XPS Gaming Question

[vovano]

My 6GB are 4(Hyundai)+2(Samsung)

[machiz7888]

ctrl alt f shows framerate in SC2. It's probably going to be disappointing with shaders on high.

To answer the OP ram question, I'm not familiar with those other games, but 4GB is more than enough ram for any game on the laptop.

I don't know what you would consider disappointing. i double checked that the shaders were actually set to high and played. got about five minutes in. didnt get to fight but had a full base built. the lowest i saw was 45 fps the highest was 65. the standard was 55. i consider that to be fairly good (outstanding in comparison to my m1330)

[seeker_moc]

The XPS 15 has only 2 slots (like the XPS16). You will have a 4GB and a 2GB stick if you get 6GB. It's not worth upgrading RAM with Dell. Buying 1x4GB stick on newegg will be cheaper than what Dell charges you to upgrade from 6 to 8, then just sell the 2GB stick on ebay.

[gpig]

I don't know what you would consider disappointing. i double checked that the shaders were actually set to high and played. got about five minutes in. didnt get to fight but had a full base built. the lowest i saw was 45 fps the highest was 65. the standard was 55. i consider that to be fairly good (outstanding in comparison to my m1330)

My mistake, I forgot about the possibility of the 1280x720 resolution.

[compwiz0620]

The XPS 15 has only 2 slots (like the XPS16). You will have a 4GB and a 2GB stick if you get 6GB. It's not worth upgrading RAM with Dell. Buying 1x4GB stick on newegg will be cheaper than what Dell charges you to upgrade from 6 to 8, then just sell the 2GB stick on ebay.

Ahh, I see. I didn't know the 15 only had two slots.

[vovano]

17" may have 4 slots

[compwiz0620]

17" may have 4 slots

Yes I definitely saw the 17 has four and can go up to 16GB total. I wonder if my 8GB will be 4GBx2 or 2GBx4.

[vovano]

I believe Dell will go for what is cheaper :-D

[rpgiles]

Ok I settled on the i7 core 435 combo. I only need it to go 1-2 hours on battery for the commute, and I'd rather not be up against the ceiling of performance playing games at the native resolution.

I threw in bluetooth, a BT mouse, the upgraded wireless card, 640 gb HD, 6gb of RAM, backlit keyboard, and 9 cell battery. Stacked my American Express membership rewards certificate for 350 dollars off and got the price down to $1100. Thank you for your help.