You should really get a sponsor from the manufacturer of your shirts. If they are your own, maybe you should open a merch store cuz they're awesome, Lisa
Always enjoy your reviews. always spot on and unbiased one way or the other. I check out your channel before buying computer equipment and I'm never disappointed. Great job and keep on and thank you.
I am on my 3rd replacement xps 15 - i've had 9550 9560 , and am waiting for my 9570 replacement from dell(all in warranty) you are spot on in your review, stating little bugs. all my xps systems have had repeated ssd failures.I will not purchase another xps 15. My roommate has a xps 13 from 3 years ago. that machine is perfect , no issues , ever. Thank you for putting the pros and cons int the' review.
Hello Lisa! Just wanted to say how much I love your reviews, you're always so thorough and your voice is so soothing and easy to listen to!!! Preciate you ma'am!
The heat issue hasn't been a big deal for me with my 9560 but after the 9570 reviews I'm looking a lot harder at the aerox as my next daily driver. Thanks for the review as always!
Thank you for your review. As i am writing this comment on my XPS 15 9570 you can figure out that your review helped me to decide. I am absolutely in love with this laptop. I bought the version with 16 gb Ram the big battery and the full hd display to further increase the running time on the laptop. It is the perfect mix of design, graphic power, battery runn time and compact smal light laptop.
@@inigo_hungerford2123 I havent. I am using it mostly for Office and games. I am running acassains creed odysseys on max graphic on 1680x1020 eit around 65 fps if that helps you
I remember watching your surface pro 2 video. it was the reason i subscribed. great to see your amazing reviews, and unbiased as hell, i bought my maxed out XPS 13 because of your review. cheers.
I have a Dell XPS 15 (9560), love the build quality but I had many software problems, had to reinstall Windows once and then reset to factory 2x, this was within one year. The computer also runs hot whenever I play games such as Fortnite. Battery life is down to 4 hours on a full charge also, overheating has lowered the battery. I suggest if you look for a laptop gaming, if you have a big budget either buy a expensive gaming laptop like Razer thats portable and doesn't have a gaming vibe. Or buy a Dell XPS 13 as an ultrabook and then buy a gaming laptop for under $1000
Amazing review as always, Lisa, keep that great work! Maybe consider doing a comparison video with the 15-inch Surface Book 2, since both are more towards professionals.
In order for laptop to NOT overheat under sustained, you'd need to have MacBook Air spec in XPS 15 chassis with some fancy vapor chamber / liquid cooling connected to display back panel....
I've had the last model for about a year, it's been fantastic but my main issue has always been the cooling! Makes it much harder to render and run games than expected.
i bought one last week. latest bios 1.11 is good even though it add intel security crap you don't feel the performance drop. as about the thermals if i want to game i always have a fan pad...and i have it by default undervoltage -140cpu core -14igpu core. that gave me -20c most of the times and increased my battery life +40mins!!! without loosing any Ghz performance.
very useful. two comments, 1) I also find surprising dell's secret support of WACOM pens. on my 9570 it worked fine with a bamboo pen and I find it a quite useful feature for occasional retouches of photos kind of thing. I can guess dell does not want to cannibalize sales of the 9575, and hence they might not want to advertize the feature; 2) I still cringe at negative statements of other reviewers on cooling that refer to something like "well dell kept the same cooling than last year but now we have six-core instead of four, so of course it is insufficient." what puzzles me is that the 8850h is a 45 watt TDP part just like last years 7700HQ, why then the same cooling of last year is not enough if by definition TDP is the heat the computer has to dissipate. is Intel lying about actual TDPs of the 8th gen?
Actually Intel is lying about the TDP, like always, they advertise TDP at 45W (but for base clock)(pretty low for the 8th gen btw), and then the turbo clocks way higher. I recall that the 9570 in Intel XTU have the TDP set at 57W turbo boost and short term something like 70W. But still Lisa was a bit harsh this time, it scores very high even compared with the competition and long term has a clock of 3.2Ghz all cores, and with just a undervolt it easily reaches 3.6~3.7Ghz all cores (!), That's full 700-800Mhz more than the MBP after the patch
I found the "cheap" model is fantastic under Ubuntu Linux. I swamped out the slow as molasses hard drive for a Nvme ssd and much bigger battery, another 8gb of ram and having no Nvidia chip really does extend the life and over all performance of this laptop. I am able to boot in under 5 seconds, and go for hours. Best of all the unit was cheap. I picked up mine for under $450 bucks, after the battery, ram and ssd under $600. The "lowly" i5 feels quite confident.
I’m a photographer who plans to spend most of my time on this laptop in Lightroom and photoshop with occasional Premiere pro 1080p editing. Everyone else has made feel confident that this laptop is the right choice. Do you reckon it’s still going to perform well enough for those task. I will rarely Game, but occasionally.
Reviews of this type (not just MobileTechReview but many others) are starting to get repetitive and, well, a bit boring. Benchmarking is counter-productive: In this video for example, we hear that the i9 is basically just a marketing term for last year's chip. People complain about Intel or Dell or Apple or whoever bringing out new stuff that's no better than the old, and yet as soon as they do they're artificially tested and overloaded, and often portrayed as not good enough, 'must try harder'. This just drives manufacturers to rush out more stuff, more quickly. I couldn't care less about video editing, 'content creation' and the like. What I'd like to know about these laptops is some more real world information - the stuff that I actually need to know rather than some silly Cinebench score. Here are a few examples, some of which you can find out by digging around, but some maybe not so obvious. - Is it heavy and/or large to carry around? Does the manufacturer offer decent accessories such as adapters, peripherals, even sleeves, bags etc? - How big is the power brick? Are extra power bricks expensive? - Can the battery be swapped/replaced? - How well does it perform wirelessly? Any wifi issues? - Is the SSD plenty fast? Or the card reader if present? - Does it appear with a ton of bloatware? Or is any of it useful? - Any issues with sleeping and waking up? - How long does a full charge take? - Are there any docking solutions available? How about reviews of these? - How many external monitors will it run (docked or undocked)? - If it breaks, what are the repair/service options and how good are they? - Is the built in sound card OK or garbage? - How well does it run other stuff, eg music production software (low latency), code compiling, virtual machines? - What's the Linux compatibility like? And so on.....
Why do you care if it has compatibility with linux, if you are interested in linux, buy a linux laptop why waste money on a windows license just to use linux; Also who really cares about the bags available for this, the main audience cares more about performance rather than what bags can you get for it.
agaskew When I say performance I mean how cool it runs, what clock speed the cpu has, how fast it can do the task most people use it for, etc., come on you know what I mean by performance; As I said before if you buy this just so you can wipe it and put Linux on it, you’re not using your money right cause you’re paying for windows and not using it. However you might dual-boot, but dual-booting a device like this with windows 10 introduces problems that the target audience for this most likely does not want to deal with.
XPS 9570 has much better CMOS chip than 9560, Even temperature of the CPU reach 100C, it never throttles below 2.5Ghz in game-like Dirt4 or Farcry5. Meanwhile, 9560 always throttle down to 1.6 Ghz. The main reason is not CMOS overheating, but power throttling by not having enough CMOS chips. XPS 9570 has about 50% more CMOS for powering the CPU and smaller size chip. Repaste with MX4 arctic makes the temperature about 10C cooler, hovering 80-85C during xtu benchmarks instead of 95-100C. I did not expect that the boost of VRM quality chips is so great compared to 9560.
