You will get the one you ordered.  There are seperate links for XPS 3 vs 4.

The main difference is about $1,000 more for the same config. :)

The motherboard in the Gen 3 is a 925X whereas the Gen 4 is 925EX.  The difference is the front bus speed of 533Mhz vs. 400Mhz for the XPS Gen 3. 

Not worth premium, but for bragging rights and future upgrades the Gen 4 may be worth it for some.

You better call Dell up to see if the system you really want is the Gen 4 and not the Gen 3. 

Message Edited by SR45 on 11-23-2004 09:39 AM

Nope the 800Mhz front side bus makes it a Gen 3.

If it were a Gen 4 the FSB would be 1066.

Message Edited by snaider on 11-23-2004 10:46 AM

If you ordered, you would know what system you would get.  It is stated clearly on the site.  I see now that the Gen 4 is now being listed on Dell's sale site today and not hidden elsware, so you may have gotten the Gen 3 .  The Gen 3 has the 800 FSB and not the 533 as stated by the other poster.  The Gen 4 will have the 1066 FSB for the 3.46 EE ghz and the other cpu's will still have the 800 FSB

Gen 4 link     

http://catalog.us.dell.com/CS1/cs1page2.aspx?br=1&c=us&cs=19&fm=11155&kc=6V662&l=en&s=dhs

 

 

 

 

Message Edited by SR45 on 11-23-2004 09:35 AM

Your order spec sheet should indicate which model it is.

At the time I ordered it, and the printouts I have, I see no mention of the Generation number.  It is just called "Dimension XPS" -- however, it does have the 800 FSB and 533 MHz RAM -- does that make it Generation 4?

 

This is what my order said, so unless you remember ordering a blue system vs. silver you will have to wait;

Dimension XPS Series, Intel Pentium 4 Processor 560 (3.6GHz) w/HT Technology and 1MB cache

Actually the 800 FSB is for the CPU ordered (3.6 GHz), I do not know what the system is capable of.

Hi All,

 

The XPS Gen 4 has the new Intel 925XE Chipset. If one orders the new 570J 3.8GHZ processor with this machine, the fsb will only run at 800MHZ? Not 1066mhz? How does the chipset distinguish bus speed between a 570J processor and the 3.46 EE chip? Is this done through a special bios? Also if the gen 4 is ordered can it be upgraded to future 1066fsb processors? Thanks for any replies.

the XPS Gen 4 will RULE the XPS Gen 3 - easily - the 1066 FSB will make it a true MONSTER!