Dell XPS 15 7590 - Is It Actually Any Good? Full Laptop Review! 

This should be pinned to the top 😁

The effort 😮 You're a hero, man.

Options for both folks I guess.

Some gaming laptops are subtle. More or less.

The XPS is targetted towards a market that is similar to what the Macbook Pro is aiming at. Creative professionals and/or media enthusiasts who need a mobile computer powerful enough to handle what they need. Gamers on the other hand may not necessarily care about weight, and instead want maximum performance, which usually entails a much thicker design to accomodate the cooling required for such a load.

Zeldagigafan exactly. The styling and disappointing lack of ports are very obviously an attempt at stealing some of the MacBook market share. I could see playing Minecraft or CS:GO on this with moderate settings.

@@MikhaelAhava whats abm ?

Thanks!

@@JarrodsTech needs timctamps plz champ. So does the 'carbon fiber' innard pick up bodily residue visily?

Thanks! Unfortunately HP don't send me review units and they cost too much in my country for me to buy just to review, sorry. I've tried everything to make this happen. I've sent countless emails to every address I can find, made phone calls, even met with their staff at various events and exchanged business cards but nothing has come of it, so I can only assume they're not interested.

@@JarrodsTech Their loss for cheap advertising if they have the quality to show off?!

Thanks! Glad it was useful 👍

Can also just replace the ssd with a bigger size in these if need more storage for cheaper

Thanks! Yeah MSI said they should send it soon, I'll follow up with them now.

10th gen? I can't get it as HP ignore me, but I have covered the one just before that.

Interested to hear what you think about my conclusion, how basically I'd get the Aero/MAG-15 with 1660 Ti for similar money and better CPU performance with similar feature sets - some people are getting mad at me for not picking the XPS Haha

Jarrod'sTech Ah man you cant please everyone. I agree in terms of specs and performance but for me as long as it “can” game and do all my video editing. I’m happy with the trade off of a bit of performance for IMO a more premium metal build and design and battery life. The 1660 is the sweet spot and hopefully they work on the thermals and at least give us a 1650 super with 6GB if that’s a thing. Would be nice if it could do a 1660 but I think they will keep it 130W

Yeah fair enough!

Jarrod'sTech I like that the XPS don’t deafen me, well not too much. Man the ringing in my ears is real 🤣

Thanks! Cheers mate same to you too!

Cheers! I haven't tested that many so nothing much really comes to mind. There was an Acer 144hz 1080p monitor I covered on the channel in the past which still seems like a good budget option.

I have the Aero 15x 1070 Max-Q. It definitely has a higher chance given it's something inherent to the technology, but not sure how much use it would need to see before that actually becomes an issue.

@@JarrodsTech thank you so much for the reply Jarrod that helps, would you choose the Zephyrus S 502 with full RTX 2070 over the Aero RTX 2070 IPS display?

Thanks! I haven't had a chance to test the Strix G. I wouldn't pick FX505 given even last gen i5-8300H beats Ryzen 7 3750H, so Ryzen 5 is easily beat by 9th gen i5. I have a video comparing the Nitro and Y540 on the channel which might help you decide, personally I'd pick Y540 because the clean design and option of disabling Optimus, eventhough the Nitro may perform a little better.

The issue seems to just be how Dell have programmed it, after a while of consistent CPU load the power limit lowers in order to keep the thermals under control. In theory if you can cool it better, it may not do that as soon, also hard to say how the i9 model may differ to what I tested here. Basically any cooling pad or even a basic stand should do the job, I just use a giant one so I can use it regardless of what laptop I am testing. You can see how 3 pads of different size and a stand compare here: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-tXvKiy65pwg.html

I haven't had a chance to test the 10th gen i5 so can't really say. Based on the specs, 8265U has higher base and boost clock speed. The 10th gen has Intel's new graphics though, so maybe that is useful, but probably not really when you have an MX250 anyway which is better than the Intel graphics. Also no need to comment on 4 videos with the same thing, I reply to every comment.

Aero, or MAG-15, basically either of those over this in my opinion.

