2017 DELL XPS 15 REVEALED/LEAKED

[ryanthomp]

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5IGNIYbrm-g

So they predictions on the GTX 1050 were right. Fingerprint scanner is on the precision line, looks like the XPS line would be getting it too. Overall, these are some nice changes and I think the wait for the refresh was well worth it. What do you guys think? One thing I'm worried about is the pricing.

 

 

[iRileyx]

So dell posted their own product and its a "leak" ?

[ryanthomp]

I just copied his title. i guess its why reveal is also in there, he also mentioned that it wasn't formally released.

[Castdeath97]

Please clean up this post m8

[captain cactus]

Come on Dell, gimme dat RX470.

[WkdPaul]

37 minutes ago, ryanthomp said:

So they predictions on the GTX 1050 were right. Fingerprint scanner is on the precision line, looks like the XPS line would be getting it to. Overall, these are some nice changes and I think the wait for the refresh was well worth it. What do you guys think?

Moved to Laptops & Pre-Build Systems

[ryanthomp]

4 minutes ago, lots of unexplainable lag said:

Come on Dell, gimme dat RX470.

Why go for that, when they could have went for 1060?

[Pendragon]

8 minutes ago, ryanthomp said:

Why go for that, when they could have went for 1060?

OpenCL enterprise app acceleration. 

[ryanthomp]

2 minutes ago, Pendragon said:

OpenCL enterprise app acceleration. 

I have no idea what that is lol Mind explaining to me? 

[captain cactus]

8 minutes ago, ryanthomp said:

Why go for that, when they could have went for 1060?

Because it's a notebook, which you can't exactly easily upgrade parts in, especially a GPU. So I'd rather have a GPU that's build for future APIs and keeps its speed for longer than a GPU which will essentially not improve at all, or very little. If I'm spending $1400+ on a notebook I wanna make sure that investment lasts for a heck-of-a-long time.

 

 

[ryanthomp]

1 minute ago, lots of unexplainable lag said:

Because it's a notebook, which you can't exactly easily upgrade parts in, especially a GPU. So I'd rather have a GPU that's build for future APIs and keeps its speed for longer than a GPU which will essentially not improve at all, or very little. If I'm spending $1400+ on a notebook I wanna make sure that investment lasts for a heck-of-a-long time.

 

 

How long would this to be release XPS 15 last? I plan on getting it once it comes out.

[captain cactus]

2 minutes ago, ryanthomp said:

I have no idea what that is lol Mind explaining to me? 

It's a form of GPU acceleration for computing things that aren't graphics. Open Compute Language is what it stands for, kinda AMD's/rest-of-the-industry's version of CUDA which is an nVidia exclusive.

[ryanthomp]

3 minutes ago, lots of unexplainable lag said:

It's a form of GPU acceleration for computing things that aren't graphics. Open Compute Language is what it stands for, kinda AMD's/rest-of-the-industry's version of CUDA which is an nVidia exclusive.

But isnt nvidia usually better for mid to high end graphics card? So why is the 1060 a bad option compared to the rx

[Eason85]

Some of my thoughts: http://www.notebookcheck.net/XPS-15-9560-official-GTX-1050-Kaby-Lake-fingerprint-scanner-and-Windows-Hello.188069.0.html

Windows Hello, fingerprint scanner: yaassss

GTX 1050 should be about 50% faster than the 960m. But wait, is it a 1050 or a 1050Ti? Dell's website only says it's a GTX 1050 with 4GB of ram, but the desktop 1050 only has 2GB... so which is it?

Yeah, it looks awesome, but given how buggy the XPS are... I'm kind of leaning towards a T470p.

[Pendragon]

3 hours ago, Pendragon said:

OpenCL enterprise app acceleration. 

As the enterprise world is working towards full parallel computing, something that isn't via with CUDA acceleration cause nVidia -_-, OpenCL is required. So alot of the top computer scientists in the world need to run custom hardware or AMD Firepros to work on their projects through OpenCL. I met up with AJ Guilion, one of the leading computer scientists in the world working with Khronos and OpenCL, a few months back at a Khronos event (I was there for something else but the inner computer geek pulled me away), and explained to me the basics of OpenCL acceleration on FPGAs. Quite a technical conversation, not sure I have the technical know how to tell it to you (cause I'm 100% I had no idea what he was saying). 

 

You can find lots of clips on youtube if you just google AJ Guilion and listen to his OpenCL application usages. 

[Dackzy]

I TOLD YOU SO. (just had to say it)

Eh decent upgrade, let me get a price cut on the old model  

[jasonwj322a]

5 hours ago, Eason85 said:

Some of my thoughts: http://www.notebookcheck.net/XPS-15-9560-official-GTX-1050-Kaby-Lake-fingerprint-scanner-and-Windows-Hello.188069.0.html

Windows Hello, fingerprint scanner: yaassss

GTX 1050 should be about 50% faster than the 960m. But wait, is it a 1050 or a 1050Ti? Dell's website only says it's a GTX 1050 with 4GB of ram, but the desktop 1050 only has 2GB... so which is it?

Yeah, it looks awesome, but given how buggy the XPS are... I'm kind of leaning towards a T470p.

I mean to me it's definitely the dream laptop right now. Lets just hope they fix all the issues. Also yeah, fingerprint scanner is such a nice addition. Makes the laptop so much more cool! lol

[jasonwj322a]

Any predictions on prices? 

[jasonwj322a]

Looks the the site removed the features section. They found out i guess lol

[ryanthomp]

3 hours ago, jasonwj322a said:

Looks the the site removed the features section. They found out i guess lol

Which proves that my previous title of it being "leaked" actually makes sense. It wasn't formally revealed. 

[kirashi]

19 hours ago, ryanthomp said:

So they predictions on the GTX 1050 were right. Fingerprint scanner is on the precision line, looks like the XPS line would be getting it too. Overall, these are some nice changes and I think the wait for the refresh was well worth it. What do you guys think? One thing I'm worried about is the pricing.

EEEEEEEEEEEEEEeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!!!!! jumps for joy, dances around the block, sets off fireworks and wakes up the neighbors

 

So excited for either a) the price to be affordable, or b) the older 9550 to drop in price.