Dell XPS M1730 review

Quake 4 performance (in frames per second)
(Longer bars indicate better performance)

1024x768, 4xAA, 8X AF

Dell XPS M1730

100.7 

Alienware Area-51 m9750

98.5 

HP Pavilion HDX

65.9 

Velocity Micro NoteMagix X25

54.9 

HP Pavilion dv9500t

42.4 

F.E.A.R. performance (in frames per second)
(Longer bars indicate better performance)

1024x768, SS:on, AA:off, 8X AF

Alienware Area-51 m9750

133 

Dell XPS M1730

76 

Velocity Micro NoteMagix X25

31 

HP Pavilion HDX

29 

HP Pavilion dv9500t

20 

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HP Pavilion HDX
Windows Vista Home Ultimate Edition (64-bit); 2.6GHz Intel Core 2 Extreme X7800; 4,098MB DDR2 SDRAM 667MHz; 256MB ATI HD2600-XT; 100GB Hitachi 7,200rpm / 100GB Seagate 7,200rpm

Alienware Area-51 m9750
Windows XP Media Center Edition; 2.33GHz Intel Core 2 Duo T7600; 2048MB DDR2 SDRAM 667MHz; 512MB Nvidia GeForce Go 7950GTX; 300GB Seagate 7,200rpm

Dell XPS M1730
Windows Vista Home Premium Edition; 2.8GHz Intel Core 2 Extreme X7900; 2,048MB DDR2 SDRAM 667MHz; 256MB (x2) Nvidia GeForce Go 8700M GT; 200GB(x2) RAID 0 7,200rpm

HP Pavilion dv9500t
Windows Vista Home Premium Edition; 2.0GHz Intel Core 2 Duo T7300; 2,048MB DDR2 SDRAM 667MHz; 256MB Nvidia GeForce 8600M GS; 120GB Western Digital 5,400rpm; 80GB Western Digital 5,400rpm

Velocity Micro NoteMagix X25
Windows Vista Home Premium, 2.6Ghz Intel Core 2 Duo 6700, 2048MB DDR SDRAM 533MHz, 512MB Nvidia GeForce 8600 GT, 200GB Hitachi 7200rpm