@@Matanumi The improvement is marginal since xps 9570. 6 cores make it very hot. We can setup on windows to 99% throttle, so it never overboost and keep the temperature down therefore the GPU can go faster at very stable rate. Afterall XPS is not a gaming laptop. But it is still capable to do gaming although the screen freshrate is not as good as anything with G-sync or Radeon-sync. Get a true gaming laptop with g-sync option instead. It is much pleasant and smooter. I prefer cheap OMEN HP. They have a good price with nice screen and cooling.
Interesting review but it differs from other reviews in some ways: 1. The color accuracy tests in other pro-reviews lists it right behind the MacBook Pro. In fact, I have read a photography website review which picks the XPS 15 over the MacBook Pro because of the cost difference and the colors are still accurate. 2. There area number of pro-reviewers who say that this laptop can game very capably and they show extensive shots of it running some of the most difficult games at 1080P (not 4K). This may be because you got a defective GPU which leads to the next point. 3. No other pro-reviewer I have read had problems with the GTX 1080 Ti GPU - not one. In fact, most of them praised it highly and said it was the perfect choice for this laptop. Powerful enough for heavy content work like editing 4K videos; and powerful enough for gaming a 1080P resolution; but not overkill for a business type laptop like the GTX 1070 or 1080. Please don't take this comment as being overly crtical, I greatly enjoy your reviews and I am a fan. However with this XPS 15 laptop, it appears you got a defective GPU or something, going by what other reviews have said. Keep in mind there are several RUclips reviews where the XPS 15 beats the MacBook Pro handily in several important categories like display, keyboard use and performance. It is also somewhere around a $1000.00 (or more) cheaper than the 2018 MacBook Pro and has much better connectivity. This has been selected by many sites as the #1 best laptop for the money (the 4K version). You might have gotten a defective unit. Check with Dell.
My realm is mainly documents, large files, multitasking, and presentations. I'm wondering how important the CPU difference is for a content creator who doesn't game.
As long as video editing and gaming are not your thing, any cpu would suffice. Actually H series cpu would be counterproductive in your case for sacrificing battery life for no meaningful gain.
I bought the i9 version with 32gb RAM and 1TB SSD. I really liked the laptop, the display, the keyboard. All good. But I returned it. Why? Thermal throtteling was an issue of course, but I expected that. But what really drove me crazy, was the loud fan noise. It kept only calm, when idelling, but when starting any work on this laptop (even office apps) the fans got very loud and that´s a dealbreaker. I also had a key, which was not working proberly. I was really looking forward to this laptop, to replace my workstation. But now I am clueless again. You have any recommendations? I cannot find anything comparable, regarding look and feel on the windows market. Would you say, that an MacBook Pro 15 isn´t a reaplacement for a workstation, too? Thanks for advice, and by the way. Love your videos ....
What did you get? I'm excited for the 2nd gen Lenovo Thinkpad X1 Extreme & new Dell XPS 15 that will launch this summer with Oled options. The Thinkpad is my frontrunner because I'm a writer, so their keyboards make me droooooooool.
Hey Lisa, I had this XPS for five months. I had many issues. It didn’t recognise the charger. The screen bleed made watching videos and Netflix a pain, not the great experience I was expecting from a high end laptop. The sound went crazy after a bios update four weeks ago. Dell sent a tech guy to replace the motherboard, the screen and the speakers. BitLocker had been set up by Dell so when the new components were replaced the laptop was locked. Dell solution was a fresh install of Windows. All my info would be wiped……NOT GOOD! I had done my research but Dell are doing quite a lot wrong. I don’t want to but maybe it’s time to go back to Apple. Any suggestions?
Lisa, you should keep the memory chips of an ssd warm, they last longer at higher temps, it's the controllers that need cooling. My guess was that fold was intentional.
It was not intentional- it was a crumpled mess. If they wanted to cool only the controller, they would have used a shorter thermal pad. Believe me, the memory chips still stay cozy warm with that pad on.
Now I've seen 5 reviews of this computer, you've been the most comprehensive. Some dont even talk about the thermal issue, and that's a big thing. I dont want my computer to have specs I cannot enjoy full use of, AND last me 3-4 years, hopefully. Hmmm, I want 16gb, 8th gen i7, and a GPU in a well built body and good screen for photo and digital creativity. This seems to hit all of that, BUT, I dont want the heat aye. Is a gaming laptop the way? $2000ish AUD is my budget area. I'll flex on price and specs though.
great video, OMG, having recently purchased a 2018 dell 15 9570, recently I was not made aware of a swelling battery issue. I am curious as to know if you have hade to replace the battery at all and how long are the batteries rated to last? Was there any error and or alert that the Windows OS gave you in your discovery of the battery problem, that is did you perform a diagnostic which informed you prior? This really sucks, to where I may now consider returning the laptop for this reason. Thanks
I purchased this laptop. I have 32gigs and 1TB. Performance has been good for me. Have used premier and light room and it's been pretty smooth and quick. I use these programs but strictly amateur. Content creator light.... Lol
Yet Dell have relabelled this as the Precision 5530 for the workstation crowd, even have a xeon option (though slower than the i9!). They really do need to get their engineering teams back on the job to sort the next xps 15 out for heat and stability otherwise it'll be pointless. Great review, I've cooled towards the xps15 unlike the machine itself.
No-one buys an XPS for 'standard use'. Ms Office, streaming, 'day-to-day stuff'. Benchmarks mean nothing to lay people. Talk about actual content creation, adobe software, render times, export times, whats the keyboard like? How's the trackpad? Port selection?
This has been the video I have been waiting for. 😎👌 Great work as always Lisa Also so: if one wished to occasionally stream mid teir games and do graphic design, would you go for the 1080p 9570 or 4k 9560? Is the CPU difference worth it do ya think?
One technical problem that I'm having is with the keyboard not recording keystrokes, which is incredibly annoying when you type all day. There's an unofficial workaround, but still, this is the kind of thing that Dell needs to fix ASAP. And the carbon fiber material is absolutely impossible to keep clean. Add to that the sub-par cooling and the related fan noise, and suffice it to say that if I could return my XPS15, I would.
Hi Lisa, great review as always. I was looking at getting one but im not so sure. I want a laptop for Premier Pro, Lightroom, Photoshop, After Effects. Some very light gaming too. What would you recommend?
Is it normal for Dell speakers to distort easily with digital clipping? Watching TV shows and movies you can detect high pitch resonating once you get past sound 60 or 70% volume. I just got the 9575 and I'm not at whether my speakers are faulty or they're just not that good. I turned that waves maxx software off as that just made it worse. I would expect to be able to 100% without distortion assuming the audio source is below 0db. The laptop body seems to resonate too which seems to add to it.
I've read somewhere on reddit that the GPU is in fact not a 1050Ti MaxQ but a regular mobile 1050Ti. That could explain the issues with the benchmarks and games...
