DELL XPS 13 9380 13.3" UHD INTEL CORE I7-8565U 1.8GHZ / NVIDIA GEFORCE GTX 1650 LAPTOP / 16GB RAM / 1TB SSD

Benjamin Herzig

14.10.2020

Quote from: Craig S Paddock on October 14, 2020, 05:47:06 Quote from: Craig S Paddock on October 14, 2020, 05:47:06 No. Battery life is worse on the 4K version, because 4K screens require a stronger backlight to reach the same level of brightness as FHD screens. This does not change if you lower the resolution.

Craig S Paddock

14.10.2020

Does disabling 4k mode on 4k screen extend battery life to match FHD version?

robgoren

14.05.2020

I just received a call from a Dell Tech who confirmed that both the UHD panels on the 13.4" 9300 and the 7390 2-in-1 are the same, and DO NOT use PWM. He also said that only the FHD panels use PWM.

robgoren

13.05.2020

Just got this tesponse from Dell re: PWM: "I have reached out to my team and they confirmed that all of our notebooks backlight control interface are PWM including the XPS 9300." I'm not sure what to believe now, because Dell Tech support told me a minths ago the AUO 9380 did not use PWM. Manufacturers should be required to disclose PWM info.

sonny12

13.05.2020

No speakers test? Disappointing :/ PS: Is there a way to know which laptops are included in a single bar of the red histograms under performance bars? It would be an extremely useful feature.

Mahdi 2002 pss

13.05.2020

Quote from: _MT_ on May 13, 2020, 13:26:42 Quote from: _MT_ on May 13, 2020, 13:26:42 Quote from: Mahdi 2002 pss on May 13, 2020, 10:56:05 Quote from: Mahdi 2002 pss on May 13, 2020, 10:56:05 Generally we must sacrifice performance for see quieter machine! Fans of many laptops make a loud sound even when streaming and low-demand tasks and only with setting "better battery" profile you wouldn't annoy, and with that your above 8th generation laptop will perform just like 6th generation! Wasting money!! Heating and throttling are unavoidable in laptops and for noisy ones the only way is using little fans on them such that even when they work at 5000rpm their sound would not be heared, Hp elitebook x360 1030 g3 is an example.

_MT_

13.05.2020

Quote from: Mahdi 2002 pss on May 13, 2020, 10:56:05 Quote from: Mahdi 2002 pss on May 13, 2020, 10:56:05 I imagine the score is not based on the maximum value. And load average value is 33.5 dB. That's 4.5 dB above ambient noise in this case. How quiet is your place? When it comes to noise and fans, bigger is generally better. You'd have to see whether there is actually a benefit to cranking the fan that high. And it's likely it offers a quieter profile for a simple solution.

_MT_

13.05.2020

Quote from: yatra on May 13, 2020, 08:19:28 Quote from: yatra on May 13, 2020, 08:19:28 Well, I don't work for Dell, but no AFAIK. Maybe next year with Ryzen 5000, but no word on XPS in particular. If you want taller screen, your best hope might be Surface Laptop 4 towards the end of the year. If you can life with its peculiarities.

Jim Sks

13.05.2020

Hot, noisy and ultra-expensive. Check, check, check.