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    Dell Studio XPS 16 2,8GHz or 2,4Ghz ?

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by bitbonk, Feb 1, 2009.

  1. bitbonk

    bitbonk Newbie

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    The Dell Studio XPS 16 (the bigger Version N02X1604) can be equipped with a 2,4GHz CPU or with a 2,8GHz. Wich one should I choose? Is the 2,4GHz good enough? It is important for me that I can watch blueray with absolutely no glitches with Outlook, Messenger, Firefox Antivirus etc. still running.

    Also I might have to consider the disadvantages of 2,8Ghz CPU?

    How does Batterylife, Heat and noise change with the 2,8GHz CPU compared with the 2,4Ghz one?

    Does anyone have pratical experience with these two models?
     
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    mr__bean Notebook Evangelist

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    you could do that on a 1.4 - 1.6 ghz dualcore... so 2.4 ghz should be fine
     
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    bitbonk Newbie

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    I have a Dell Latitude D830 (T7500@2,2Ghz) and I must say that when I watch Full HD videos from harddisk it actually IS frequently dropping frames. Sometimes more sometimes less. But still annoying !
     
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    Michel.K 167WAISIQ

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    I could do it fine with my previous T5600 (1833Mhz) CPU.

    It is most likely to do with the harddrive than the CPU when it is doing that with your Dell D830!


    So, with a decent HDD and a decent CPU it should be no problem multitasking while watching high quality BR-movies.
     
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    bigspin My Kind Of Place

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    And decent Dedicated VGA
     
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    K-TRON Hi, I'm Jimmy Diesel ^_^

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    What are the two processors in speak?
    Are they:
    P8600 is probably the 2.4Ghz?
    and T9600 for 2.8Ghz?

    If those are the two processors, I would go with the P8600 as it is a more power efficient processor, so it will run cooler and yield slightly better battery life.
    The actual battery life difference may only be 15 minutes, so keep that in mind.
    Both are plenty fast to run blu-ray movies and such without a problem. As long as you have a somewhat decent graphics card and a good optical drive you should be fine.

    K-TRON
     
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  7. Michel.K

    Michel.K 167WAISIQ

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    Almost all notebooks today can do it without a problem though :) The most integrated video cards has h.264 capabillity, already since the geforce 6 series there was, and that was a long time since :)



    Blu-Ray Requirements for high definition playback:

    * Pentium D 3.2GHz or faster CPU
    * 1GB or higher RAM
    * HDCP capable graphics card with 256MB RAM
    * PCI Express x16
    * 1920x12000 resolution, 32bit color
    * 60GB or higher HDD capacity
    * HDCP capable monitor or TV

    GPU recommendations:
    nVidia: GeForce 6600GT/7600GT/7800GTX512/7900GX2/7900GTX/7950GX2 or better
    ATI: X1600/X1800/X1900 series or better
     
    Michel.K, Feb 1, 2009
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