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    D820...

    Discussion in 'Dell' started by darktiger, May 8, 2006.

  1. darktiger

    darktiger Notebook Guru

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    Someone in my office just bought a Dell D820 - wow - nice!

    I am downloading some benchmark programs to test it out, but my initial impression is "wow". Dell has improved over the past years... Now, I bought a Asus (coming tomorrow) but if I don't like that Asus this Dell looks darn good!

    So, for those wondering about it - just ask me...
     
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    rocketman Notebook Enthusiast

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    Do you know which processor, video card and display it had? Was it the highest resolution WUXGA display or a lower res version? I'd love to know what you thought of the display, the brightness and sharpness and the general over all build quality.
     
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    SRD Notebook Virtuoso

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    The D series dells are pretty nice its prob the only dell line i think is nice along with the XPS. THe only comment i can say about the D820 is its heavy compared to other 15.4 in notebooks. But its solid.
     
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    He has the 1.66Duo, 2GB RAM, and a 1680x1050 display.

    Overal build quality - great
    No screen flex
    24FPS in Aquamark 3D (so not a gaming computer)
    Good brightness and sharpness. Images in IE looked bad, but Windows and Firefox looked good.
     
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    what graphics does he have and what's wrong with the IE images?
     
    H@lub, May 8, 2006
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    Check my previous post for the very issue.
     
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    Nvidia Quadro NVS 110M
     
    darktiger, May 8, 2006
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