Advice on Dell XPS2

[Speedbird_777]

Hi

I need some help regarding Dell's new XPS2 Laptop

I am looking for a desktop replacement, I don't really care about battery life, I just want something that kicks but, plays most if not all games and fro a few years to come

here are the specs

Intel® Pentium® M Processor 770 (2.13 GHz/2MB Cache/533MHz FSB)

LCD Panel 17 inch UltraSharp™ Wide Screen UXGA Display with TrueLife™
Memory 1GB Dual Channel DDR2 SDRAM at 533MHz 2 Dimm
Video Card 256MB NVIDIA® GeForce™ Go 6800 Ultra
Hard Drive 80GB Hard Drive
CD ROM/DVD ROM 8x CD/DVD burner (DVD+/-RW) with double-layer write capability

now what worries me is the CPU speed, Dell says they changed CPU's to increase batt. life and reduce size

is 2.13ghz enough for the next few years?
desktops are all pretty much into the 3.2-3.6 range?

thanks

[pop pop]

We have several threads in here recently discussing the Pentium M. That one (770 @ 2.13) is near the top, if not the top of its line. The P-M is a nice little chip, low power draw and runs very cool compared to the P4's. It's also way more efficient per clock cycle. Combined with the 1GB RAM and Go 6800 Ultra, I would think it would have no problem handling what you want it to.

[saphalline]

Here's how I rate the PM's speed: clock speed x 1.85 = equivalent desktop P4 speed. So the 770 at 2.13GHz is roughly equivalent to a P4 at 3.95GHz. This is just in terms of raw power, and doesn't take into account the P4's Hyper-Threading and superior SSE execution, but it gives a rough estimate.

[Speedbird_777]

thanks for the replies...I did run a search before posting but all I came up with was a compability thread on the P-M

[hockey man]

From what I understand the M kicks the 4's butt.

[saphalline]

Not exactly. The PentiumM is more akin to an AthlonXP in terms of its raw power per clock cycle (as in higher IPC and more powerful FPU), but it can't keep up with the P4 when it comes to integer or SSE performance. And of course the PM doesn't have Hyper-Threading and has a slower clock speed.

Just like a comparison of the Athlon64 vs P4 yields varying results, the PM can't be directly compared to the P4. The best example I can come up with is that the PM is a lot like the AthlonXP.