It doesn't matter that the 4k supports the active pen. Nobody will make the best of it applying pressure to the hinge. The laptop doesn't do a full 360º to get the monitor on flat on the keyboard (like the 2in1) and it also doesn't even do 180º, to get it on a table surface. So there's no way to draw on it stable. Why doesn't Dell simply make all their laptops monitors tilt at least 180 like Lenovo? Edit - Lisa addressed this right after I pressed play from the pause I made this comment in xD
I am curious to know what you would recommend to look at for a mobile work station. I need to replace my desktop and was looking into a laptop that could do the job. I want to start a youtube channel so it will be mainly used for video editing. Not a fan of Apple product and Surface, so it doesn't leave us with much choices. I thought XPS would do the trick but you seem to say for video editing it's not the best. I'm looking to invest between 2k and 3k CAD. Thanks for you recommendation.
Yesterday I watched your video on laptop reviews for 2018, of which I can't find again, so sorry I can't write my comment on the episode. You were noting that the LG gram was not as good for video editing as the Dell, XPS I think, and I was wondering why the Dell was better. Also it seems Dell is almost 6 pounds which is really heavy for something you're going to lay in your lap for a while. The weight is what's holding me back.
Hi Lisa, would you buy the Lenovo X1 Extreme over the XPS 15? I've seen both of your reviews, but it's kinda hard to tell which of the two you think is the better buy. Is it true that the 8850H in the X1 Extreme is a better and cooler running option than the i9 used in the XPS 15, but just as powerful? Is there a substantial performance difference between the 8750H and 8850H processors? I'm a pretty heavy user, leaning mostly on Office 365, Chrome, Lightroom (Classic), Photoshop, and a lot of Netflix. No Premier yet, I'm just doing stills right now, but I plan to experiment with video at some point soon. All your reviews are great. Thanks.
If you want to undervolt use powershell not xtu or the other stuff. You guys can make a .vbs that would be able to undervolt in power she'll and never have to open xtu
If you go with repasting, undervolting, put some thermal pads into MOSFETs and RAM, maybe decrease the max Power (W) for turbo boost and...here you go. Much better with thermal and throttling. Yes, I know that should've been done in manufacture. But these couple of mods is relatively simple to do..so no big deal. And I don't understand that "is not a working station(?) machine". How is that so? Of course it is, with some additional devices like TB16.
Alex yeah... You're right, probably not :) ordinary customers just wants a working machine, without need to"fix" and tweaking it just after put out from the box
My mind boggles sometimes how these firms manage to charge so much for little change. This laptop has slight increases to the hardware does it justify the price tag? I don't think so. No money spent on (R&D) cooling solution, no money spent on designing new look of the laptop. Does it justify consumers spending so much when the XPS with the same design and thermals when Dell refreshed it's XPS range I think not. I believe consumers should demand more from this product and Dell in my opinion have been lazy putting in 1050ti which is a poor graphics card for 2018, no thermal solution to i9, poor speakers, poor camera placement doesn't justify the price tag in my opinion. I've tried the keyboard I think it's overrated too, Lenovo or the old school MacBook pro have the best keyboards but yet consumers are content with this XPS? Yes when the XPS came out it was innovative product but does it justify charging consumers the same amount year after year purely on hardware? I think not.
Lisa, any idea how this compares with the Dell Precision 5530 performance-wise? If I'm not mistaking it uses a similar, slightly larger chassis, but considering that the workstation has more power, I assume that the thermals is still a problem?
Hi there. I've a question about the 4k display metrics. Dell advertises full adobe rgb colour gamut and I can see from your review that spyder 5 elite measures 98% of adobe rgb colour gamut. However, when I read the review for this notebook written by the guys from notebookcheck, they say that the 4k display covers only about 88% of adobe rgb colour gamut. So I'm confused by such a large difference between your measurements and those from notebookcheck. The reason I'm asking is because I am seriously considering buying a dell xps 15 for my girlfriend who is a professional photographer and works in adobe colour gamut. And now I'm confused by such a large difference in numbers between the two reviews. I was hoping you could clarify this a bit for me. Thank you for your time in advance! Cheers!
Hello Lisa, I speak to you and to all those who have had the opportunity to try this XPS 15 9570. In the video we see that the upper part of the display appears darker especially with white backgrounds. I'm noticing the same thing in my XPS that I recently purchased. Can you confirm that the 4k display of this XPS has this effect or defect?
For a college student, do you think I should get a mobile work station? (something like the Thinkpad T580) Or a gaming laptop? Both are powerful machines. I really care about the powerful performance, as I'm a computer engineering student, but I also need a good battery life that would last all day.
you are awesome! thank you! one thing to consider - when I got this laptop, and I have always being with macs, what shocked me was the weight of the charger! it's sooooo soooo soooo so heavy!!! why? i thought this laptop will be easier to carry then my old macbook, but because of the charger it's the same weight! ( face palm) pretty sad
What I really want to know is.... how does it do as a tablet in portrait mode??? I want to use it to read music sheets on in tablet mode, so while everything else is nice for a review, it's missing the other aspect.
Lisa, you rock!! I love your videos, and I am so happy to see another strong woman in the tech industry, absolutely killing it! Haha. I wish I could start my own channel :) I am in my final year at Ohio State for CSE for Software Engineering and Video Game Design. I just bought this same laptop, loaded up, and it is no slouch - I love the Razer Blade but for content creation the screen doesn't cut it! I am always in a hard spot with buying machines, for the graphic design portion of my workload! I do 3D rendering, code compiling, freelance web/graphic development (how I support myself, through school,) as well as I am still a student doing regular "student things", sometimes. I had been using a MacBook Pro that had died on me, so I came to RUclips to help with my new laptop purchase. I have a physical disability preventing me from carrying heavy objects so, I need the lightest I can get my laptop to be; it was down between the Razer Blade 15, this Dell right here (completely loaded,) and the Aero 15x. I watched your videos because none of these laptops were on display in the stores to test them out... but I went with the Dell because of the Best Buy awesomesauce warranty, I was scared a 3k laptop on another (possibly horrible customer serviced) website/company. I wasn't let down with the 32gb of RAM and 1 terabyte SSD but I was still worried and not 100% sure that it was powerful enough. so I have two questions for you! :) 1) Would you recommend even spending the money on an external GPU for my XPS?? - It has a 4k screen, would it even be worth it? I usually will dock my laptops and use an external display when I game. I would appreciate the help! 2) Was the active pen awkward to use on this?? - (not being a convertible??) - In Best Buy I had tried out the convertible XPS 15 9575 model, bought it but returned it for the regular XPS 9570 because it wasn't powerful enough. It was nowhere near a 1050/1050ti (like A LOT of reviewers were saying) when I put the two models side by side, opening WoW to test the graphics. BUT the 9575 was so awesome with the pen... so I bought it separately for my laptop; I knew there was a chance the pen would be worthless/too awkward on the 9570.... but I had hope so I bought it anyway, and that's why I am reaching out! The pen is $100, so I have yet to open it because I couldn't find a pen review answering my question. Thank you!! I would appreciate the advice. - Marah G
Hi Lisa, thanks for your review! I have the exact same model for a week now and have some issues with it. I did a clean install of windows and installed all drivers & latest BIOS, however the fans start kicking in completely randomly. Even without any tasks running the fans tend to kick in for a second, take a break for a couple seconds and start over again which gets pretty annoying over time. I did a CPU undervolt of -120mV (CPU temperature jumps around between 44-49 degreece celsious at light tasks), I even set the cooling profile in Dell's Power Manager to "quiet" but still, fans spin around all the time. I also experienced that it's quite slow in Lightroom, although I definitely use the graphics acceleration. It's like a short lag everytime you move a slider which get's pretty annoying when you have to edit many photos at once. Got any ideas if this can be fixed? Really thinking about returning it tough. Thanks!
