E6410 Owner's Thread

Ouch... ok well if my AMD Athlon X2 4400+ on DDR1 RAM (mid 2005 chip) which was on good old Socket 939, massacre in performance in ALL aspect, like if a the processor came from the future and took back to the past to be sold, the fastest P4 on the marke. And now we talk about a 2010 CPU, Core i series.... it should be like: WW00000000000000WWWW, yes with zero's, not O's. That fast....

As for GPU, well it's an Intel GPU... the equivalence in performance is a nice Geforce 7400M back in the days. That means it will run Aero smoothly, play HD 1080p videos smoothly, but that is about it. Using Google Earth will be pushing the GPU a bit, but it will still be enjoyable.

In result, you will have see amazing processing power under Win7 64-bit, potentially faster HDD despite being a laptop HDD, if you did not change your HDD since you got youru computer which is technology from early 2005 or 2004.

Just an overall idea of performance would be sufficient as I've had no
contact with recent machines and I'm wondering if I'll be getting a more
powerful computer or not. Poor GPU performance, BUT sufficient to have a more than smooth and conformable experience of Windows 7 GUI engine, called Aero (it uses the GPU to render), 1080p videos will play like a charm, but that is about it. Advance 2D and any level 3D will push the GPU too much.

If you play games at max settings, than I hardly think so. Batman Arkum Asselum and Street Fighter 4 shows that my CPU power is too slow for these games (I have a Geforce GTX 260 which is also being hold back by my CPU). Time to upgrade for me... maybe at year end.

Please remember... this is a LAPTOP, not a DESKTOP. Meaning you can't really stress the system... if you do, no mater the laptop you have, the system WILL throttle to prevent overheating.
If you want real performance, like a nice gaming computer, get a desktop.

Yea ok, I hardly think so as you use XP... you maybe got used to it's issues. Anyway, MAKE SURE that you have Windows 7 64-bit when you buy your new computer (wtv it could be) to have the best experience with your system.

 

this is a first post for me but i've been following this thread from its start...

i've had my e6410 for a couple weeks and have no complaints at all. which is good, considering the hell i went through with my dell studio two years ago made me swear i'd never give dell another penny. i broke down and they didn't screw it up - it's a great laptop.

anyway - i've noticed that Dell Control Point is always running and using ~40M. what is it doing other than showing me a launch icon in the systray? my system gets a little choppy at times and it seems like there might be a relationship between Dell's software and the choppyness.

i've also noticed that i see a lot of tearing when moving windows. according to nvidia's tools, the GPU isn't throttled down when i see this - is everyone else seeing that?

mine is configured as such:
Processor, I7-620M, 2.66, 4MB, Arrandale, C2
2x Dual In-Line Memory Module, 2GB1067MHZ, 256X64, 8K, 200
Liquid Crystal Display, 14.1WXGA+, Light Emitting Diode, Embedded Display Port, AG, Lg Philips Lcd
Card, Wireless, 375, Bluetooth, Foxconn
Card, Wireless, Half Mini-Card, DW1501, 4313
Hard Drive, 160, S2, 5.4, 9.5, P11, WD-ML320

i opted for the Win7 Pro downgrade to XP. so far XP has been working like a champ - no issues what so ever. it's actually snappier than Win7 was when i tried it...

 

Just to give you a rough idea, compare CPU benchmarks here:
PassMark Software - CPU Benchmarks - List of Benchmarked CPUs

P4 3.0 GHz = 488
i5-540 M = 2413

So just in raw CPU performance alone your new laptop is gonna be 5X faster than the old P4.

 

Thanks ! Now I'm even more excited about getting this thing ! Didn't expect
that much of a difference, though I realize I won't be getting much in the way
of graphics power.

Paul P

 

Now it's in the Outlet

 

Are you saying the E6410 is in the Dell USA Outlet? Link? Just went to Dell USA Business and Education Outlet for Refurbished Latitudes and it still only had the E6400.

edit: nevermind, you have to use the search:

http://outlet.us.dell.com/ARBOnline...InventorySearch?c=us&cs=28&l=en&lob=LAT&s=dfb

 

Oh man...this is torture haha. This high specs (core i7, 500 GB drive, etc..) at just over a grand (or less than a grand for a few machines) is a big deal.

 

I've read quite a few posts lately about throttling issues on Dell laptops. Is this something that everyone with a Dell laptop has to deal with or have the issues been resolved with the new models ? I do not need ultimate performance from my system but it would bug me to find out my laptop was not running as well as it could, just out of principle. Should I expect to go through a tuning stage when I get my E6410 to ensure that it's running properly ?

Paul P

 

I don't have the issue, and I even overclock my GPU at insane speeds. But I have the E6400.
Many people here like to use their laptop like a desktop computers (to a point of completely replacing their desktop) while laptops are not designed for such hard environment. Already, Dell's Latitude E series are laptop that seams to hold well when run 24/4 non stop (not even sleeping), which is already a big improvement, and possibly could explain why Dell is maybe stricter with the throttling policy. Sure someone might say his or her laptop was doing the above and more without any issue, ignoring the fact that Core i's series laptop and motherboard chipset are warmer processors, and that their old system was most likely not designed for such environment and most likely lucky that the system lasted more than 3 years.

 

Maybe it's quite late but I would like to say 'thank you' for these posts. These are very helpful for me. The 'grease problem' in the keyboard is, for me, the biggest drawback in my E6400. Now that I know it's only with the backlit model, I won't get the backlit KB when I get e6410 or e6510. I seldom was able to use it anyway...