Yeah personally I'd look at the Gigabyte Aero 15 (new one with improved cooling, not the old model), or the Eluktronics MAG-15. All have the same core extra features that most other laptops are missing (Thunderbolt/SD card slot/big battery (MAG also has mech keyboard)). They're priced similarly but with better CPU/GPU performance as they come with GTX 1660 Ti for similar money, but that is about 50% faster in games compared to the 1650. You can get a rough idea of how the XPS 15 stacks up with this graph covering recent laptops I tested in Premiere, I actually exported this XPS 15 review as the test video haha: jarrods.tech/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/lenovo-y540-adobe-premiere-performance-1536x864.png

It would do ok, there are just better options for that money, as discussed towards the end of this video. In the end as long as you have some form of mid range Nvidia GPU you will get a boost in video export, doesn't do much for me during the actual editing process though, you always have the option of transcoding footage to lower res while editing too, the proxies will only be used on the timeline, you will still be able to export at 4K, makes editing smoother.

Yeah I will start doing that, it's just a pain to install Premiere, plus I'd be starting from scratch as I haven't done standard testing on previous machines so not really any data to compare with built up like the other tests.

@@JarrodsTech gotta start somewhere

@@bradhaines3142 Also I just get really inconsistent results so it's hard to properly do it. Now I think about it, I did get Premiere results on the XPS 15 to use in future videos. I exported this video 3 times, and got 19:50, 19:14, then 18:27, like what am I supposed to do with that lol, why does it get faster each time? Makes no sense.

@@JarrodsTech thats a weirdly significant difference, is there some sort of compression to it? how fast does it take on the 15x? be good to figure out where the difference is

@@JarrodsTech do 3 times and average?

Thanks, not sure sorry, got it at some local store ages ago.

Thanks, unfortunately not, I had minimal time to get the review done before sending it back so wasn't able to fit that in :( it's already been sent back.

I am a photo editor / photographer and a student who does a bit of light gaming.

Thanks! 🤘

Thanks! Hmm that's a bit strange, let us know what it was if you solve it

IM also thinking of switching for my laptop. I want finally want to be able to use proper GPU power since i also do 3d design aside of graphic work. I like this design because it still has a more quality look, great looking display, black finish. I do feel its behold back quite a lot due to bad cooling design. Im thinking about this one, the y540 or y740 or the Zypherus G14. All quite different machines. But not full blown gaming machines. PS how is the switch from OSX to Windows, i used to work on them both. BUt now I've been working on OSX for around15 yr torso, i kinda hate the windows system a lot. I find it counter intuitive compared to OSX. Whats your take in it?

You just commented on my Nitro 5 vs Helios 300 video so you should already have all the information :) either will do well for that.

Yes.

@@JarrodsTech last question, base model of this dell xps 15 or the base model of msi prestige 15?

I'll probably never cover any macbooks on the channel, a couple of reasons. The channel is way too small for Apple to care about, I cannot borrow review units like I do with other brands. Their stuff is so over priced that it's not really worth me spending thousands of dollars just to do a few videos, especially with the MBP 16 as so many larger channels are already covering it to death.

@@JarrodsTech Sounds sad :(

@@JarrodsTech I agree, but if you want your channel to grow you need to review Apple products. Why not just do what every other small tech reviewers do, buy the product and then return it. You might have to pay a restocking fee but it's cheaper than buying it.

I’ll send him mine.

It just means that there is a anti-reflective coating applied on top of the glass - which of course is glossy. They try to keep the reflections under control this way. It is still way more reflective than a matte screen though. So if you prefer a matte screen for work than you shouldnt get this model. However Im actually quite impressed with the coating. It definately is less reflective than alot of other laptops Iv seen in person. Including the "normal" glass of a xps 13 with touchscreen, which I thought was too uncomfortable to use in a well lit room (I guess the xps 15 with touch uses the same glass surface?) Coming from a matte laptop surprisingly, I can live with the reflections of the 7590 OLED. Its not as bad as most other glossy screens.

Yeah what those guys said :) basically still glossy but they try to minimize it as best they can, but still no where near a matte panel.

Thanks for clarifying. Was worried a bit because I ordered one with the 4K oled screen :)

​@@lgjsp99 Well to be clear here: The screen is still WAY more reflective than a matte screen. But I noticed that its less reflective than most other glossy panels out there - namely all the touchscreen panels I checked out in person. Like the Lenovo Yoga, Dell XPS 13, Microsoft surface and some others.... I would say its about on par (I want to say its even a little bit better) with the macbook pros, who handle reflections quite good also (there are variations within the mac-lineup though). That beeing said, coming from a matte screen, I can live with it -and I use it on the go alot. And its also WAY more beautiful ;-) The matte screen of my other laptop just looks really grainy and liveless in comparison now....

