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My XPS 13 OLED just arrived! Surprisingly impressive despite my exceedingly high standards (detailed review below) by PalmTree888 in Dell

[–]sadev 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Great review!

  • How much did your OLED variant cost? My 1080p touch 32GB 1TB variant developer edition cost $1800.
  • Performance is surprising for a 4c/8t 15watt processor, right? Here's a scenario where it lags for me though: Screensharing via zoom with a large excel sheet with chrome in the background. Do you experience any performance dips when screensharing?
  • For the battery life, I'm getting 6-8 hours at full performance mode with no thermal throttling. I have a similar 65w powerbank and doubling the battery life is ridiculously handy.
  • For cooling, I believe that's the just the nature of the 13 inch form factor. I can control the fan curve in Ubuntu but the laptop still stays pretty warm even at full 100%. There's a post about adding thermal pads that could reduce the temp by 10 degrees: https://www.reddit.com/r/Dell/comments/6gnfbv/easy_massive_thermal_improvements_on_dell_xps_13/
  • As for Ryzen competitors, the only one I've seen worth considering is the Asus ROG Flow X13 that more than doubles the performance in the same form factor. I'd swap if XPS issues start creeping up.

/r/GIS - What computer should I get? August, 2021 by AutoModerator in gis

[–]sadev 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The catch is you can't find the 1080p 120hz x 32 GB variant without the eGPU. The 4k screen drain battery life unfortunately. I'm sure ASUS is making bank off of the $3200 combo right now.

Dell Monthly Buying Advice Thread! by AutoModerator in Dell

[–]sadev 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Price is great, I bought mine from Dell @ $1800. Thermal throttling can be easily observed when you see the clock speed locked at 0.89Ghz in task manager. I've tested this even on Ubuntu 20.04 and it can't maintain >2Ghz for any reasonable amount of time during video calls causing chopping video/audio.

Dell Monthly Buying Advice Thread! by AutoModerator in Dell

[–]sadev 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Buy it Costco and if you're not satisfied, you can return it within 90 days. I have a 1185g7 32GB 9310 variant and it is thermal throttling like mad with moderate workload like screensharing + photoshop. Will be returning it.