Dell updates its Inspiron 7000 gaming laptop

[NumLock21]

Dell has updated its Inspiron 7000 gaming series laptop, now with the option for a Nvidia GTX 1060 discrete graphics with 6GB of GDDR5 dedicated vram. Other updates includes, a new design and a usb type C with thunderbolt 3, capable of up to 40Gb/s bandwidth. For processors, it will still be 7th gen, maybe they'll update it again when 6 cores CoffeeLake H are out? Starting price with the entry level configuration is $999, and will be available for purchase starting September 12th. Difference between the new model and current one are,

• Only 3 USB type A on the current model, no type C or TB3. New one will have 3 type A and a type C with TB3
• Cheapest sku during launch and up to like a week or so ago comes with a TN panel. Now all of them uses IPS panels
• $800 for current entry level configuration.

entry level specs is 7th gen i5 and GTX 1050 w/4GB GDDR5 vram.

 

 

 

http://www.anandtech.com/show/11780/dell-announces-updates-to-inspiron-15-7000-gaming-laptops-gtx-1060-thunderbolt-3-and-usb31

 

[Ekst4zy]

I like it. It's not "in your face" design. Not many gaming laptops look "professional" enough. Also, 800 price point for that look is pretty damn good.

[PlayStation 2]

God damn, that doesn't sound like it'd be a bad deal at all.

[Drak3]

Has gaming in the name.

 

No excessive RGB. No tacky design. Not trying to be a low quality MBP copy.

 

Worst.

Product.

Ever.

[Shreyas1]

I swear, one of the teachers at my school has a dell gaming laptop

[Drak3]

16 minutes ago, Shreyas1 said:

I swear, one of the teachers at my school has a dell gaming laptop

We talking about Alienware, or discount shopper's Alienware that OP is talking about?

[Shreyas1]

5 minutes ago, Drak3 said:

We talking about Alienware, or discount shopper's Alienware that OP is talking about?

The ones described by the OP. 

[Drak3]

Just now, Shreyas1 said:

The ones described by the OP. 

Ah, Discount Shopper's Alienware. Got it.

 

 

Still though.

 

Worst.

Product.

Ever.

 

Can't even use the Graphics Amplifier.

[zondaBUPT]

it seems to be great, but it might be 1050ti in China with same (even higher) price.

[D13H4RD]

I’ve said it multiple times and I’ll say it again.

 

Not counting some of the Max-Q GPUs, the GTX 1060 seems to be at that sweet spot for laptops since it isn’t very power hungry, has stellar 1080p performance and can now be obtained at a very reasonable price point.

 

Many of us loved the Inspiron 7000 because it turned out to be a surprisingly good gaming laptop and even a very good laptop for general use as well. With a beefier GPU option for a very reasonable price, that laptop is going deeper into my recommendations list.

 

Well done Dell. Well frickin’ done.

[NumLock21]

1 hour ago, Ekst4zy said:

I like it. It's not "in your face" design. Not many gaming laptops look "professional" enough. Also, 800 price point for that look is pretty damn good.

Note that $800 is for the current model. Not their new on with USB Type C with Thunderbolt 3.

http://www.dell.com/en-us/shop/dell-laptops/inspiron-15-7000-gaming/spd/inspiron-15-7567-laptop

or

$50 dollar less with their 5000 gaming series. This uses a TN panel

https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16834861167&ignorebbr=1

 

21 minutes ago, D13H4RD2L1V3 said:

I’ve said it multiple times and I’ll say it again.

 

Not counting some of the Max-Q GPUs, the GTX 1060 seems to be at that sweet spot for laptops since it isn’t very power hungry, has stellar 1080p performance and can now be obtained at a very reasonable price point.

 

Many of us loved the Inspiron 7000 because it turned out to be a surprisingly good gaming laptop and even a very good laptop for general use as well. With a beefier GPU option for a very reasonable price, that laptop is going deeper into my recommendations list.

 

Well done Dell. Well frickin’ done.

To lazy to look it up, so I'll post a dumb ass response.

So there are 3 GTX1060s?

GTX 1060 desktop

GTX 1060 laptop, that's the same as the desktop

GTX 1060 Max Q for laptops

 

wat?!

[FakeNSA]

1 minute ago, NumLock21 said:

To lazy to look it up, so I'll post a dumb ass response.

So there are 3 GTX1060s?

GTX 1060 desktop

GTX 1060 laptop, that's the same as the desktop

GTX 1060 Max Q for laptops

 

wat?!

Not to mention the 3gb versions of the first 2. I hate pascal naming.

[NumLock21]

Just now, Aelar_Nailo said:

Not to mention the 3gb versions of the first 2. I hate pascal naming.

