HD Graphics 4000 integrated

HD Graphics 4000 integrated

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The Inspiron 17R uses the same third-generation Intel Core i5-3210M (2.5 GHz) processor as the Dell Inspiron 15R, and both are equipped with 6 GB of RAM, so it's not surprising that their PCMark 7 scores (2,676 for the 17R; 2,645 for the 15R) were nearly identical. The fact that it blew the 1.6 GHz AMD-based Toshiba P775D (1,564) out of the water also came as no surprise.

Results were similar on our Cinebench R11.5 CPU benchmark; the 17R's score of 2.84 was just a heartbeat shy of the 15R (2.85) and the VAIO E15 (2.86) but trounced the Toshiba P775D (2.10). The 17R made short work of our Photoshop (3:53) and Handbrake (1:41) multimedia tests, beating the Sony E15 by two seconds and trailing it by two seconds on the Handbrake test.

Armed with Intel's HD Graphics 4000 integrated graphics solution, the 17R gave us a barely playable 22 fps on our medium quality Lost Planet 2 DX9 test while running at a relatively low resolution (1,024-by-768). That dropped to an unplayable 9 fps when we set effects to high quality and used the notebook's native (1,600-by-900) resolution. It performed similarly on our Crysis DX10 tests; it managed 25.1 fps in medium mode and 6.1 fps in high quality mode. The Sony VAIO E15's scores were higher, but not by much. The Toshiba P775D, on the other hand, outperformed them all, thanks to its discrete AMD Radeon HD 6620G graphics solution.

As was the case with the 15R, the 17R was unable to complete the MobileMark 2007 battery like dell 1G222 battery, dell BAT3151L8 battery, dell Latitude X300 battery, dell W0465 battery, dell Inspiron 2000 battery, dell Latitude LS battery, dell 2834T battery, dell 4834T battery, dell Inspiron 1520 battery, dell Inspiron 1521 battery, dell XPS M1350 battery, dell Inspiron 1318 battery test. Instead, we ran our comparable 10-hour DVD rundown test, which yielded a mere 2 hours and 55 minutes of battery life. That's significantly shorter than the 15R (4 hours and 29 minutes) and light-years shy of the 9 hour 33 minutes of MobileMark battery life we got from the HP Pavilion DV7-6b55dx.

The Dell Inspiron 17R (model 5720) won't wow you with blazing graphics performance, and its battery life is woefully short, but it is more than capable of handling your everyday home and small office computing tasks. The 17.3-inch display delivers bright, crisp image quality, despite the reflective coating, and the 17R's audio output is impressive for a budget notebook. That said, the Sony VAIO E15 offers slightly better graphics performance, longer battery life, and an illuminated keyboard, and as such remains our Editors' Choice for budget laptop.