No, thermal throttling did not happen, at least after 3 minutes. For the first 3 minutes of heavy load, yes it could, but then once it settles in it caps the power limit to reduce performance which prevents thermal throttling at the expense of low performance. I go into this in probably way too much detail here: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-MXfSwNiyzMo.html

I've seen some rumours about a 17"!

@@JarrodsTech Hope it's going to а great competitor to new MB 16, with same slim bezels, bit bigger footprint, but with much better thermal behaviour and improved speakers. That might be the best all-rounder!

Thanks, no, but I also don't have any explicit tests where I go out of my way and check for that, I'm not really an expert in all things monitors.

@@JarrodsTech Thx for your answer. Well you dont really need to test the screen - if you put windows in dark mode you already see it, if its there... Did you check dark mode out with your test-example? I got mine for a week now and I noticed the typical vertical banding on grey, near-black colours - which one can see when windows is in dark mode. I can live with the banding but the top right corner gets reallly crushed in dark scenes. And I noticed some uniformity-issues when displaying all-white too, the left corner ist brighter than right side of the screen. Its not that bad really but I informed Dell and they offered to send a technician to replace the screen. Having read some reviews and comments online about this, it seems like most OLED-screens suffer from this issue to some degree- so now I just dont know if I should have the screen changed or not. I fear it could get worse with the new screen, hence why Im wondering if you noticed any of that behaviour in your panel.... Otherwise the screen is just gorgeus! My phone - an LG V30 - has way worse uniformity issues, and I got used to it. I dont really mind it anymore but then again: I got my phone really cheap and with a bigger screen its much more noticeable.

@@fzst-ub5xf Nah I didn't, can't check it out either as the laptop was sent back after the review was made, sorry.

@@JarrodsTech OK, too bad. Thx for your answer though.

Do you need decent GPU power? If so check out the Aftershock Vapor 15, or Gigabyte Aero 15. If not, probably not too many options I can suggest as I usually get gaming laptops to review on the channel, I think ZenBook range is decent though.

No problem!

Me too!

Are there any issues up till now?? I’m planning on buying this model. Thank you

@@scootakuh3142 what are your model? I7?

Not sure sorry.

Hey man, did you ever get this? Let me know how it ran!

The black one is carbon fiber composite, doesn't really feel like rubber I guess.

I don't recall that.

Good to hear the helpful, I'll see what I can do but Lenovo a hard to get things from in my country

Yeah it will swap over as needed, like if you open a game or export a video. The MX250 is pretty weak though, check some benchmarks of it for tasks you do to get an idea of what to expect.

@@JarrodsTech Thank you I will buy a laptop who had intel uhd 620 + MX250 Than a laptop who only have Nvidia Geforce Mx250.

No problem!

Thank you!

Me too....

Same here!

Cool let us know how it goes!

@@SureshKumar-tp1kk Nice! Where did you get yours from?

@@flo.friese3366 Nice! Where did you get yours from?

I have no experience with mac stuff since 2012 so can't really say, I feel like it depends more on whether you want Windows or Mac OS, either way you're paying more for less performance with both options compared to the alternatives covered near the end of the video.

I have the fan noise in the video so you can hear worst case under heavy load, I didn't think it was that bad. Didn't notice any random fluctuations during my use if that's what you're asking

Let us know how it goes!

Same, I’m quite excited for it 😁

Same! But got the 4k touch ips screen

Well I purchased it from Bestbuy and even upgraded shipping.. These ass holes emailed me today saying it may not ship out until Jan 2020.. Order canceled... Never again Bestbuy... Never again..

@@98durangopack yeah, I got it from the official Dell's webpage, and it still has an estimate delivery date on the December the 18th... So...

I honestly don't know. There's not enough viewers asking to justify me buying it with my own money, but Lenovo are really difficult for me to borrow different models, so waiting on them to hear what they have available, I've asked for it.

Would love that tooooooo

I really want to, but Lenovo are difficult to get stuff from, I've asked for it but still waiting to hear back

X1 Gen 2 has a second m2 PCIE slot, but battery is way smaller. I chose a XPS 15 (4K non-OLED) instead.

All laptops limit the FPS to 30 FPS, it's Nvidia battery boost in GeForce experience, you can change the frame cap in there.

I've requested it, waiting for them to tell me if they can make it happen.

Thanks! Welcome to the channel 👍

Prestige has better CPU performance, this had better GPU performance as it's not max-q, so depends what you're using for. Overall I'd prefer the prestige 15.

