Dell Studio 17: When Gaming Isn't Enough
by Dustin Sklavos on August 26, 2010 12:10 AM EST
Gaming Performance at Low Settings
While we do suggest the Studio 17 isn't necessarily a gaming notebook, nonetheless we put it through its paces to give you a good idea of just how much you can expect out of the ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4650 (or, ahem, "560v") at its heart.
We've been revamping our graphics benchmarks to produce a more standardized set of results and to clean up presentation. On this first page, we present performance at the lowest preset, running the Studio 17 at both 1360x768 and the unit's native 1600x900 resolution.
At this juncture it's clear that just about any game will run quite happily at low settings on the Studio 17's Radeon 4650, generally with a healthy amount of performance to spare. With our revised test suite and comparing the Studio 17 with other entry-level and midrange solutions, even 1600x900 is easily playable. So let's see what happens when we start to crank up quality.
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Hrel - Friday, September 3, 2010 - link
I'd love to have basically this exact same laptop in a 15" Variant. I'd pay for the 1080p screen, and I'd even be ok with a mobile hyperthreaded dual core CPU, like the Core i7620. This type of laptop is exactly the class I want, good for media purposes, viewing and editing, and still able to play all the games I play. I REALLY REALLY don't care if it can max out crysis. As long as it plays the games, even if the graphics settings are on minimum, then I'm good. My desktop can handle all that eye candy.