Can you game on the Dell XPS 13? Kind of…
Best answer: If you want to game on the XPS 13, you’ll be OK with some older and lighter titles. For a better experience when at home, hook up an eGPU to give it some proper graphics power.
Intel integrated graphics can’t cut it
Gaming is an intensive business. The processor in the XPS 13 goes up to a 10th Gen Core i7, which while not entirely on par with a desktop equivalent, is still very good. It has four cores and eight threads, which is all generally alright for gaming. It’s the lack of dedicated graphics that hurts the XPS 13. And since these are Comet Lake, not Ice Lake 10th Gen processors, you don’t get Intel’s new, more powerful integrated graphics.
There are some games you can play — less intensive titles like Rocket League, Fortnite, and Counter-Strike: Global Offensive for example, along with some of the more casual titles in the Microsoft Store — but for any kind of high-end PC gaming, you’ll be left wanting dedicated graphics.
Use an eGPU at home
If you want to game on the go, you’ll be limited to those lighter titles. But if you’re at home, where honestly, you probably will be most of the time you want to game, there’s an easy way to give your XPS 13 the power it needs.
With an eGPU like the Razer Core X, you can get all the graphics horsepower your favorite PC games desire. Thanks to the Thunderbolt 3 connection on the XPS 13, you can hook up one of these with a full desktop GPU inside and use it to game away to your heart’s content. The Razer Core X has an integrated 650W power supply, so you’ll have enough juice to both power your laptop and any current GPU on the market.
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Razer Core X
Add desktop graphics to an XPS 13
If you’re still more interested in an XPS 13, you can game on it if you hook up an eGPU to it over Thunderbolt 3, removing the problem with no internal dedicated graphics presents.