I'd want something with decent screen and CPU/GPU power, so Lenovo Y540 or Acer Helios 300, either with GTX 1660 Ti and i7-9750H CPU.

@@JarrodsTech thank you for the past response 🙂

I've never tested an FX705, but assuming same specs as the 505 you can compare the results in my Helios 300 and FX505 videos.

Logitech MX Master.

By default you want it using the Vega graphics just in Windows as this will improve battery life. Apps should automatically swap to the Nvidia GPU as needed, but if this does not happen, open the Radeon settings and set the app/program/game to 'high performance' mode, this will ensure it uses the Nvidia GPU when open if the auto detect failed.

@@JarrodsTech Thanks!

Hmm, I don't know about those workloads specifically, however I can say the Prestige 15 has better CPU performance with the i7 due to the 45w power limit whereas the XPS chokes at 15w. The XPS has better GPU performance though, as the Prestige has the max-q version of the 1650, so if you need GPU power the XPS could do better, otherwise for CPU power the prestige seems to have an edge.

@@JarrodsTech thanks for the reply. Do you think the prestige 15 is a better value? And how do you boost the prestige 15 from 15w to 45w?

Cheers! Nice, hope it goes well!

I've never used the Acer, but the Prestige would probably outperform the HP, the CPU power limit on that thing is well above average and performance is great - however the GPU is a Max-Q.

@@JarrodsTechMSI Core i7 10710U outperform HP Core i7 9750H ?

There's no 1660 Super for laptops, or if you mean for desktop PC? Yeah maybe I could do that.

@@JarrodsTech yeah that will be great

Yeah isn't one here.

Thanks! Looks interesting, they have one to lend me, I'm just all full up at the moment.

There’s the new MX 250 model aside from that, I think it has got minimal changes.

I'd get the Aero personally, I use Windows so Apple is out, XPS costs too much for what you get, Helios would be ok but I prefer the big battery life/SD slot.

Hmm interesting, thanks for sharing that!

Very weird tho. I just ordered it. Hope not to have this problem because it seems like a faulty machine. You shouldn't accept stuff like this mate.

Spagneto honestly I’m not sure if it’s even a problem. I have a gaming pc & I’m so used to seeing screens above 120hz so it might just be my eyes. Let me know if you notice anything with yours though!

I mean yeah it will work fine, generally resolution is only an issue when you're running GPU heavy workloads, like for games and stuff at 4K the 1650 would definitely struggle, but for just normal apps and Windows it's absolutely not a problem at all.

Jarrod'sTech Ok thank you I usually export my things as 1080p

Welcome to the channel! 🔥

Neither, look at the Gigabyte Aero 15 or Eluktronics MAG-15, both have good specs and larger batteries and are cheaper than the XPS. Also depends what you're using it for, the XPS will beat the blade in battery life which is probably ideal for school, but the 1650 will be a fair bit below a 1070 max-q.

Jarrod'sTech Thanks for that, I’m looking for them, but unfortunately I don’t think the gigabyte aero 15x is in my region (I’m in se Asia), and the eluktronics mag 15 is also not. I’m gonna try looking, but shipping is damn expensive! I’m probably gonna stick with the blade 15 since I want a bit more performance, and if the battery life on the Razer keeps dying in school, I might just get a smaller charger to take with me or a battery pack. Thanks for the help tho, and I’ll keep an open mind if I find a good deal :).

@@sebcross2425 if you don't care about design, the g3 has decent battery life and specs, usually cheaper.

You can watch my Prestige 15 video and compare :) I can't recall the results so you may as well just watch it instead of me doing the same and typing it out 😅 the prestige probably runs hotter, but the CPU also actually can sustain 45w in multicore load whereas the XPS 15 chokes down to 15w.

Hey thanks! I've never been able to test the Y7000 so I can't answer the question just now. I might be getting one soon though, so if they send it I'll be able to do a comparison video.

@@JarrodsTech then I will wait for your y7000 review before decide thanks

It will be ok for video editing but I'm not sure about that game I've never tested it. If you're mainly doing games that are much better laptops with higher specs for less money than this

That should be fine; maybe don't do ultra; do high. And it should be fine for video editing.

Honestly no opinion until I get one to test 😛

Control

Thanks!

Which sensor in HWinfo do I need to look at to determine that?

