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Dell kills the XPS brand (www.theverge.com)

submitted 2 days ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 days ago (2 children)

I bought a Precision 5480. Looks like an xps but better. Was so good I bought the 5490 for work a few months later. Would recommend.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Is the precision decent for gaming?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (2 children)

I have a precision 3571 and it's pretty solid, I've been using it as my main gaming computer because it's better than my old PC, it does have a few drawbacks tho.
Pros:

dedicated Ethernet, HDMI, headphone, and 2 USB ports as well as a second USB-c port besides the charging one that can be converted to other things with a dongle - I usually run it with external keyboard, mouse and monitor
decent battery, can do a few hours of light gaming on just the battery or a full day of just browser

Cons:

fan intake doesn't have enough space when sitting on a flat surface and will overheat easily, so I have to elevate it with something to increase the gap of hang it over the side of my desk. This does solve most overheating problems though.
for some reason helldivers runs way worse than it has any right to, my theory is that their game engine just really doesn't work with the weird laptop GPU, an RTX A1000

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 days ago (1 children)

RTX A1000 is a workstation Card, there's desktop cards with that branding as well. Nvidia has laptop versions of the gaming card, but the Dell business focused ranges are more marketed for 'mobile workstation' type stuff, so they get the workstation cards.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago

Yea that sounds right. It works quite well for most things, just specifically helldivers and/or it's anticheat absolutely hates it. On lowest settings I get like 30-40fps depending on how much I upscale with freezes every 10 seconds lasting .5-1 seconds. Simply unplayable, so I've gone back to using my 1080ti in my pc

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago

Ah thank you for the insight on thermal management and on the GPU... Will keep an eye on those points

[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Would recommend to not recommend Dell to future buyers, it’s not Apple vs Samsung like in the smartphone options of US.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 days ago (2 children)

That's a very weird take. I didn't blanket recommend Dell, but a specific model.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

Fr, Especially when they Maintain DKMS(Not a Device ik but used by most Distros).

[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 days ago

I mean… Dell Pro Max ¯_(ツ)_/¯