It has been some time since I’ve had the possibility to evaluation a laptop computer for FutureFive NZ. The final time I reviewed a pc for this publication was for an Alienware gaming laptop computer. Now it’s 2023, and I’ve the privilege to evaluation the brand new Dell Intel Evo XPS 15 laptop computer.
I’m normally a console gamer as a result of utilizing fancy laptops is normally exterior of my present worth vary. As a consequence of this, I used to be already impressed with the Intel Evo XPS 15’s large show. The display dimension is a powerful 15.6-inch display and is in full HD.
If you’re keen to spend much more cash, there may be an OLED model with touchscreen-enabled controls. Sadly, we had been solely given the complete HD non-touch mannequin to evaluation. Not that this can be a dangerous factor, however it will have been good to check out the costlier mannequin.
When it comes to price, the mannequin we examined is the ‘fundamental’ model, however it nonetheless comes at a worth of $2,597.85. This worth consists of each GST and supply, and the official Dell web site can ship it on to your door in a matter of days.
Very similar to different trendy laptops, the Intel Evo XPS 15 comes shipped with Home windows 11 Dwelling in order that it might run the standard kind of purposes like Phrase, Excel, and PowerPoint. It additionally comes preinstalled with the Microsoft Edge browser, though you might be free to obtain Google Chrome if that’s extra of your cup of tea.
The display is de facto spectacular as a result of the colors are brilliant and it might output video video games and films at a excessive decision. Nonetheless, the factor that impressed me essentially the most concerning the Intel Evo XPS 15 is its booming 3D audio sound.
I normally wish to put on headphones if I’m enjoying video games or watching motion pictures on my different units. With this laptop computer, its personal audio system had been loud and clear sufficient not for me to make use of my gaming headphones. The laptop computer has movie-quality audio, and watching movies like Star Wars: The Drive Awakens and Avatar: The Means of Water was a deal with to check out.
The laptop computer additionally comes with a particular dongle the place you possibly can connect your standard USB or HDMI units. My brother wished to observe Indiana Jones and the Dial of Future on our TV, and working it by way of the HDMI cable was a breeze.
The opposite factor I examined with this laptop computer is the way it may deal with some trendy video video games. Although the Intel Evo XPS 15 isn’t marketed as a gaming laptop computer, it’s nonetheless capable of deal with some trendy PC video games corresponding to Fortnite and Warframe.
The laptop computer has 16GB of RAM and a graphics card known as the Intel Arc A370M Graphics with 4GB GDDR6. With these sorts of specs in thoughts, the laptop computer ought to be capable of deal with most AAA PC video games with ease. You possibly can at all times select to improve the graphics card or RAM when you want
higher efficiency for PC gaming.
The one draw back to the mannequin we examined was that it solely featured 512 GB of cupboard space. 512 GB is tiny in trendy gaming when some AAA video video games take as much as over 100 GB so that you can obtain and set up! Nonetheless, it’s also possible to select to improve the onerous drive house when you
want to put in a lot of video games and/or purposes.
If you’re extra into retro video games, the Intel laptop computer was simply capable of run essentially the most trendy PS2 and PSP emulators I put in. To not point out, the laptop computer was additionally capable of be suitable with a PS4 controller, so enjoying the video games was a breeze with out resorting to the keyboard controls.
I don’t suppose the mannequin we examined was highly effective sufficient to run extra trendy emulators, although. It struggled to run an Xbox emulator, and I don’t suppose it may run something above the PS3 technology or above.
Whereas this Intel laptop computer isn’t marketed as a gaming laptop computer, it was highly effective sufficient to run Photoshop and different purposes my brother put in. He’s an beginner graphics designer and was capable of produce paintings on a laptop computer with relative ease.
The one minor gripe I had with this Intel laptop computer is that the temperature can get somewhat too scorching when you find yourself working it for a number of hours. Nonetheless, you possibly can run the laptop computer at a ‘Cool Mode’ if you wish to restrict the temperature and fan noise.
General, I had numerous enjoyable testing the Intel Evo XPS 15. The 3D audio is massively spectacular, and it has a pleasant full HD display for film playback and gaming. When you might must improve it for contemporary AAA gaming, the bottom mannequin continues to be highly effective sufficient to run a lot of video games.
