are you sure about it ?? if you think it's ok then fine ~~
i recommend you go to this thread front page download DNA and the latest 9.11 driver from guru and modded it ~~
you are the 1st person said dell ati driver good !!
i didnt use those driver from OEM, unless the driver not found ~~

dell ati driver very very "good". my graphic performance "improve" after i update to the latest dell driver... freaky love dell punya ati driver so much ^^

whats the latest version ah?

Well, if solely based on WEI score, the Dell driver does give you a very high rating, 6.4 for both graphics and gaming graphics. So far that's the highest I've seen, as compared to other versions by ATI.

I was about to order this laptop when i saw the incoming promotion is much more better. Kinda wait first before ordering.

what promotion coming soon??

6.4?? Mine both 6.7... what's wrong?

Now the Dell Studio XPS 13 is selling at RM3499
-Core 2 Duo P7450 2.13GHz
-2GB(2X1GB) Dual-Channel DDR3 1066Mhz
-320GB 7200RPM HDD
- 13.3 " WXGA (1280x800) WLED Display w/ 1.3MP webcam
-NVIDIA® GeForce® 210M – 512MB
-Slot Load 8X DVD + /-RW Drive with double layer write capability
-Dell 1520 Wireless-N card(MY)
-McAfee® Security Center 10 (Multi Language) - 15 months
-1-year XPS Premier Service with 1-year CompleteCover

Source:Dell Malaysia, 2009.


I guess it's cheaper because of the processor. Anyway when you customise it like the RM3999 or RM4699 version, it would be cheaper about RM200 LoL.. Tried it already cheaper to customise from the RM3499 base spec

Where did you saw that " incoming promotion " ? Anyone who notice Mind share with Us?

Maybe it was at the PC Fair? I dont see any online promotion..

Is there any incoming promotion info?

we dont know and could not know unless it is shown at dell.com.my .....

im actually quite interested in getting the studio xps..specifically the i7 one..
i am wondering how is it..?is there a lot of problems faced..im kinda worried cuz my friends has the M1330 and it gave them darn a lot of problems..thanks for your input..

XPS M1330, and XPS M1530, problem are becuz of the GPU...

i would say, unless u know that the apps u use would benefit from HTT, stick to C2D otherwise...

so the i7 ones have major problems and the c2d ones are fine..?

Not problems.. The key here is optimisation..

If your game/app does not use 4 cores or more.. It would be a waste..

Im not sure how the turbo works though.. I think its only 1 Core will be turbo boosted to 2.8GHz for the Corei7-720QM 1.6GHz..

gonna order my set 2day, thunderbird's fren give a good discount thank yo

it's not really problems, rather, whether a Core i7 CPU can show it's true performance depends largely on software optimization...

if an app has been optimized for HTT, u'll see up to 30% performance gain (clock for clock), however if it's not, u'll see performance drop instead...

and unlike the desktop variants, which have high clock speed to fall back on should HTT is not being utilized, the laptop variants are severely low clocked, and thus, if HTT is not being used, it would perform worse than a C2Q or high clocked C2D...

so the qn u need to ask urself is, is HTT going to be an important feature to u... if yes, go ahead and grab i7, if not, u'll ve better performance using the older C2D...

This post has been edited by astria: Dec 11 2009, 11:59 AM

I think what he meant is the Power throttling & heat issue of Core i7 Processor rite?

Power throttling can be solve by using the 130W Adapter ( you probably have to request for it )

Core i7 is very hot. Idle is already 60 to 65'c . Full loading could be 80'c ++ . But performance wise, powerful lah!


However, I think Core 2 Duo should be fine!

This post has been edited by Dellxps16: Dec 11 2009, 12:16 PM

from what i have research i7 mainly for those play around video/audio editing(even without HTT support still very good perform), graphic user,those who like test out program + decent gamer(hardcore gamer c2d plz)