I have an XPS M1730 as well, but my video card is an 8700 M GT.

Running on the same 720p TV as my 360, they are roughly equal, with a slight edge to the 360.

Not sure if your graphics card is better or worse than mine.

If it's better, then it will probably beat the 360 slightly, but if it's worse it will be noticeably behind the 360.

I guess no one in here read the interview on IGN.

They said Cry Engine 3 is better than CE 2 in every way, PC included. They also said it's not just a re-jigging of CE 2 for consoles; they re-wrote most of it, building on their knowledge of CE 2. There are features in it not available in CE 2.

I have an XPS M1730 (with a single 8700M GT), and to be honest I regret the purchase.

I've spent more time on the support line for this computer than I have on every other product I've ever bought combined. And they are usually not able to help. Sometimes they try to get me to pay extra for the 'good' support (even though I've already supposedly paid for support)

That includes spending Christmas day on the phone with support (when it was 2 weeks old at most) because the screen wouldn't display -- just 'cause I had updated my nVidia drivers. Even with Dell's recommended drivers, it sometimes detects phantom monitors and either screws up the screen resolution or doesn't display at all.

The audio controls (at least with Vista) are so bad that I can't record on it like I intended to. In fact, I couldn't even get audio pass-through (IOW hear my guitar as I was playing it) until I spent 3 days researching how to do it and eventually added a registry value. (Before that, I tried getting Dell support's help, but they had no idea) Even now, I can't control the volume of it (it's either mute or full volume) and it outputs at unlistenable high volumes if my input levels are set correctly for recording. Obviously if you aren't planning to do any audio stuff on it, you can ignore that, but that's the kind of problem it has.

I also opted for the Blu-Ray drive, so I could hook it up to my HDTV. However, the DVI output (despite their claims) does not seem to be HDCP compliant, so purchased Blu-Rays will refuse to play unless you watch on the laptop monitor. (HDCP is the new copy protection the studios are using. You could get around it with software, but it would void your warrantee) So my plan to start watching Blu-Rays went out the window.

One thing the reviews don't tend to mention is that the touch pad is on the left side of the computer. So if you are looking to play some games on a bus or whatever, and are right-handed, it's very uncomfortable.

It's also extremely bulky, with a power brick about the size of the XBOX 360's.

Oh, and Dell loads up the hard drive (RAID in my case) with so many partitions that Windows won't let you create any more if you want to. You'll need to get Partition Magic or other software if you want to add partitions to keep your files and your OS seperate, for example.

Graphically it's about as good as the 360, maybe slightly worse.

In conclusion, no I don't recommend.

[QUOTE="Cherokee_Jack"][QUOTE="whatisazerg"]

do you mean "Queue"?

whatisazerg

I know what a queue is..... but what is a "cue", unless you're talking about pool, I don't know what you're talking about.

To cue someone is to give them a go-ahead or command to execute a planned or appropriate action.

For example, actors may be cued at the appropriate time to enter a scene.