Couple Questions: #1. Can I upgrade the ram to a 64GB DD4? #2. Ive been hearing "thermal throttling" is a big issue with some of the units produced, if I got one and ran into that, is there a way around it that you suggest i go about on approaching? #3. Is there a better Wifi card than the intel that I can replace? Really looking forward to your reply. Also, can I replace the battery with a much longer duration battery from a Chinese manufacturer from Amazon/Ebay?
I’ve had a Dell 9570 (8750H, 16GB, 4K) for almost a month now and for the gaming part I have got a cooling platform at home, which is linked to the Omen eGPU with a 1070 in it and a 144hz gaming monitor as well. I wanted a system for work with a 4K screen, that could be adapted to a gaming station at home with too much of an hassle when I come home (3 cables to plug in, power + TB + USB hub). So far I’ve yet to find any performance issues with the cpu, I have postponed repasting it because I see no need as of now to do so, and it is the 1070 that is the bottleneck at this point. I’ve had one crash so far, by unplugging the tb3 cable while gaming/watching twitch on a third monitor.
dan, do you by any chance have any issues in terms of screen response time? is there a way to improve it? I get ghosting and blurriness on small things like scrolling up a comments section etc... or is that just the way a 60hz screen is?
Hm, not sure. People tend to have different levels of sensitivity to things like screen response time. I would argue that I am one of those that are too accustomed to gaming monitors, and as such, arguably anything lower than 100ish Hz is quite noticeable to myself. In regards to the XPS I just tested my screen and compared it to the last years early iPad pro 9.7 (not the 120hz version), and I get the same response on both screens when scrolling using the touch screen and same blurriness. If you think there is something wrong with your screen, might just want to compare it to something at your local electronics shop or a colleagues laptop, to see if there are any signficant differences. If you find a difference then report it to Dell and they should sort you out. In terms of improving it, then either buy a completely different laptop, like the new Razer laptop that Lisa compared the XPS to, but it has a 1080p screen and its more expensive. Or you can change the hardware itself, but I definitely wouldn't recommend that.
Thanks for the reply, Dan! I am not accustomed to gaming monitors, but I do notice quite a drop in response compared to my previous laptop probably because it used a TN panel.. Hmmm.. Yes, I'll compare it to one in the shop as it does feel slower than it should.. or maybe that is just the way it is.. Perhaps I should have got an Gigabyte Aero instead.. or maybe I'll just get used to this. Do you have software or anything to check the screen response? or you are just manually scrolling through things etc? Do you notice any ghosting in videos etc with the xps?
Hm, yea, now it does sound like you have a somewhat faulty panel. It is not a significant issue on my model. Compare it to other laptops and see what the results are like. And it is not great to have upgraded your hardware, only to find that it has a lower performance than what you upgraded from. I am happy with my screen, and I see no ghosting in movies as far as I recall. There are a few software options available for free. Not sure which one to go for, as it has been a while since I used one myself, but a quick google search for "software for screen response time" left me with a fair few good options I reckoned. I quickly tested the Lagom and ghosting module and compared it to two 60hz monitors I have at work, and on all three screens, I had the same level of ghosting, so not significantly better or worse compared to other 60hz monitors. But, there will be a significant level of ghosting compared to a 120hz/144hz screen.
True. I've heard the xps is a little slower than others in that regard, but I'll compare to another xps in a shop somewhere I think. The slowless I'm witnessing is kinda irritating and feels perhaps, at the least, a little slower than it should be. Thanks for the wise words!
I have been in search for a high powered workstation laptop, I have shortlisted HP zbook G5, Dell 7530 and 5530 along with the ThinkPad P52. They have 6 core CPUs and Quadro graphics along with a good chassis.
Seems like we are in similar positions. I'm looking at exactly the same workstations and have no clue which to buy. Wish I can find a decent comparison somewhere.
The wait is over!!! Like -> add to playlist -> favorite -> watch later.
You should really get a sponsor from the manufacturer of your shirts.
If they are your own, maybe you should open a merch store cuz they're awesome, Lisa
5 years later - fantastic laptop, it aged very very well
Always enjoy your reviews. always spot on and unbiased one way or the other. I check out your channel before buying computer equipment and I'm never disappointed. Great job and keep on and thank you.
I am on my 3rd replacement xps 15 - i've had 9550 9560 , and am waiting for my 9570 replacement from dell(all in warranty) you are spot on in your review, stating little bugs. all my xps systems have had repeated ssd failures.I will not purchase another xps 15. My roommate has a xps 13 from 3 years ago. that machine is perfect , no issues , ever. Thank you for putting the pros and cons int the' review.
Hello Lisa! Just wanted to say how much I love your reviews, you're always so thorough and your voice is so soothing and easy to listen to!!! Preciate you ma'am!
The heat issue hasn't been a big deal for me with my 9560 but after the 9570 reviews I'm looking a lot harder at the aerox as my next daily driver. Thanks for the review as always!
Thank you for your review. As i am writing this comment on my XPS 15 9570 you can figure out that your review helped me to decide. I am absolutely in love with this laptop. I bought the version with 16 gb Ram the big battery and the full hd display to further increase the running time on the laptop. It is the perfect mix of design, graphic power, battery runn time and compact smal light laptop.
have you tried running any CAD programs on it? How well does it perform if so?
@@inigo_hungerford2123 I havent. I am using it mostly for Office and games. I am running acassains creed odysseys on max graphic on 1680x1020 eit around 65 fps if that helps you
I remember watching your surface pro 2 video. it was the reason i subscribed. great to see your amazing reviews, and unbiased as hell, i bought my maxed out XPS 13 because of your review. cheers.
Great review
Ordered one from Dell on Cyber Monday for $1349
i7
Fhd
16 GB ram
256 GB SSD
Love it
Had to pay 100$ for taxes so so $1461 still a good deal
I been waiting for your XPS 9750's review for a long time!!! thank you!
Just the absolute best mobile tech reviewer, thank you. This has seriously influenced my decision.
I have a Dell XPS 15 (9560), love the build quality but I had many software problems, had to reinstall Windows once and then reset to factory 2x, this was within one year. The computer also runs hot whenever I play games such as Fortnite. Battery life is down to 4 hours on a full charge also, overheating has lowered the battery. I suggest if you look for a laptop gaming, if you have a big budget either buy a expensive gaming laptop like Razer thats portable and doesn't have a gaming vibe. Or buy a Dell XPS 13 as an ultrabook and then buy a gaming laptop for under $1000
I also had a lot of battery and hardware issues with my 9550.
Xps 13 i7 model is freaking 1900$ and the Xps 15 9750 is just 1399$.. wtf
only 4 hrs which variant do you have?
