Dell Xps 400

beefdawg · 07-31-2006, 05:08 PM

I am thinking about purchasing the DELL XPS 400, specs are:

Pentium® D Processor 940 with Dual Core Technology (3.20GHz, 800FSB)

Genuine Windows® XP Media Center 2005 Edition

256MB nVidia GeForce 7900 GS

1GB Dual Channel DDR2 SDRAM at 533MHz- 2DIMMs

250GB Serial ATA 3Gb/s Hard Drive (7200RPM) w/ 8MB cache

I was just wondering, If I get this will I be able to play games like Half-Life2, Doom3, Battelfield2 and COunter-strike source on high setting at 800x600 resolution? Or will it lag?

Thanks in advance,
Beefdawg

jp198780 · 07-31-2006, 05:14 PM

those computers are a little high in prices, alot of people are gonna say build 1.

diduknowthat · 07-31-2006, 05:27 PM

Lol yeah, how much is that costing you? You'll be able to play those games at the settings you mentioned but you're probably also paying way too much for that computer.

bball4life · 07-31-2006, 05:27 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by jp198780

those computers are a little high in prices, alot of people are gonna say build 1.

Haha you read my mind, seriously though you are very limited in what you can do with a dell, especially with core 2 chips out now you could build a comp for the same price, if not less, that would blow right past that comp, how much is that config anyway?

Sorry about asking the same question, we were responding at the same time.

jp198780 · 07-31-2006, 05:50 PM

it's coool lol, you could build a pc 4 like $600, and probrably have it perform way better. i like Dells though lol, they just arent really 4 gaming.

bball4life · 07-31-2006, 05:51 PM

Ya dells aren't bad for e-mail, word processing and internet, but when it comes to gaming, yikes. Wouldn't even go with alienware, way overpriced.

holyjunk · 07-31-2006, 05:54 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by bball4life

Ya dells aren't bad for e-mail, word processing and internet, but when it comes to gaming, yikes. Wouldn't even go with alienware, way overpriced.

They are not bad for e-mail, internet, gaming, etc... just bad for the price you have to pay for it not to be bad at gaming.

beefdawg · 07-31-2006, 05:58 PM

well for that dell its 1,590 but thats with monitor and speakers and all the extras but just like that its around 850

bball4life · 07-31-2006, 06:04 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by beefdawg

well for that dell its 1,590 but thats with monitor and speakers and all the extras but just like that its around 850

$750 worth of extras?

, you can get a good 19: lcd for $250 and very nice mouse and keyboard for $100, good 5.1 speakers $50 and then you have $1200 to put into a comp.

jp198780 · 07-31-2006, 06:47 PM

yeahh, very true.

07-31-2006, 05:08 PM	#1 (permalink)
beefdawg New Member Join Date: Jul 2006 Posts: 6	Dell Xps 400 I am thinking about purchasing the DELL XPS 400, specs are: Pentium® D Processor 940 with Dual Core Technology (3.20GHz, 800FSB) Genuine Windows® XP Media Center 2005 Edition 256MB nVidia GeForce 7900 GS 1GB Dual Channel DDR2 SDRAM at 533MHz- 2DIMMs 250GB Serial ATA 3Gb/s Hard Drive (7200RPM) w/ 8MB cache I was just wondering, If I get this will I be able to play games like Half-Life2, Doom3, Battelfield2 and COunter-strike source on high setting at 800x600 resolution? Or will it lag? Thanks in advance, Beefdawg

07-31-2006, 05:14 PM	#2 (permalink)
jp198780 Diamond Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Deptford, New Jersey Age: 18 Posts: 4,090	those computers are a little high in prices, alot of people are gonna say build 1. __________________ My computer:Amd x2 4200+@2.20ghz 1gb ram 200gb 7200rpm hard drive X1950XT xp home

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diduknowthat formerly liuliuboy Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Massachusetts Age: 17 Posts: 6,462	Lol yeah, how much is that costing you? You'll be able to play those games at the settings you mentioned but you're probably also paying way too much for that computer. __________________ Dell Latitude XT Convertible Tablet Intel Core 2 Duo U7600 1.2ghz CPU 3GB DDR2 677 Memory 120GB 1.8" PATA Hard Drive ATI Radeon Xpress 1250 Graphics 12.1" WXGA LED Touch Screen N-Trig Capacitive Touch/Active Digitizer

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jp198780 Diamond Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Deptford, New Jersey Age: 18 Posts: 4,090	it's coool lol, you could build a pc 4 like $600, and probrably have it perform way better. i like Dells though lol, they just arent really 4 gaming. __________________ My computer:Amd x2 4200+@2.20ghz 1gb ram 200gb 7200rpm hard drive X1950XT xp home

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beefdawg New Member Join Date: Jul 2006 Posts: 6	well for that dell its 1,590 but thats with monitor and speakers and all the extras but just like that its around 850

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jp198780 Diamond Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Deptford, New Jersey Age: 18 Posts: 4,090	yeahh, very true. __________________ My computer:Amd x2 4200+@2.20ghz 1gb ram 200gb 7200rpm hard drive X1950XT xp home

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