Dell updated its high end gaming notebook, the XPS M1710 with newly announced Nvidia GeForce Go 7950GTX graphics card. Also, gamers will now be able to overclock the Core 2 Duo Merom processor in the M1710. Dell had prevented overclocking on this machine in the past.

Graphis card update: With the inclusion of the Nvidia Go 7950GTX graphics card in the M1710 it will be at the head of the pack for 3D gaming performance. The Nvidia 7950GTX is an update to the current 7900GTX from Nvidia.

According to Nvidia numbers, a Dell XPS m1710 configured with an Intel Core 2 Duo T7600 processor and 2GB of memory and the 7950GTx would score a 9,763 in 3DMark05.

Good news for overclocking enthusiasts: Dell says that with the update to the M1710 they will now allow users to overclock the Merom Core 2 Duo processors and nothing will be done to the notebook to prevent this.

New Blinking Lights — XPS LightFX

The Dell M1710 has always been well know for its light show. It has configurable color lights on the lid, speakers, vents and on the mousepad. Now the lights will pulsate to sound! That’s right, you can play your music like a DJ and have a light show like a disco because the lights will pulse with the music if you choose. Certain game companies will also work with Dell to make game action control pulsing of lights. Dell is calling this technology XPS LightFX.

MediaDirect Technology Update

The Dell XPS has always had MediaDirect technologies that allows you to view video, pictures and listen to music directly from the hard drive or a CD without fulling booting the notebook into Windows. Dell has added the ability to view Word documents, PowerPoint and see Outlook contacts using “instant office” capabilities within MediaDirect. This technology will be integrated into all Inspiron and XPS notebooks that offer MediaDirect.

This entry was posted on October 14, 2006 and is filed under Dell XPS line.