Date:
Monday , April 18, 2005
Author:
Brent Justice
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Dell Inspiron XPS Gen 2 with GeForce Go 6800 Ultra

Mobile gaming has never looked so good. Read inside to see what Dell is bringing to the table with the new Inspiron XPS Gen 2 using the new NVIDIA GeForce Go 6800 Ultra GPU. Could this be the best gaming notebook ever?

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Notebook Specifications:

CPU

Intel Pentium M 770 (2.13GHz 533MHz FSB)

Chipset

Intel 915PM

System Memory

1GB DDR2

Hard Drive

80GB Ultra ATA

OS

Windows XP Pro SP2 with DirectX 9.0c

Mobile Graphics Unit:

Make & Model

Platform

Core Clock (MHz)

Memory Clock (MHz)

Driver Version

Notes

NVIDIA GeForce Go 6800 Ultra 256MB

PCIe

450

1006

ForceWare 75.80

Drivers not WHQL certified

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The driver that was installed on our system was ForceWare 75.80, which is not WHQL certified. Notice the GeForce Go 6800 Ultra rides on a 16X PCI-Express platform. The GeForce Go 6800 Ultra also comes with 256MB of video RAM on this system.

Game Evaluation Setup

This notebook is geared for gaming, and to that end, we will concentrate on what kind of gaming experience this notebook provides. Please be aware we test game performance a bit different from what is the norm. We concentrate on examining the real-world gameplay that the laptop provides. Gameplay includes performance and image quality evaluation, while the Highest Playable section shows the best Image Quality delivered at a playable frame rate.