Dell studio 14z review gaming

Privacy Policy. Contact Us. Terms of Use. Show Full Site. All rights reserved. Log in Don't have an account? Sign up now Username Password Remember Me. For a budget notebook, the 4-watt stereo speakers were impressively loud, albeit somewhat tinny at max volume. Our speakers were powered by standard Intel Hi-Defintion 2.

Unfortunately, although the 14z can accommodate a memory card reader, it's not built in. If you do that, you can't use that slot for a mobile broadband card, for example, while transferring photos via an SD card. The webcam's 1. We especially enjoyed the audio: save for a slight echo, our voice sounded loud and accurate. The Intuitive Dell Webcam Central console has lots of drop-down menus and a sleek black skin.

The stills and videos you've just shot appear at the bottom of the console as thumbnails, making them easy to review.

The webcam also couples with third-party facial recognition software, allowing users to log into the computer simply by looking into the camera and not typing a password. Setting up this feature is easy: just open FastAccess software, and choose your user account. You'll briefly be taken to the login screen, where the camera will read your face.

And presto! You're registered. When we set it up and logged in for the first time, the technology worked like a charm. The 2. That's a full points above the category average. In our hands-on testing, the 14z felt zippy. At one point, we had eight windows open on the desktop, including Microsoft Word, and still were able to switch between programs with ease. Ditto with Web surfing: we had a seamless experience in Internet Explorer, with several tabs open, including Hulu and Slacker.

While the 14z's boot time of 56 seconds is a few seconds faster than average for a Vista machine, the GB, 5,rpm hard drive transferred a 4.

The 14z has but one graphics option: the excellent integrated Nvidia GeForce M card. Its score of 2, on 3DMark06 is points above the category average. As for real-world gaming, it delivered playable frame rates on Far Cry 2, so long as we stayed at x resolution.

On that setting, it averaged 26 frames per second. But when we cranked the resolution to its max x it dropped to a sluggish 11 frames per second; both of these scores are in line with the category average.

Large display-sizes allow higher resolutions. So, details like letters are bigger. On the other hand, the power consumption is lower with small screen diagonals and the devices are smaller, more lightweight and cheaper.

Dell : Dell Inc. Based in Texas, Dell employs more than 82, people worldwide In , Dell purchased the computer hardware manufacturer Alienware. In most countries, the laptops are directly sold to consumers by Dell and each notebook custom-assembled according to a selection of options.

In , the global market share of Dell laptops was Most notebooks are better rated. This is not a recommendation for purchase. Dell Studio 14z on Ciao. Dell homepage Dell notebook section. Dell Studio 14z Average Score: The screen is the biggest issue; a premium notebook should come with a premium screen. Its lifeless p panel is no different than those found in budget notebooks and an upgrade is not offered.

Next is the keyboard which needs better tactile feedback; the typing experience is disconnected.