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Posted by Mario Zamora Rodriguez

- June 18, 2021, 19:24:30

This makes me think about returning my M15 R5. I can't fully comprehend how this is inferior to a Omen 15 Ryzen/3070 Q at 100 Max wattage.

Posted by _MT_

- June 17, 2021, 18:27:00

Quote from: Andrew Taylor on June 17, 2021, 15:40:42
As an owner of a Dell device (G5 SE) that has seen severe and completely unnecessary performance regressions from some of the later BIOS releases, I don't trust Dell to do these things properly anymore.

Isn't the wisdom (contained even in manuals) that you shouldn't update BIOS unless you are fixing a problem? Also known as don't fix it if it ain't broken. Not to defend Dell. Just saying that willy-nilly BIOS updates might not be the brightest idea.

Posted by Andrew Taylor

- June 17, 2021, 15:40:42

As an owner of a Dell device (G5 SE) that has seen severe and completely unnecessary performance regressions from some of the later BIOS releases, I don't trust Dell to do these things properly anymore.

Posted by Redaktion

- June 17, 2021, 00:56:51

Dell may have enabled all possible CUDA cores on the Alienware m15 R5, but that has not necessarily improved GPU performance across the board. Instead, activating 10% more CUDA cores can reduce FPS in some games, albeit with reduced GPU temperatures.

https://www.notebookcheck.net/More-CUDA-cores-do-not-necessarily-mean-better-performance-for-the-Alienware-m15-R5.545958.0.html