I am still using my i7 9570 No Problem thus far........XPS Rock
How's gameplay on it
@@kollinskristian3086not a full blown gamer CIVILIZATION ok.
@@kollinskristian3086pulls cyberpunk and GTA 5 on low to medium no problem
Just wanted to thank you for these excellent reviews. They make purchasing one of these things so much easier.
Thanks for putting this up. Sorry for being rude while asking for this review in one of your previous videos
Been waiting on this review for so long, great review as usual.
Review units delivered by manufacturer are no-no. Truly legit reviews use units from the stores.
Yay! I've been waiting for you to review this! Thank you Lisa!
I love your t-shirt :D. Thank you for your great review. I just bought this laptop after watching your review! Keep up the good work, Lisa!
Lisa and her consistency
Finally!!! My xps 15 is being delivered tomorrow!
finally! been waiting for this review!
Thanks for sharing. Amazing review!
You could improve the audio quality... but its fine for me because what is important is the content.
Best regards.
I couldn't click fast enough
Amazing review as always, Lisa, keep that great work!
Maybe consider doing a comparison video with the 15-inch Surface Book 2, since both are more towards professionals.
So, the main question is:
DOES IT OVERHEAT, like all previous models?
Yes
In order for laptop to NOT overheat under sustained, you'd need to have MacBook Air spec in XPS 15 chassis with some fancy vapor chamber / liquid cooling connected to display back panel....
Great that you mentioned the GPU problems
I've had the last model for about a year, it's been fantastic but my main issue has always been the cooling! Makes it much harder to render and run games than expected.
have you tried undervolting it? looking to buy this and was wondering if that solves the overheating problem.
Buuy 1080p screen model
i bought one last week. latest bios 1.11 is good even though it add intel security crap you don't feel the performance drop. as about the thermals if i want to game i always have a fan pad...and i have it by default undervoltage -140cpu core -14igpu core. that gave me -20c most of the times and increased my battery life +40mins!!! without loosing any Ghz performance.
I actually just received mine on the same day you uploaded :)
Great laptop, great review :) XPS is a favorite so is this channel
This needs same change Dell did to it's 13 inch XPS. A radical improvement.
Just found your channel, fantastic review so full of information, thank you. And yes I have subscribed,
very useful. two comments, 1) I also find surprising dell's secret support of WACOM pens. on my 9570 it worked fine with a bamboo pen and I find it a quite useful feature for occasional retouches of photos kind of thing. I can guess dell does not want to cannibalize sales of the 9575, and hence they might not want to advertize the feature; 2) I still cringe at negative statements of other reviewers on cooling that refer to something like "well dell kept the same cooling than last year but now we have six-core instead of four, so of course it is insufficient." what puzzles me is that the 8850h is a 45 watt TDP part just like last years 7700HQ, why then the same cooling of last year is not enough if by definition TDP is the heat the computer has to dissipate. is Intel lying about actual TDPs of the 8th gen?
Actually Intel is lying about the TDP, like always, they advertise TDP at 45W (but for base clock)(pretty low for the 8th gen btw), and then the turbo clocks way higher.
I recall that the 9570 in Intel XTU have the TDP set at 57W turbo boost and short term something like 70W.
But still Lisa was a bit harsh this time, it scores very high even compared with the competition and long term has a clock of 3.2Ghz all cores, and with just a undervolt it easily reaches 3.6~3.7Ghz all cores (!), That's full 700-800Mhz more than the MBP after the patch
I found the "cheap" model is fantastic under Ubuntu Linux. I swamped out the slow as molasses hard drive for a Nvme ssd and much bigger battery, another 8gb of ram and having no Nvidia chip really does extend the life and over all performance of this laptop. I am able to boot in under 5 seconds, and go for hours. Best of all the unit was cheap. I picked up mine for under $450 bucks, after the battery, ram and ssd under $600. The "lowly" i5 feels quite confident.
Can you make a smackdown between Dell XPS 13 vs Huawei Matebook X Pro
Nice well rounded review.
I’m a photographer who plans to spend most of my time on this laptop in Lightroom and photoshop with occasional Premiere pro 1080p editing. Everyone else has made feel confident that this laptop is the right choice. Do you reckon it’s still going to perform well enough for those task. I will rarely Game, but occasionally.
Reviews of this type (not just MobileTechReview but many others) are starting to get repetitive and, well, a bit boring.
Benchmarking is counter-productive: In this video for example, we hear that the i9 is basically just a marketing term for last year's chip. People complain about Intel or Dell or Apple or whoever bringing out new stuff that's no better than the old, and yet as soon as they do they're artificially tested and overloaded, and often portrayed as not good enough, 'must try harder'. This just drives manufacturers to rush out more stuff, more quickly.
I couldn't care less about video editing, 'content creation' and the like. What I'd like to know about these laptops is some more real world information - the stuff that I actually need to know rather than some silly Cinebench score. Here are a few examples, some of which you can find out by digging around, but some maybe not so obvious.
- Is it heavy and/or large to carry around? Does the manufacturer offer decent accessories such as adapters, peripherals, even sleeves, bags etc?
- How big is the power brick? Are extra power bricks expensive?
- Can the battery be swapped/replaced?
- How well does it perform wirelessly? Any wifi issues?
- Is the SSD plenty fast? Or the card reader if present?
- Does it appear with a ton of bloatware? Or is any of it useful?
- Any issues with sleeping and waking up?
- How long does a full charge take?
- Are there any docking solutions available? How about reviews of these?
- How many external monitors will it run (docked or undocked)?
- If it breaks, what are the repair/service options and how good are they?
- Is the built in sound card OK or garbage?
- How well does it run other stuff, eg music production software (low latency), code compiling, virtual machines?
- What's the Linux compatibility like?
And so on.....
agaskew Doesn’t care about video editing and content creation; wants to know if manufacturer offers accessories like bags 🤣🤣🤣
Josh actually besides that, most if not the rest of it all sounded very reasonable and would improve a review video tremendously
Why do you care if it has compatibility with linux, if you are interested in linux, buy a linux laptop why waste money on a windows license just to use linux; Also who really cares about the bags available for this, the main audience cares more about performance rather than what bags can you get for it.
angel bousono Plenty of people are interested in Linux compatibility, and not just in 'performance', whatever that means.
agaskew When I say performance I mean how cool it runs, what clock speed the cpu has, how fast it can do the task most people use it for, etc., come on you know what I mean by performance; As I said before if you buy this just so you can wipe it and put Linux on it, you’re not using your money right cause you’re paying for windows and not using it. However you might dual-boot, but dual-booting a device like this with windows 10 introduces problems that the target audience for this most likely does not want to deal with.
XPS 9570 has much better CMOS chip than 9560, Even temperature of the CPU reach 100C, it never throttles below 2.5Ghz in game-like Dirt4 or Farcry5. Meanwhile, 9560 always throttle down to 1.6 Ghz. The main reason is not CMOS overheating, but power throttling by not having enough CMOS chips. XPS 9570 has about 50% more CMOS for powering the CPU and smaller size chip. Repaste with MX4 arctic makes the temperature about 10C cooler, hovering 80-85C during xtu benchmarks instead of 95-100C. I did not expect that the boost of VRM quality chips is so great compared to 9560.
