Is it a good deal? XPS Gen 2

I just have a quick question to those who have experience with Dell pricing, I was considering this configuration below on whether or not it is a good deal. The total of the configuration below would come to 3,703-500-384.36 = $2818.64 total after discounts. I am a student so I do qualify for the additional discount. If anyone could add their 2 cents I would appreciate it.

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Intel® Pentium® M 760 Processor (2GHz/533MHz FSB)
Operating System Microsoft® Windows® XP Media Center Edition 2005 WMCE

LCD Panel 17 inch UltraSharp™ Wide Screen UXGA Display with TrueLife™ 17UXGAS

Memory 1GB Dual Channel DDR2 SDRAM at 533MHz 2 Dimm 1GB2D

Video Card 256MB NVIDA® GeForce™ Go 6800 Ultra NV256

Hard Drive 60GB 7200rpm Hard Drive 60GB72

Network Card Integrated 1 Gigabit Network Card and Modem INTNIC

CD ROM/DVD ROM 8x CD/DVD burner (DVD+/-RW) with double-layer write capability 8XDVDRW

Wireless Personal Networking Card Intel® PRO/Wireless 2915 Internal Wireless (802.11 a/b/g, 54Mbps)

Bundle Software Productivity Pack including WordPerfect® ICORELM

Security Software No Security Subscription NS

Primary Battery 9-cell Lithium Ion Primary Battery (80 WHr) 9BAT

4 Year Limited Warranty, Services and Support SAVE $20 instantly with the Plus Service Package plus Nights and Weekend QDHS3 XPS Specialized

Support Inspiron XPS, Specialized Support XPSSUPP

Wireless Personal Networking Card Dell Wireless 350 Bluetooth Internal(2.0 + Enhanced Data Rate)

Media Center Enhancements Single Channel USB2.0 TV Tuner with remote for Windows XP Media Center 2005 TVTUSB

 

Sweet!

Lots of firepower, and the 4yr warranty!

At any rate if you are into games, look no further! lol

If you are not -- maybe check out the I9300 -- it's gonna be $500 cheaper for the same specs minus the Go6800 Ultra.

cheers,

yass

P.S. erm I meant if you are not THAT into fps games... lol The regular Go6800 is no sloth even with GDDR1 RAM - in fact it's faster than anything else out there cept for the x800 and the Go6800 w/ GDDR3 RAM... and obviously the Ultra.

 

Doesn't the Inspiron 9300 come with a Go 6800 with GDDR3 ram? That's what I see on the nvidia page, it's either the ultra or the standard but both come with GDDR3 RAM. The Ultra just has a faster clock rate.

 

<blockquote id='quote'> quote:<hr height='1' noshade id='quote'>Originally posted by gman

 

There is a huge difference in the two cards. The Geforce in the 9300 is actually DDR1 Ram, I believe. In either case, you will get about 30 fps MORE with the XPS 2 than with the 9300.

It's a huge difference. If you are a premier gamer, look no further than the XPS 2.

 

From some computer enthusiast sites, I saw that earlier Geforce 6800 came with GDDR 1 RAM and that this site said that later ones will come with GDDR3. The GDDR3 RAM is not only limited to the Ultra version as I read, it is also available for the standard version. But whether Dell decides to use the GDDR3 version is another matter.