Dell Studio 1555

Why haven't they made P series with 6MB cache or more... would 3MB extra cache make that much extra power consumption?
Still we can't complain either. 3MB is more than enough for today's applications.

 

The 2.53GHz P9500 and 2.66GHz P9600 both have 6mb of L2 cache. The P8700 and P9500 are identical, except the P8700 only has half the L2 cache.

 

I'm still a bit confused about the video card situation. So is there any significant difference between the two cards besides memory? I don't want to spend another $75 for an unnoticeable/minimal difference in performance.

 

Guys

Really would appreciate some advice. In UK we only have choice of 1366 res or 1920 at this stage for the Studio 1555. I went for 1366 instead of 1920 as I was worried that 1920 was overkill for the monitor size and because I wanted to avoid scaling issues. Eg. assumed over time 4570 would only be able to run many games at 1024 or 1366 and was concerned about downscaling 1920.

Does anyone have the 1920 res and can comment on on increasing text sizes and quality of games graphics when needing to downscale?

Also concerned with what I've now been hearing about potential poor quality 1366 panel. Keen to get answers on above questions as may be worth just sending back when arrives and getting 1920 res or holding on for 1600 res to come out (?).

Any comments appreciated!

 

Ill be getting the laptop later on today, so ill be able to tell you how the screen fairs for games and also how the text is.

 

I contact dell US and they said me that the hd4570 uses DDR2 Vram not GDDR3, I argue that because in the setup guide appear GDDR3 256MB/512MB, but they said that was a confusion ... so, who has the last word in this ...

 

I find that hard to believe based on the performance we are getting with the 4570. The performance matches notebookcheck's GDDR3 4570 and ingame performance is definitely higher than a card with DDR2.

 

I agree with you ... i look your videos and the performance is very decent, i order a dell studio a month ago but dell delay my order a couple of times... i hope that the 256mb have gddr3 also, or that could performance same as yours ...

my spec that order
p8600
3gb ram
256mb ati hd4570
900p screen
backlit

 

Felipe, can you run a couple of benchmarks when you receive your studio like 3DMark, so we can compare it to the 512mb version?

 

Ok, but ny specs are the basically the same likes globaltrasher, and he did some tests, but when the laptop arrives i will bench some games to see the difference in gaming.

for the discussion

in notebookcheck appear a bench for a acer with hd4570 with 512MB DDR2 8.582.0.0 and the 3dmark05 was 5675 and 3dmark06 2654 points, very far from 7962 in 3dmark 05 and 3747 in 3dmark 06 for studio 15 hd4570 256mb (the difference will be also the cpu but 2400 point for cpu¿?) so ... i suppose that the difference in 3dmark06 between Studio 15 256mb/512mb, will be 200 points for cpu (t9550 over p8600), and theother points for the amount o vram, but not the type, because that difference will be score much more.

If somebody has a t9550 and hd4570 256mb could be the best evidence of this hypothesis.


Greetings ...

PD: Sorry for my english ... im from Chile.

 

Thanks for those benchmarks, Felipe. I didn't see those earlier. Hmm...so the difference does seem to be the CPU then.

 

Someone on Youtube posted a 4250 3dMark06 score for his Studio 1555 with 512MB 4570.

Must be DDR3 if you ask me.

 

With a score that high I imagine it would have to be GDDR3 as well as 128-bit. I dont see the score getting that high without it. The CPU speed has little effect when it comes to 3d-mark.

 

Judging from those scores, seems both versions(256mb and 512mb) are GDDR3 no?

Then again, if one version was GDDR3 while the other was DDR2, it'd justify a price jump between both as the extra VRAM doesn't really help all that much assuming they were both the same memory types.

 

Notebookjournal said the 256MB is DDR2, 512 is DDR3. But they got their information from Dell so it could be wrong too.

 

Hmmm well judging from the scores the 256mb got, they look pretty close to that HD4570 with GDDR3. Then again, the CPU is different, but idk if that'd be enough to warrant such a big leap. Maybe try Vantage instead of 3mark06?

Random question: Can anyone confirm if the HD4570 is the 128bit version? I've looked around but I've yet tos ee any confirmation nor denial if its the 64bit or 128bit version

 

That'll be me, but Dell is really confusing me on the 4570. All I can show is ingame performance, and I think that would be a better indicator of real world performance than specs on a sheet paper. Would be nice to know what I got though.

 

Have you tried GPU-Z?

 

Somebody put here a score of 1150 on 3dmark vantage with a hd4570 256mb

On notebookcheck somebody put the next result for vantage
Model CPU Memory Core / Memory GPU Memory Value
P8600 2048 MB 680 / 800MHz GDDR3 - 128 Bit 1160

So it seems the only difference is the amount of vram and definitely is gddr3

Also in notebookcheck the hd3650 (128bit) scores 855 in vantage:
Model CPU Memory Core / Memory GPU Memory Value
T9400 600/700MHz 256MB GDDR3 7.14.10.0590 855

For the information that i search, its look the hd4570 of the studio 15 have a greater performance in tests, and its over a hd3650 in vantage, so its possibly that both cards (256mb/512mb) had 128 bit and gddr3

But the important part is tha i think is the benchs in games, and there the performance are great , between 9600m gs and 9600m gt, so if you buy the studio i think you dont regret.

And hd4570 have other qualities instead the performance in game, like low consumption (17watt to 20watt), UVD 2 (fantastic for see hd movies in your lcd) and many others. So its worth every dollar.