What about the 7590¿
@@Matanumi The improvement is marginal since xps 9570. 6 cores make it very hot. We can setup on windows to 99% throttle, so it never overboost and keep the temperature down therefore the GPU can go faster at very stable rate. Afterall XPS is not a gaming laptop. But it is still capable to do gaming although the screen freshrate is not as good as anything with G-sync or Radeon-sync. Get a true gaming laptop with g-sync option instead. It is much pleasant and smooter. I prefer cheap OMEN HP. They have a good price with nice screen and cooling.
I love mine for school. Not great for gaming but amazing for students. Grab one on a sale.
Interesting review but it differs from other reviews in some ways:
1. The color accuracy tests in other pro-reviews lists it right behind the MacBook Pro. In fact, I have read a photography website review which picks the XPS 15 over the MacBook Pro because of the cost difference and the colors are still accurate.
2. There area number of pro-reviewers who say that this laptop can game very capably and they show extensive shots of it running some of the most difficult games at 1080P (not 4K). This may be because you got a defective GPU which leads to the next point.
3. No other pro-reviewer I have read had problems with the GTX 1080 Ti GPU - not one. In fact, most of them praised it highly and said it was the perfect choice for this laptop. Powerful enough for heavy content work like editing 4K videos; and powerful enough for gaming a 1080P resolution; but not overkill for a business type laptop like the GTX 1070 or 1080.
Please don't take this comment as being overly crtical, I greatly enjoy your reviews and I am a fan. However with this XPS 15 laptop, it appears you got a defective GPU or something, going by what other reviews have said.
Keep in mind there are several RUclips reviews where the XPS 15 beats the MacBook Pro handily in several important categories like display, keyboard use and performance. It is also somewhere around a $1000.00 (or more) cheaper than the 2018 MacBook Pro and has much better connectivity. This has been selected by many sites as the #1 best laptop for the money (the 4K version).
You might have gotten a defective unit. Check with Dell.
Did you meant 1050 ti ?
Please do a smackdown between the XPS 15 w/ touch and a Surface Book 2 15'
Surface Book 2 and XPS 15 are in different league.. SB2 has 15W cpus while XPS 15s have 45W
My realm is mainly documents, large files, multitasking, and presentations. I'm wondering how important the CPU difference is for a content creator who doesn't game.
Eric Suh what is 15w?
As long as video editing and gaming are not your thing, any cpu would suffice. Actually H series cpu would be counterproductive in your case for sacrificing battery life for no meaningful gain.
the power supplied to the cpu, much lower
I bought the i9 version with 32gb RAM and 1TB SSD. I really liked the laptop, the display, the keyboard. All good. But I returned it. Why? Thermal throtteling was an issue of course, but I expected that. But what really drove me crazy, was the loud fan noise. It kept only calm, when idelling, but when starting any work on this laptop (even office apps) the fans got very loud and that´s a dealbreaker. I also had a key, which was not working proberly. I was really looking forward to this laptop, to replace my workstation. But now I am clueless again. You have any recommendations? I cannot find anything comparable, regarding look and feel on the windows market. Would you say, that an MacBook Pro 15 isn´t a reaplacement for a workstation, too? Thanks for advice, and by the way. Love your videos ....
What did you get? I'm excited for the 2nd gen Lenovo Thinkpad X1 Extreme & new Dell XPS 15 that will launch this summer with Oled options. The Thinkpad is my frontrunner because I'm a writer, so their keyboards make me droooooooool.
Hey Lisa, I had this XPS for five months. I had many issues. It didn’t recognise the charger. The screen
bleed made watching videos and Netflix a pain, not the great experience I was
expecting from a high end laptop. The sound went crazy after a bios update four
weeks ago. Dell sent a tech guy to replace the motherboard, the screen and the
speakers. BitLocker had been set up by Dell so when the new components were
replaced the laptop was locked. Dell solution was a fresh install of Windows.
All my info would be wiped……NOT GOOD! I had done my research but Dell are doing
quite a lot wrong. I don’t want to but maybe it’s time to go back to Apple. Any
suggestions?
Lisa, you should keep the memory chips of an ssd warm, they last longer at higher temps, it's the controllers that need cooling. My guess was that fold was intentional.
It was not intentional- it was a crumpled mess. If they wanted to cool only the controller, they would have used a shorter thermal pad. Believe me, the memory chips still stay cozy warm with that pad on.
Yay I'm glad :)
Lisa, why are you not talking about the ridiculous fan noise this one and 13" 9370 have out of the box?
thank you for all the review s
I wonder if the battery pack still gets swollen on this
Wow really good review!
I had 3 brand new xps laptops past year and they all failed me :(
I really wanted to keep one of them
Now I've seen 5 reviews of this computer, you've been the most comprehensive. Some dont even talk about the thermal issue, and that's a big thing. I dont want my computer to have specs I cannot enjoy full use of, AND last me 3-4 years, hopefully.
Hmmm, I want 16gb, 8th gen i7, and a GPU in a well built body and good screen for photo and digital creativity. This seems to hit all of that, BUT, I dont want the heat aye. Is a gaming laptop the way? $2000ish AUD is my budget area. I'll flex on price and specs though.
great video, OMG, having recently purchased a 2018 dell 15 9570, recently I was not made aware of a swelling battery issue. I am curious as to know if you have hade to replace the battery at all and how long are the batteries rated to last? Was there any error and or alert that the Windows OS gave you in your discovery of the battery problem, that is did you perform a diagnostic which informed you prior? This really sucks, to where I may now consider returning the laptop for this reason. Thanks
Immediately replaced the Toshiba 256gb SSD with a Samsung 970 512gb and run numbers are noticeably improved.
Loved the review, had a question would you take this over a razer blade for daily use and casual gaming ?
How do you not have a million subs yet? Can you do a review on the HP Omen 15 2018
I purchased this laptop. I have 32gigs and 1TB. Performance has been good for me. Have used premier and light room and it's been pretty smooth and quick. I use these programs but strictly amateur. Content creator light.... Lol
Yet Dell have relabelled this as the Precision 5530 for the workstation crowd, even have a xeon option (though slower than the i9!). They really do need to get their engineering teams back on the job to sort the next xps 15 out for heat and stability otherwise it'll be pointless. Great review, I've cooled towards the xps15 unlike the machine itself.
No-one buys an XPS for 'standard use'. Ms Office, streaming, 'day-to-day stuff'.
Benchmarks mean nothing to lay people.
Talk about actual content creation, adobe software, render times, export times, whats the keyboard like? How's the trackpad? Port selection?
This has been the video I have been waiting for. 😎👌 Great work as always Lisa
Also so: if one wished to occasionally stream mid teir games and do graphic design, would you go for the 1080p 9570 or 4k 9560? Is the CPU difference worth it do ya think?
Cant wait for Lenovo X1 Extreme review and comparison vs XPS 15.
What are some really good colour accurate laptops for photo editing? Probably with a 1060 GPU in it as well?
