Comparison Test Setup
So far we've only compared the XPS M1710 performance against itself at the various overclock settings. Based on the results, we recommend a Bin-3 setting as the best overclock setting for the majority of applications. We compared performance results of the XPS M1710 at stock and Bin-3 overclock settings against previously reviewed notebooks. Here are the configurations used on the four notebooks being compared.
Obviously, we're not dealing in apples-to-apples comparisons. While Dell gives users plenty of customization options, the same is not always true of other notebooks. Given the price and features, we can of course expect the Dell XPS M1710 to come out on top in all of our benchmarks. The ABS Mayhem Z5 should place second, and it should be somewhat interesting to see how the GeForce Go 7900 GTX compares to the GeForce Go 7950 GTX. The Mayhem Z5 was also equipped with a slower processor, so we're not able to directly compare GPU performance, but at a higher detail settings and resolutions the CPU shouldn't be the bottleneck so we'll be able to see whether the higher core speeds of the 7950 are truly more useful than the slightly higher memory bandwidth of the 7900.
So far we've only compared the XPS M1710 performance against itself at the various overclock settings. Based on the results, we recommend a Bin-3 setting as the best overclock setting for the majority of applications. We compared performance results of the XPS M1710 at stock and Bin-3 overclock settings against previously reviewed notebooks. Here are the configurations used on the four notebooks being compared.
| Tested Configurations | |
| ASUS A8JS | |
| Processor | Core 2 Duo T7200 2.0 GHz 4MB L2 667FSB |
| Memory | 2x1024MB Infineon DDR2-667 5-5-5-15-21 Timings |
| Graphics | NVIDIA GeForce Go 7700 512MB 3D Clocks: 450/800 |
| Hard Drive | Hitachi 100GB 7200 RPM SATA |
| Optical Drive | 8X DVD+/-RW |
| Battery | 6-Cell 53WHr/4800 mAHr |
| Operating System | Windows XP Pro SP2 |
| ASUS G2P | |
| Processor | Core 2 Duo T7200 2.0 GHz 4MB L2 667FSB |
| Memory | 2x1024MB Infineon DDR2-667 5-5-5-15-21 Timings |
| Graphics | ATI Mobility Radeon X1700 512MB 3D Clocks: 459/990 |
| Hard Drive | Hitachi 160GB 5400 RPM |
| Optical Drive | 8X DVD+/-RW |
| Battery | 8-Cell 71WHr/4800 mAHr |
| Operating System | Windows XP Pro SP2 |
| ABS Mayhem Z5 | |
| Processor | Core 2 Duo T7200 2.0 GHz 4MB L2 667FSB |
| Memory | 2x1024MB Corsair DDR2-667 5-5-5-15-21 Timings |
| Graphics | NVIDIA GeForce Go 7900 GTX 512MB 3D Clocks: 500/1200 |
| Hard Drive | Hitachi 100GB 5400 RPM SATA |
| Optical Drive | 8X DVD+/-RW |
| Battery | 8-Cell 65WHr/4400 mAHr |
| Operating System | Windows XP Pro SP2 |
| Dell XPS M1710 | |
| Processor | Core 2 Duo T7600G 2.33 GHz 4MB L2 667FSB (Unlocked) |
| Memory | 2x1024MB Samsung DDR2-667 5-5-5-13-21 Timings |
| Graphics | NVIDIA GeForce Go 7950 GTX 512MB 3D Clocks: 600/1150 |
| Hard Drive | Hitachi 100GB 5400 RPM SATA |
| Optical Drive | 8X DVD+/-RW |
| Battery | 9-Cell 80WHr/7200 mAHr |
| Operating System | Windows XP Pro SP2 |
Obviously, we're not dealing in apples-to-apples comparisons. While Dell gives users plenty of customization options, the same is not always true of other notebooks. Given the price and features, we can of course expect the Dell XPS M1710 to come out on top in all of our benchmarks. The ABS Mayhem Z5 should place second, and it should be somewhat interesting to see how the GeForce Go 7900 GTX compares to the GeForce Go 7950 GTX. The Mayhem Z5 was also equipped with a slower processor, so we're not able to directly compare GPU performance, but at a higher detail settings and resolutions the CPU shouldn't be the bottleneck so we'll be able to see whether the higher core speeds of the 7950 are truly more useful than the slightly higher memory bandwidth of the 7900.
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Gary Key - Tuesday, May 8, 2007 - link
It is a typo on the chart. The numbers reflected are the total score, not the individual break out on FPS.
JarredWalton - Tuesday, May 8, 2007 - link
Fixed. SupCom is a generated score from the perftest map (with an edited benchmark script). Sorry about that.yacoub - Tuesday, May 8, 2007 - link
what?Article says:
"We weren't able to run our latest gaming benchmarks (S.T.A.L.K.E.R. and Supreme Commander) on all of the laptops, so performance results for those games won't be included here."
JarredWalton - Tuesday, May 8, 2007 - link
The XPS M1710 OC scaling charts included SupCom and STALKER results. Just not the other laptops (although I might be able to run the benchmarks on a couple laptops still).yacoub - Tuesday, May 8, 2007 - link
I gave up on waiting for laptops to reach reasonable prices. Ordered a nice c2d setup to replace my aging A64 rig and did it for under $425. CPU, RAM, and Mobo. My 7900GT is still enough for now, but when the 8800GTS 640MB hits $350 without rebates I'll probably scoop one of those up too. So still under $800 for a full system upgrade.And since I can remote in to my home machine from work and my work machine from home, I really have little need for a laptop, though I do have a company-provided laptop for travel if I really needed to use it. On that flash games (tower defense, etc) are enough to keep me entertained if I'm that desperate to sit in a hotel room(?!). Most likely an mp3 player or a book is all I need in-flight and I'll be out doing things (business or tourist related) when I'm traveling so uber high-end gaming laptops at exorbitant prices just don't really have a use for me, or I'd imagine for most folks.
Ender17 - Tuesday, May 8, 2007 - link
The graphs would be a lot easier to read if they were labeled with the actual CPU speed instead of Bin 1, Bin 2...redbone75 - Tuesday, May 8, 2007 - link
Agreed. Just as easy to put 2.33 - 3.16 as it is to do Bin-0 - Bin-5. Actually, you save a character :)JarredWalton - Tuesday, May 8, 2007 - link
Given that the clock speeds are more of a request than an actual result, I didn't want to use those. I couldn't actually see if throttling was occurring during the game benchmarks, but the scores seem to indicate that the CPU was throttling at the Bin-4 and Bin-5 results on some games.The names I used came from discussions with Dell, where they referred to the clock speeds as "Bin + 3", but I used a plus sign instead. Given that the scores are all pretty close on many benchmarks, I didn't think too much about it.
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