​@@JarrodsTech Unfortunately, I don't think it can be measured with "traditional" means as in sensors with HWiNFO. Videos I've seen use IR/Thermal cams like yours, but as you say in many videos you might not be able to disassemble them. I just find it strange that they allow the CPU to reach near Tjunction but they don't allow the GPU to boost fully or come close to Tjunction. Therefore I figured it was similar issue to previous XPS models where the VRM temp was the culprit. According to Notebookcheck their 1650 averaged 1710Mhz albeit with an Acer Nitro 5, with the majority of 7590s only hitting base clock of 1400Mhz or slightly above (according to Reddit). Great videos as always, my goto laptop and mobile GPU reviews!

I'll see what I can do, not sure on the availability of review units, may not be possible as they've never offered me any from that series before.

I've been waiting on MSI for months to send one.

Thanks, unfortunately it's already gone back after the video.

That wouldn't effect it. Fact is it is just outperformed by other machines, regardless of it actually works well in most workloads. The power limit is capped and that wouldn't change with use over time.

I don't personally have experience with that workload so difficult for me to say, however given the CPU performance I'd probably look at one of the alternatives mentioned near the end of the video.

@@JarrodsTech thanks a lot . I will see it later.

Me too!

Yeah not too much

Prestige has more CPU power, but this has more GPU power, so depends what you're using it for. Personally I'm leaning towards the Prestige.

@@JarrodsTech thanks man, that helped a lot. I guess I'll go with prestige.

I think il go for prestige too, ty @Jarrod'sTech

No the dell xps 15 had more Power. You can check the cpu on notebookcheck.

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Cheers!

Any laptop with an i7 CPU and GTX 1650 or above should do quite well, just check the screen is decent in terms of colour gamut etc. For lower price range, the Lenovo Y540 would do pretty well.

how much did you get it?

How much did I pay for it?

Cool, interested to hear how it goes for you!

@djavocard I payed 1900€ without taxes

How is it?

The Y540 has higher CPU power limit under sustained workload and will likely win.

@@JarrodsTech yeah but in productivity programs like android studio,or any other programming Ide , it's mostly never 100% load. It just gives 100% load in bursts of few second.

No because Dell cap the power limits low, resulting in weak performance compared to other options.

Get gs65 instead Gaming laptop is better

What specs? That one is based on the GS65, if it's the 8th gen model there are minimal differences, though the 4K panel with higher colour gamut is one, if it's 9th gen there are a few more differences so depends what you're using it for.

@@JarrodsTech It's 9TH GEN with 2060 And 32 ram 1TB ssd With 4K screen For video editing

@@TAJARIBSAUD if you need laptop for work only get p65 If you are a hardcore gamer get gs65 rtx 2060 too at 1k5$ on amazon

Thanks! Let us know how it goes 🙂

Elbay Malik Would u recommend it to me for video editing I do wanna get it but what scares me is the thermal issues I have been hearing on how hot it gets during certain things u do on it

A 1650 is absolutely not future proofing. A laptop 1650 is comparable to a desktop 1050

@@ihateeveryoneofyou depends on what you are working on. And GPU is easy to replace by thunderbolt to a eGPU. So that is not even interesting part for me as it is quite easy to replace GPU

@@rican6718 my usage will not be towards video editing but I know that you can edit videos even in 13" version of dell xps. So, the only thing you should be aware of is the time required for compiling videos. I am sure you can find lots of reviews in web discussing that aspect of laptops

I'd pick the Aero, for the reasons discussed towards the end of the video.

I highly encourage you to STAY AWAY from aero 15 OLED... for the reasons shown in these screenshots and video clip: xzhan-nextcloud.net/index.php/s/APGx4JJ5NtxcQ6o I also discussed them in this reddit thread: www.reddit.com/r/gigabyte/comments/cg72jf/gigabyte_aero_15_oled_wa_wierd_sound_coming_from/ Also check out this YT review: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-n-mSV4c0jc4.htmlm42s Aero 15 OLED (or many OLED laptops) is extremely inconsistent in quality control and their customer service is just not adequate enough. I managed to return mine to ExcaliberPC after sending them the photo and video proof of defects, but the process is not fun. I am now a happy XPS 15 7590 (no OLED of course!) owner but I don't game much if at all. I mainly use it for coding and design work. If you want a really powerful machine to game on, I still suggest find something else.

Or go for msi gs75 xP

@@xucongzhan9151 I plan on getting the non-OLED version too and for coding/software dev stuff outside of my house. How long does the battery last? What is making me want the xps so much is that super sleek and clean design. Very thin and great build quality. Are you really happy with your purchase?

@@xucongzhan9151 too bad since this is supposed to be my purchase other than Asus Zephyrus.