One technical problem that I'm having is with the keyboard not recording keystrokes, which is incredibly annoying when you type all day. There's an unofficial workaround, but still, this is the kind of thing that Dell needs to fix ASAP. And the carbon fiber material is absolutely impossible to keep clean. Add to that the sub-par cooling and the related fan noise, and suffice it to say that if I could return my XPS15, I would.
Hi Lisa, great review as always. I was looking at getting one but im not so sure. I want a laptop for Premier Pro, Lightroom, Photoshop, After Effects. Some very light gaming too. What would you recommend?
Is it normal for Dell speakers to distort easily with digital clipping? Watching TV shows and movies you can detect high pitch resonating once you get past sound 60 or 70% volume. I just got the 9575 and I'm not at whether my speakers are faulty or they're just not that good. I turned that waves maxx software off as that just made it worse. I would expect to be able to 100% without distortion assuming the audio source is below 0db. The laptop body seems to resonate too which seems to add to it.
I've read somewhere on reddit that the GPU is in fact not a 1050Ti MaxQ but a regular mobile 1050Ti. That could explain the issues with the benchmarks and games...
photographer85 nope it’s the max q
I would know I own one
It doesn't matter that the 4k supports the active pen. Nobody will make the best of it applying pressure to the hinge. The laptop doesn't do a full 360º to get the monitor on flat on the keyboard (like the 2in1) and it also doesn't even do 180º, to get it on a table surface. So there's no way to draw on it stable. Why doesn't Dell simply make all their laptops monitors tilt at least 180 like Lenovo?
Edit - Lisa addressed this right after I pressed play from the pause I made this comment in xD
Ty for the great review! If you don't mind, can you test egpu performance of Dell XPS 15 9570 as well?
I am curious to know what you would recommend to look at for a mobile work station. I need to replace my desktop and was looking into a laptop that could do the job. I want to start a youtube channel so it will be mainly used for video editing. Not a fan of Apple product and Surface, so it doesn't leave us with much choices. I thought XPS would do the trick but you seem to say for video editing it's not the best. I'm looking to invest between 2k and 3k CAD. Thanks for you recommendation.
Yesterday I watched your video on laptop reviews for 2018, of which I can't find again, so sorry I can't write my comment on the episode. You were noting that the LG gram was not as good for video editing as the Dell, XPS I think, and I was wondering why the Dell was better. Also it seems Dell is almost 6 pounds which is really heavy for something you're going to lay in your lap for a while. The weight is what's holding me back.
Hi Lisa, would you buy the Lenovo X1 Extreme over the XPS 15? I've seen both of your reviews, but it's kinda hard to tell which of the two you think is the better buy. Is it true that the 8850H in the X1 Extreme is a better and cooler running option than the i9 used in the XPS 15, but just as powerful? Is there a substantial performance difference between the 8750H and 8850H processors? I'm a pretty heavy user, leaning mostly on Office 365, Chrome, Lightroom (Classic), Photoshop, and a lot of Netflix. No Premier yet, I'm just doing stills right now, but I plan to experiment with video at some point soon. All your reviews are great. Thanks.
If you want to undervolt use powershell not xtu or the other stuff. You guys can make a .vbs that would be able to undervolt in power she'll and never have to open xtu
If you go with repasting, undervolting, put some thermal pads into MOSFETs and RAM, maybe decrease the max Power (W) for turbo boost and...here you go. Much better with thermal and throttling. Yes, I know that should've been done in manufacture. But these couple of mods is relatively simple to do..so no big deal.
And I don't understand that "is not a working station(?) machine". How is that so? Of course it is, with some additional devices like TB16.
can a noob do all this stuff?
Alex yeah... You're right, probably not :) ordinary customers just wants a working machine, without need to"fix" and tweaking it just after put out from the box
No thats why noobs by MAC (i love macOS it easy to use, but doesn't give me the satisfaction), and tweakers buy Win 10 Pro :)
My mind boggles sometimes how these firms manage to charge so much for little change. This laptop has slight increases to the hardware does it justify the price tag? I don't think so.
No money spent on (R&D) cooling solution, no money spent on designing new look of the laptop. Does it justify consumers spending so much when the XPS with the same design and thermals when Dell refreshed it's XPS range I think not.
I believe consumers should demand more from this product and Dell in my opinion have been lazy putting in 1050ti which is a poor graphics card for 2018, no thermal solution to i9, poor speakers, poor camera placement doesn't justify the price tag in my opinion. I've tried the keyboard I think it's overrated too, Lenovo or the old school MacBook pro have the best keyboards but yet consumers are content with this XPS?
Yes when the XPS came out it was innovative product but does it justify charging consumers the same amount year after year purely on hardware? I think not.
Lisa, any idea how this compares with the Dell Precision 5530 performance-wise? If I'm not mistaking it uses a similar, slightly larger chassis, but considering that the workstation has more power, I assume that the thermals is still a problem?
Hi there. I've a question about the 4k display metrics.
Dell advertises full adobe rgb colour gamut and I can see from your review that spyder 5 elite measures 98% of adobe rgb colour gamut. However, when I read the review for this notebook written by the guys from notebookcheck, they say that the 4k display covers only about 88% of adobe rgb colour gamut. So I'm confused by such a large difference between your measurements and those from notebookcheck.
The reason I'm asking is because I am seriously considering buying a dell xps 15 for my girlfriend who is a professional photographer and works in adobe colour gamut. And now I'm confused by such a large difference in numbers between the two reviews. I was hoping you could clarify this a bit for me.
Thank you for your time in advance!
Cheers!
I had finally upgraded to this with 32gb, i9, 1050ti, 4K TOUCH and 1tb hard drive coming from the dell xps m1210. MAJOR LEAP UPGRADE RIGHT?
Hello Lisa, I speak to you and to all those who have had the opportunity to try this XPS 15 9570. In the video we see that the upper part of the display appears darker especially with white backgrounds. I'm noticing the same thing in my XPS that I recently purchased. Can you confirm that the 4k display of this XPS has this effect or defect?
For a college student, do you think I should get a mobile work station? (something like the Thinkpad T580) Or a gaming laptop? Both are powerful machines. I really care about the powerful performance, as I'm a computer engineering student, but I also need a good battery life that would last all day.
you are awesome! thank you! one thing to consider - when I got this laptop, and I have always being with macs, what shocked me was the weight of the charger! it's sooooo soooo soooo so heavy!!! why? i thought this laptop will be easier to carry then my old macbook, but because of the charger it's the same weight! ( face palm) pretty sad
Thanks for the review. I’m guessing this isn’t what I need. Unless “light gaming” includes the MMOs
Great video! Subbed
What I really want to know is.... how does it do as a tablet in portrait mode??? I want to use it to read music sheets on in tablet mode, so while everything else is nice for a review, it's missing the other aspect.
Waiting for your detailed review of the Lenovo Thinkpad P52
Will XPS15 be compete with Thinkpad T480? If so, would you do a comparison vid of that, especially the models with 32G RAM...Thanks!!!
gr8 video excellent work 👍
I would really want to see a comparison with the new Hp Zbook studio x360. Seems that noone has reviewed this machine yet.
