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"Performance spoiled by LCD"
3.0 starson by Dragon_MyrPros: Very fast; great in games; audio is exceptional; graphics top of the line; heat management very good; quiet; good wireless
Cons: sparkles on LCD
Summary: I was very very upset to find a sparkly LCD on my system. It's hard to look at although there is no light leakage and no dead pixels. When doing coding C++ and photoshop the sparkles get on my nerves and bother my eyes. I'm about to return the system for this problem because it's too much money for a poor quality screen that sparkles. Maybe if this system were cheaper it'd help. Performance is top notch especially in games. The weight is light (compared to competitors) and this thing tears apart my desktop! The LED's and build quality get the attention of other people near me and there's a lot of connectivity. I recommend unless you're going to be doing office and graphics work.
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According to the Nvidia website they claim I should be getting in excess of 12,000 3dMark03 points. I'm on a fresh install and I'm getting only 11,043 points! On 05 I get 4903 points. That is far lower than what was advertised and reviewed for this system by places like Tom's Hardware. I've come to find out that Dell DOWN-CLOCKED the consumer XPS2! Mine is not clocked at the same speeds review sites have been testing in! I will be on the phone monday (or tuesday if they're off) to complain and demand a return or compensation. This is a rip off. I like this system but I've been lied to and the LCD sparkles cause too much eye strain. It's just not worth it people. Go buy something else.
I thought this would be the one, but it doesn't look like it unless they make me happy.
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I really can't understand why you wouldn't love the LCD. Perhaps yours is defective? I'd talk with Dell about it.<br><br>Regardless, they don't "downclock" their GPUs. I just tested my system with 3DMark03 and got a 12120, and I'm quite confident I could increase that with a few performance tweaks around the system. Regardless, you claim is incorrect.
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'downclocked' does this guy sould like he knows what he's talking about...<br><br>And 'only ~4900' on 3dmark05???
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First off Dell uses watered down parts, second its dell! If your going to get a gaming laptop go with Alienware or Cyberpower. Third, my mac Powerbook G4 weighs about 5 pounds with 5 hours of battery life has a 15 inch screen about an inch or less then, 1.5 ghz processor a gig of memory 5400 rpm 80gig hardrive & a ATI 9700 with 128 mgs. Now all that in a laptop that weighs less than 5 pounds is something any gamer would die for. So I really ask the question if Dell is horrible, that computer is horrible and everything from ALienware-Cyberpower-Mac has much better cheaper lighter faster, cooler looking solutions, why would you ever rank that as an editors choice laptop?