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    Dell XPS 15 9570: A 6-core Core i7 makes it all worthwhile

    Nov 06, 2018 7 minutes
    BY GORDON MAH UNG

    The hulking Asus ROG Strix GeForce RTX 2080 shows how Nvidia’s graphics card partners can still stand out from the crowd in an era when Nvidia’s making it harder than ever to shine.

    You know who has an easy job today? Dell’s XPS 15 designer. That’s because the popular 15.6-inch laptop gets the upgrade it deserves with Intel’s 8th-gen 6-core Core i7 chip. Dell also tucked in a GPU upgrade to make what is ultimately the fastest XPS 15 we’ve seen yet.

    FEATURES AND SPECS

    The Dell XPS 15 comes in many flavors, but the specifications of our 9570 review unit are as follows:

    CPU: 8th-gen Intel Core i7-8750H CPU

    GPU: Nvidia GeForce GTX 1050 Ti Max-Q

    RAM: 16GB DDR4/2,666MHz

    Display: 15.6-inch 1920x1080 IPS non-touch screen with anti-reflective coating

    Storage: 256GB Toshiba NVMe drive

    Battery: 97 Watt-hour

    DESIGN: KEEPING THE GOOD PARTS

    Dell hasn’t changed much on the outside of the XPS 15 since we . It has to be mentioned, that it hasn’t changed much either. In fact, you can go back and read those reviews to see what we think of the keyboard,

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