Love me some Lisa on Monday or any day. ;)
I really wanna know how well it would perform for virtualization applications
Lisa, you rock!! I love your videos, and I am so happy to see another strong woman in the tech industry, absolutely killing it! Haha. I wish I could start my own channel :) I am in my final year at Ohio State for CSE for Software Engineering and Video Game Design. I just bought this same laptop, loaded up, and it is no slouch - I love the Razer Blade but for content creation the screen doesn't cut it! I am always in a hard spot with buying machines, for the graphic design portion of my workload! I do 3D rendering, code compiling, freelance web/graphic development (how I support myself, through school,) as well as I am still a student doing regular "student things", sometimes.
I had been using a MacBook Pro that had died on me, so I came to RUclips to help with my new laptop purchase. I have a physical disability preventing me from carrying heavy objects so, I need the lightest I can get my laptop to be; it was down between the Razer Blade 15, this Dell right here (completely loaded,) and the Aero 15x. I watched your videos because none of these laptops were on display in the stores to test them out... but I went with the Dell because of the Best Buy awesomesauce warranty, I was scared a 3k laptop on another (possibly horrible customer serviced) website/company. I wasn't let down with the 32gb of RAM and 1 terabyte SSD but I was still worried and not 100% sure that it was powerful enough. so I have two questions for you! :)
1) Would you recommend even spending the money on an external GPU for my XPS??
- It has a 4k screen, would it even be worth it? I usually will dock my laptops and use an external display when I game. I would appreciate the help!
2) Was the active pen awkward to use on this?? - (not being a convertible??)
- In Best Buy I had tried out the convertible XPS 15 9575 model, bought it but returned it for the regular XPS 9570 because it wasn't powerful enough. It was nowhere near a 1050/1050ti (like A LOT of reviewers were saying) when I put the two models side by side, opening WoW to test the graphics. BUT the 9575 was so awesome with the pen... so I bought it separately for my laptop; I knew there was a chance the pen would be worthless/too awkward on the 9570.... but I had hope so I bought it anyway, and that's why I am reaching out! The pen is $100, so I have yet to open it because I couldn't find a pen review answering my question. Thank you!! I would appreciate the advice.
- Marah G
Hi Lisa,
thanks for your review! I have the exact same model for a week now and have some issues with it. I did a clean install of windows and installed all drivers & latest BIOS, however the fans start kicking in completely randomly. Even without any tasks running the fans tend to kick in for a second, take a break for a couple seconds and start over again which gets pretty annoying over time. I did a CPU undervolt of -120mV (CPU temperature jumps around between 44-49 degreece celsious at light tasks), I even set the cooling profile in Dell's Power Manager to "quiet" but still, fans spin around all the time.
I also experienced that it's quite slow in Lightroom, although I definitely use the graphics acceleration. It's like a short lag everytime you move a slider which get's pretty annoying when you have to edit many photos at once.
Got any ideas if this can be fixed? Really thinking about returning it tough. Thanks!
Lisa where i can get such beatiful wallpaper ?
Couple Questions: #1. Can I upgrade the ram to a 64GB DD4? #2. Ive been hearing "thermal throttling" is a big issue with some of the units produced, if I got one and ran into that, is there a way around it that you suggest i go about on approaching? #3. Is there a better Wifi card than the intel that I can replace? Really looking forward to your reply.
Also, can I replace the battery with a much longer duration battery from a Chinese manufacturer from Amazon/Ebay?
Old Desgin but good desgin =D
I’ve had a Dell 9570 (8750H, 16GB, 4K) for almost a month now and for the gaming part I have got a cooling platform at home, which is linked to the Omen eGPU with a 1070 in it and a 144hz gaming monitor as well. I wanted a system for work with a 4K screen, that could be adapted to a gaming station at home with too much of an hassle when I come home (3 cables to plug in, power + TB + USB hub). So far I’ve yet to find any performance issues with the cpu, I have postponed repasting it because I see no need as of now to do so, and it is the 1070 that is the bottleneck at this point. I’ve had one crash so far, by unplugging the tb3 cable while gaming/watching twitch on a third monitor.
dan, do you by any chance have any issues in terms of screen response time? is there a way to improve it? I get ghosting and blurriness on small things like scrolling up a comments section etc... or is that just the way a 60hz screen is?
Hm, not sure. People tend to have different levels of sensitivity to things like screen response time. I would argue that I am one of those that are too accustomed to gaming monitors, and as such, arguably anything lower than 100ish Hz is quite noticeable to myself. In regards to the XPS I just tested my screen and compared it to the last years early iPad pro 9.7 (not the 120hz version), and I get the same response on both screens when scrolling using the touch screen and same blurriness. If you think there is something wrong with your screen, might just want to compare it to something at your local electronics shop or a colleagues laptop, to see if there are any signficant differences. If you find a difference then report it to Dell and they should sort you out.
In terms of improving it, then either buy a completely different laptop, like the new Razer laptop that Lisa compared the XPS to, but it has a 1080p screen and its more expensive. Or you can change the hardware itself, but I definitely wouldn't recommend that.
Thanks for the reply, Dan! I am not accustomed to gaming monitors, but I do notice quite a drop in response compared to my previous laptop probably because it used a TN panel.. Hmmm.. Yes, I'll compare it to one in the shop as it does feel slower than it should.. or maybe that is just the way it is.. Perhaps I should have got an Gigabyte Aero instead.. or maybe I'll just get used to this.
Do you have software or anything to check the screen response? or you are just manually scrolling through things etc? Do you notice any ghosting in videos etc with the xps?
Hm, yea, now it does sound like you have a somewhat faulty panel. It is not a significant issue on my model. Compare it to other laptops and see what the results are like. And it is not great to have upgraded your hardware, only to find that it has a lower performance than what you upgraded from. I am happy with my screen, and I see no ghosting in movies as far as I recall.
There are a few software options available for free. Not sure which one to go for, as it has been a while since I used one myself, but a quick google search for "software for screen response time" left me with a fair few good options I reckoned. I quickly tested the Lagom and ghosting module and compared it to two 60hz monitors I have at work, and on all three screens, I had the same level of ghosting, so not significantly better or worse compared to other 60hz monitors. But, there will be a significant level of ghosting compared to a 120hz/144hz screen.
True. I've heard the xps is a little slower than others in that regard, but I'll compare to another xps in a shop somewhere I think. The slowless I'm witnessing is kinda irritating and feels perhaps, at the least, a little slower than it should be. Thanks for the wise words!
Is there a real benefit to putting in such a low powered dedicated graphics vs the Intel HD?
Why dell dont write about pen support in this model? They do mistake and replace later with other screen?
Lisa !!!!! could you please review the Dell Precision 5530, which is a workstation version of the XPS.
Agree with this comment. Also looking at this laptop but can't find a decent review anywhere
I have been in search for a high powered workstation laptop, I have shortlisted HP zbook G5, Dell 7530 and 5530 along with the ThinkPad P52. They have 6 core CPUs and Quadro graphics along with a good chassis.
Seems like we are in similar positions. I'm looking at exactly the same workstations and have no clue which to buy. Wish I can find a decent comparison somewhere.
Jagdip Singh there is also the hp elitebook 1050 g1 which is hexacore and looks better than zbook
Has anyone reviewed the 5530 yet? Can’t find anything anywhere!!!
Any chance of a review for the new Surface Go?