Gaming Laptop Analysis

Is the Dell XPS 15 (2020) i7-10750H GTX 1650 Ti Mobile 16GB RAM 512GB M.2 4K good as a gaming laptop? Not for gaming

Processor - Modern AAA 2021 gaming with the Core i7-10750H 6-Core 2.60GHz processor is no problem. As it meets game requirements of today it will likely hold its own against future release titles as well, this is an excellent CPU for a gaming laptop. Games are beginning to lean on more CPU cores for extra processing. Fortunately this CPU has 6 cores, making it an excellent gamers processor choice.

Graphics Card - This laptop has a weak graphics solution in it with the GeForce GTX 1650 Ti Mobile. There are lots of better gaming graphics card choices and this is not a good gamers laptop choice. This laptop has 4GB of VRAM available. This graphics solution is OK for today’s gaming, but will struggle with some games and certainly start to cause a problem in the near future of AAA gaming.

System Memory - The 16GB of RAM found in this laptop is an excellent quantity to deal with the requirements of 2021 AAA gaming.

Screen Size - By our standards our review laptop’s 15.6" panel is considered good for modern 2021 gaming. There are larger laptops but with this laptop you will get a good balance between portability and gaming viewability. The screen size provides a gamer with larger menus, whereas the resolution of the panel provides definition. For the optimum gamer laptop we aim for 17 inches to deliver better in-game viewability. But of course that makes the laptop physically bigger and less portable. The choice, is yours.

Refresh Rate - Refresh rates can be hard to see, when the laptop reseller doesn't make it clear. Assume 60Hz if this is the case. Ideally for a gaming laptop you want 120Hz. This means the games you run can get up to 120 frames per second, assuming the hardware inside them is powerful enough to deliver that FPS. The refresh rate caps a games deliverable FPS even if the hardware can deliver more FPS than the Hz. This laptop comes with a 60Hz refresh rate. Which is just ok for gaming. There are better and if you want to enjoy higher frame rates you will look for a gaming laptop with a higher refresh rate.

GeForce GTX 1650 Ti Mobile graphics card gaming performance in the Dell XPS 15 (2020) i7-10750H GTX 1650 Ti Mobile 16GB RAM 512GB M.2 4K laptop

A key choice in any gaming laptop is making sure we identify the right graphics card in the laptop and know what it is capable of in today's gaming landscape. With this laptop we are taking a closer look at how its total laptop value compares to its capability when it comes to running modern demanding games. Also lets take a look at it when running modern popular games like, Far Cry 6 or Battlefield 2042 in ultra graphics settings on its native screen resolution of 4K. The GeForce GTX 1650 Ti Mobile card that's powering the Dell XPS 15 (2020) i7-10750H GTX 1650 Ti Mobile 16GB RAM 512GB M.2 4K laptop, when compared to today’s top 500 most demanding games, can run 313 at min system specs and will run 0 games when comparing to their increased recommended system requirements.

Comparing Dell XPS 15 (2020) i7-10750H GTX 1650 Ti Mobile 16GB RAM 512GB M.2 4K to today’s best price to performance laptop ranges

Now let us compare the Dell XPS 15 (2020) i7-10750H GTX 1650 Ti Mobile 16GB RAM 512GB M.2 4K laptop to other gaming laptops, with regards to the performance ability it delivers and when considering the price of the laptop. Obviously there are many things that go into a quality laptop build, but at this point we want a standardised system to compare across laptops just on that criteria. It will consider $1966.45 of the laptop with regards to its key hardware capability in running modern games performance delivered by this laptop’s hardware.

We score the Dell XPS 15 (2020) i7-10750H GTX 1650 Ti Mobile 16GB RAM 512GB M.2 4K 7.2 out of ten on the P2P score today. Our price to performance rating value will change for all laptops automatically, as new hardware capability is put into modern laptops and the price for hardware adjusts. This laptop’s configuration, when compared to its own XPS 15 (2020) lineup, is currently placed at 5th once we order it by the price to performance figure. Obviously scoring towards the 1st position is preferable.

How about we compare our Dell XPS 15 (2020) i7-10750H GTX 1650 Ti Mobile 16GB RAM 512GB M.2 4K laptop to the laptop with the leading P2P rating out of all laptops and see how it compares. Today's best gaming laptop for Price to Performance is the ASUS TUF A15 R7 4800H GTX 1660 Ti 16GB RAM 512GB M.2 ($999) and our laptop is 135% worse if we directly compare the price to performance rating against that best hardware performance to value laptop. Lets move down the P2P ranking list to position 2. Here we find the MSI Bravo 15 R7 4800H RX 5500M 16GB RAM 512GB M.2 laptop, which has a price at $1049. The XPS 15 (2020) laptop in this review is 105% worse when compared solely on price to performance against that 2nd best model.