 

Yeah I posted up the GPU-Z earlier in this thread. It doesnt do a good job showing what the 4570 is so I doubt its accuracy at the moment.

 

Have finally got my Internet receipt number from Dell after reordering my system yesterday. I was getting quite worried that something had gone wrong as it's taken 24hours for this email to come through.

I'm just wondering whether it's worth calling Dell to clarify that my 512mb HD 4570 will be 128bit, or if this would just confuse the CSR. Any thoughts anyone?

 

I don't see any point. You'll get the same one as everyone else.

 

Thanks! Will be waiting to hear!

 

The 1080p screen is amazing viewing angles are very good straight on the screen is clear and crisp best screen ive seen for a laptop for sometime. The viewing angles are great looking at it directly from the edge of the screen there is a slight colouring effect but nothing worth thinking about it it is very very minor.
Tested it out with a blu ray film and it looks stunning im very impressed with it.
Some people have been saying about the text being small, it is fairly small but when your using it the text is fine.

From what ive heard about the 720p screen im glad i went with this one it is far better quality.

 

Thank you for your review, could you see what the make of the screen is please?

 

and maybe some pics too. nobody with the 900p screen yet?

 

oh and allstar how long did you have to wait? I ordered mine with 1920 screen last week and have an estimated date of 22nd

 

i ordered mine think it was the 30th last month, and got it today so say 10/11 days. They said at first it had an expected ship date of the 16th, quite glad i got it early dont like waiting

I might take some photos but the only camera i have is on my phone and its pretty bad.

Anything else anyone is wanting to know?

 

I have the delivery date for next Monday...but i hope to get it this week
Allstar88, what video card you have with yours?

 

got the 512mb version been trying to find out if its 128bit cant seem to find it on the settings not use to the ATI layout.

 

my delivery was scheduled for today, but there was no one home to receive it So I called the delivery company and asked whether they could deliver it tommorrow after 4pm, sometime around 5. They said that their driver probaly wont be in the area at that time. What the ....? I`m at work till 4 every day mon-fri. I hope the delivery guy obeys instructions and delivers after 4. Will see tommorrow....

 

Allstar88, can you pls tell us the make of your screen... If possible some benchmarks like 3DMark 06, 3DMark 05 or 3DMark Vantage... Please tell your vista scores too...
Thank You so much in advance...

 

Still looking for the screen make cant seem to find it, might be looking in the wrong place, anyway laptop has a Vista rating of 5.0 basically the same setup as yours.

Where would i find the screen model make and also full stats for the ati card so i can see if its 64 or 128.

 

Download GPUZ, that will give you your cards info. Not sure if it correctly recognises the 4570 yet though.

I dont have Vista, but I expect it will be the same as XP, for the monitor, go into device manager, then monitors, click the details tab and you should see the monitors details

 

Since we have the same specs i'm much eager to know your benchmarks and profomance... So please share more of your experince...

I put my order on 1st, but they started production on 2nd & completed it today. Estimated shipping date is now 17th June [It was 15th June till today afternoon]... I hope its home soon...

 

Tried that earlier just comes up with Generic PnP Monitor

 

http://www.gilsmethod.com/how_to_resolve_unknown_device_problems

use this to find the monitor id

 

Does anyone have any comparisons between the 720, 900 and 1080p screens?

I'm probably gonna get one of these, but I'm using a WSXGA+ screen at the moment... which is somewhere between the 900 and 1080p... just want to know which is closer.

 

1600:900 on 15.6" would be 1680:1050 on 15.4" I reckon.

 

Here is the device ID havnt found anything related to it though MONITOR\LGD020B

 

I am facing the same situation on my S1555. For me it is listed as Default Monitor on the device manager display device properties..

 

http://www.displayblog.com/2009/03/12/lg-display-120hz-1080p-notebook-pc-lcd-panels/

http://www.lgdisplay.com/homeContain/jsp/eng/prd/prd300_j_e.jsp LP156WF1

maybe these are the screens

 

As per DOS0 mentioned a little while back, I ordered mine yesterday and only received an email confirmation today some 36 hours after the order.

When I spoke with them they said there were delays due to a system upgrade

Still waiting to receive the next email with proper Order Number now

Ordered

Dell Studio 1555
Core 2 Duo P8600 2.4GHZ | 320GB 7200RPM HDD | 4GB RAM | 1080p Screen | 512MB ATI Mobility Radeon 4570 | Intel 5100 | DVD | Backlit Keyboard | Red Swirl | Windows Vista 64bit

Diddy

 

I have the 900p screen and it is excellent. It is an AUO panel. Very bright, has great angles and colors. I saw the 1555 with 720p at Best Buy and the screen quality was much worse. Haven't seen the 1080p yet.

 

Oleg, thanks for the info. Can you please post some pics?

 

Yea... if anyone has pics of the 3 screens that would be excellent. Is the 900p brighter than the 720p? Is the 1080p brighter again?

 

Is the processor upgradable in these?

 

Got my 1555 today. I got the 1080p screen. It is very nice. Good veiwing angles. and bright. It is an LG model.

 

Pretty frustrating isn't it?
I was told that it was due to technical difficulties, i'm still waiting for the order confirmation email now....

 

crf450r - can you take a picture of the 1080p screen? (beside another screen if possible) Or anyone infact... I havent seen any pictures of the display yet....