dell Owners Manual installed on your system,click on icon after system set-up to access
420-9100 1 Dell Dock Consumer
420-6436 1 Vista, PC-Restore, Dim/Insp
420-7622 1 DELL SUPPORT CENTER 2.0
410-1883 1 ADOBE READER 9.0 MULTI- LANGUAGE
313-6728 1 6X Slot Load Bluray (BD) ComboDrive (BD Read Only)
420-8183 1 Roxio Creator DE 10
420-8351 1 Media Direct 4.0
430-2931 1 Dell Wireless 1510 802.11n Half Mini Card
320-6653 1 Integrated 2.0M Pixel Webcam
410-1160 1 McAfee Security 9.0, 30-day Subscription, for Dell Inspiron / Dimension
312-0694 1 56 WHr 6-cell Lithium Ion Primary Battery
412-0934 1 Earthlink
412-0935 1 NETZERO ISP
412-0933 1 AOL for Broadband
420-8051 1 Microsoft Works 9.0, English For Inspiron
950-3337 1 1 Year Limited Warranty
950-9797 1 No Warranty, Year 2 and 3
412-0360 1 Soft Contracts - Banctec
960-2780 1 Warranty Support,Initial Year
988-3940 1 Type 3- Third Party At HomeService, 24x7 TechnicalSupport, Initial Year
990-5748 1 Dell Hardware Warranty PlusOnsite Service, Initial Year
988-0099 1 To activate your online backupaccount, go to Start, Programs, DataSafe Online
988-7707 1 2GB DATASAFE ONLINE 1.1 FOR SDO/DIM/INS/XPS
420-9518 1 DATASAFE ONLINE 1.1 2GB FOR DIM/INS/XPS
330-0171 1 S and P Drop-in-Box Marcom forDHS Notebooks
430-2933 1 Dell Wireless 370 Bluetooth Module (2.0)
420-8312 1 Finger Print Software
467-6160 1 Integrated Finger Print Reader
320-6881 1 Hi Resolution, glossy widescreen 15.4 LCD (1920x1200) w/ 2.0M pixel Camera
420-8310 1 Creative Camera SW
310-8628 1 You have chosen a Windows Vista Premium System
330-0717 1 Intel Core 2 Duo Processor
467-5831 1 $75 Studio Promo Gift Card
463-6083 1 DHS Order Manage
464-6772 1 Introductory Pricing-One Time Offer
1 A1994353 ExpressCard Sound Blaster X-Fi Laptop Sound Card
1 A0710431 ExpressCard Media Remote for Bluetooth-enabled Laptop
Subtotal: $1,286.14
Shipping and Handling: $0.00
Sales Tax: $90.05
Total: $1,376.19
how does this rate your help is appreciated?

 

I'd say you have a pretty good amount of cool stuff crammed into a 15" notebook for $1300. That's all default dell prices, correct? If you specced it to how you want, then it shouldn't be a problem, right?

 

yah this is default dell prices i didn't choose the specs my brother in law did so i have no clue and im not exactly computer savvy so as far as performance how will this rank?

 

i believe this is default prices but i myself didn't spec it brother-in-law did but how do you think performance will be? average or really good?? thanx don't know much bout comp hardware so i dont know and how is the processor and video card i wanna do some gaming like crysis call of duty how do you think they will rack up on this system?

 

That laptop will be great for almost everything but gaming. You'll be able to play Crysis at lower settings at a low resolution, but hey, you'll have to do that for most laptops out there. Don't expect to run much of anything other than much older games at the standard 1920x1200 resolution though.

 

Thanx Great insight very excited now with little disappointment from the gaming aspect but very much appreciated

 

Don't feel too bad, gaming at 1920x1200 is hard on ANY video card, even high-end desktop video cards. It's just a high resolution in general. For productivity and such, it's great because you just get to SEE so much!

To get an idea of where your GPU stands up, the 3450, take a look here: http://forum.notebookreview.com/showthread.php?t=302231

It's rated as a mid-range video card, so it will run all new games, maybe/probably not at HIGH settings, but run them and do an alright job nonetheless. Try playing newer games at 1024x768 or 1280x800 at medium type settings and it should do a decent job. Other than that, your laptop is going to flyyyyyy

 

Thats a STEAL, i would say, at that price!!! :O

 

Oh, that looks nice

Whats you ESD?


Cin

 

nice, good luck