How does the Dell XPS 15 (2020) i7-10750H GTX 1650 Ti Mobile 16GB RAM 512GB M.2 4K laptop compare to the best CPU performance focused laptops and today’s most popular games?

To get a good comparison when considering how well this laptop performs in terms of processing power, we will compare it to today’s most powerful CPU focused laptop. This will at least show us what other sorts of processor-centric laptops exist and give us a relative point of laptop processor cost comparison. So the laptop we have chosen for its CPU performance is the ASUS ROG Zephyrus G14 R9 4900HS RTX 2060 Mobile 16GB RAM 1.0TB M.2, which comes with a Ryzen 9 4900HS 8-Core 3.0GHz processor. That processor performs 35% better compared to our review laptop’s Core i7-10750H 6-Core 2.60GHz.

A quick review of the number of games our laptop processor can run at recommended requirements is 451, taken from the top 500 most demanding games today. For min cpu specs this figure for number of games it can run is 499.

Today’s games are getting more demanding so let's see how our gaming laptop performs against their recommended cpu system requirements. First off we have the New World which currently our Core i7-10750H 6-Core 2.60GHz is 41% better next let's see how well it runs against Battlefield 2042. We can see it is 28% better. Ok finally lets see it against Far Cry 6. Here our laptop is 9% better.

How does the Dell XPS 15 (2020) i7-10750H GTX 1650 Ti Mobile 16GB RAM 512GB M.2 4K laptop compare to the best graphics card performance focused laptops and today’s most popular games?

One of the most important focuses of a gaming PC is the graphics card and our review laptop is certainly no different. As such we will want to know how well our XPS 15 (2020) laptop performs in the graphical visuals area compared to what is available on the current laptop market. A great way to consider this is by putting it into a comparison against a well priced laptop that has the most powerful laptop GPU around at the moment, and then we can review its performance against that top graphics card laptop. We choose the MSI GT76 Titan i9-10900K RTX 2080 Super 64GB RAM 2.0TB M.2 4K laptop as one of the best GPU laptop performers today to compare graphics ability with our laptop. This puts a GeForce RTX 2080 Super 8GB video card from that laptop, one of the best laptop graphics cards available at the moment, against our review laptop’s GeForce GTX 1650 Ti Mobile. This comparison shows that laptop to be 118% better comparably in performance as our review laptop.

Currently 0 games of the top 500 most demanding games today (recommended graphics requirements) can run on the review laptop’s GeForce GTX 1650 Ti Mobile. Or 313 games of the top 500 most demanding for minimum GPU specs can run on it.

Some of the most popular games today are really the primary benchmark for any laptop’s ability, so we thought we should compare our laptop GPU GeForce GTX 1650 Ti Mobile against Far Cry 6. This video card performance comparison saw our laptop deliver 41% worse performance against the game’s recommended GPU system requirements. Then we have New World and our laptop was 5% worse in graphics performance and another popular title today is Battlefield 2042 which we saw our review laptop get 48% worse compared to our laptop gpu.

Today's Best Priced Mouse and Headset for Dell XPS 15 (2020) i7-10750H GTX 1650 Ti Mobile 16GB RAM 512GB M.2 4K laptop

A great priced gaming mouse today, that could accompany the Dell XPS 15 (2020) i7-10750H GTX 1650 Ti Mobile 16GB RAM 512GB M.2 4K is the, Kayinuo M738 Gaming Mouse 3200DPI wired 6 Buttons that is currently priced at $12.99. Our suggested mouse has actually lowered its price during these past two weeks, dropping by $32.26. This was part of the reason we selected it as a good mouse for the price and a great accompanying peripheral for this laptop. Our lowest price tracked for this mouse was marked down at $11.99, which we spotted on 15th Aug 2020.

A headset that is well priced at the moment and could accompany the Dell XPS 15 (2020) i7-10750H GTX 1650 Ti Mobile 16GB RAM 512GB M.2 4K laptop is the Corsair HS45-7.1 Surround. Of the headsets we price track, it is one of the best valued headsets today and currently priced at $36.99. For reference, our lowest tracked price for this headset was on 28th Nov 2019 and it was priced at $34.99.