3GB? where?

[FakeNSA]

Just now, NumLock21 said:

3GB? where?

This ASUS laptop is a 3gb 1060, and this evga card is a gtx 1060 3gb. So, pascal naming is screwed.

[NumLock21]

1 minute ago, Aelar_Nailo said:

This ASUS laptop is a 3gb 1060, and this evga card is a gtx 1060 3gb. So, pascal naming is screwed.

Pascal naming isn't screwed. GTX 1060 comes in both 3GB and 6GB. It's the same with other video cards that has 1GB or 2GB of vram.

EVGA GT710 comes in both 1GB or 2GB.

[FakeNSA]

1 minute ago, NumLock21 said:

Pascal naming isn't screwed. GTX 1060 comes in both 3GB and 6GB. It's the same with other video cards that has 1GB or 2GB of vram.

EVGA GT710 comes in both 1GB or 2GB.

The fact that there are 5 cards that are all called gtx 1060, means to me that pascal's naming is screwed. Seems excessive.

[Drak3]

7 minutes ago, NumLock21 said:

Pascal naming isn't screwed. GTX 1060 comes in both 3GB and 6GB. It's the same with other video cards that has 1GB or 2GB of vram.

Thing being, the 3GB and 6GB have different core configs.

[NumLock21]

Just now, Aelar_Nailo said:

The fact that there are 5 cards that are all called gtx 1060, means to me that pascal's naming is screwed. Seems excessive.

I took a look directly at Nvidia. There is only 3 GTX1060, 2 of them are desktop and only 1 is laptop. For Nvidia's Max Q design, they basically limited the performance of the GTX 1060 so it meets the Max Q criteria.

https://www.nvidia.com/en-us/geforce/products/10series/geforce-gtx-1060/

https://www.nvidia.com/en-us/geforce/products/10series/laptops/

[D13H4RD]

9 hours ago, NumLock21 said:

To lazy to look it up, so I'll post a dumb ass response.

So there are 3 GTX1060s?

GTX 1060 desktop

GTX 1060 laptop, that's the same as the desktop

GTX 1060 Max Q for laptops

 

wat?!

As some said earlier, there's also a slightly cut-down version of the 1060 that has less CUDA cores and 3GB of VRAM.

 

So you have a desktop version with 3GB or 6GB of VRAM, a laptop version with 3/6GB of VRAM that's identical to its respective cousin depending on VRAM just with slightly lower clockspeeds and the Max-Q version of the 1060, which is an even lower-clocked version of the laptop version designed for thin and light laptops.

[NumLock21]

5 minutes ago, D13H4RD2L1V3 said:

As some said earlier, there's also a slightly cut-down version of the 1060 that has less CUDA cores and 3GB of VRAM.

 

So you have a desktop version with 3GB or 6GB of VRAM, a laptop version with 3/6GB of VRAM that's identical to its respective cousin depending on VRAM just with slightly lower clockspeeds and the Max-Q version of the 1060, which is an even lower-clocked version of the laptop version designed for thin and light laptops.

Look at post above yours

[Misanthrope]

The Max Q 1060 version? Because that'd mean that you'd still get decent battery life: the 1050ti laptops work so well because that chip is 75 TDP and the 1060 is normally 120 so that's a substancial increase, unless they use the Max Q of course in which the difference might be far less.

[D13H4RD]

4 minutes ago, Misanthrope said:

The Max Q 1060 version? Because that'd mean that you'd still get decent battery life: the 1050ti laptops work so well because that chip is 75 TDP and the 1060 is normally 120 so that's a substancial increase, unless they use the Max Q of course in which the difference might be far less.

It's clocked lower just for that.

 

I actually think this is a great update to a laptop that's well-loved by the LTT community. The smaller battery not withstanding, the addition of a GTX 1060 (even if it's a Max-Q version) and Thunderbolt 3 on a sub-$1000 laptop is awesome. 

[Mira Yurizaki]

2 hours ago, Misanthrope said:

The Max Q 1060 version? Because that'd mean that you'd still get decent battery life: the 1050ti laptops work so well because that chip is 75 TDP and the 1060 is normally 120 so that's a substancial increase, unless they use the Max Q of course in which the difference might be far less.

Dell's laptops still manage to achieve battery lives that I don't see anyone else achieving aside from Razer, Sony (RIP), and Apple.

 

So here's hoping the 7757 retains that.

[ZestyJalapeno]

LOL my mate just bought the current one. He's going to be salty af

[OmJo93]

Meanwhile, Dell has done away with the previous model's entry-level 1080p TN panel, and instead the laptop's base configuration now starts with their 1080p IPS Anti-Glare LED-backlit panel.

 

I like when a company learns from its own mistakes.