Posts by Anemone

Sad because some of us with 1710/1720's wish we could get 8800M's. To see you turn down an upgrade is a sight to see. GPU power is really the only thing a notebook lacks, so getting the most you can helps the notebook last.

If budgeting is a concern take the SLI before going quad core. GPU power is the weaker aspect of a notebook. However, quads are not useless, and if you don't have a problem affording one, they are going to get more useful over the...

Be nice if the 1710 were able to use at least a single 8800m. Would help to give at least some credibility to Dell that these machines can take one gpu upgrade beyond the useless clock bump the 7950 was.

Probably want to note that the upgradeability of the graphics is more likely with the AW. Dell has a decent degree of hardware help out here to support unofficial upgrading, but Dell has shown basically no interest in upgrades. AW...

The same way they are so thigh burning hot? lol

ES's come in several release grades, along the lines of B0, B1, and then B2, in which B2=unlocked retail chip (retails are B2's). ES Conroe's are unlocked, as I am pretty sure Merom's are as well. However, they are not unlocked...

I have widescreen and like it especially for gaming.

Bought one recently and yep, threw 1gb of aftermarket memory into it pronto. Where you use pictures a bunch, you might find 2gb useful, but it's going to cost more so weigh it out. I took the Nvidia option, but ymmv. For the...

Reinstall official drivers and check. If that fixes it, then reinstall your old drivers and check. If fixed you are done. If it breaks between the two you know it's a driver issue. If it stays broken on both, then probably it's a bad...

There is a lot of info on how Conroe performs compared to AMD X2's and P4's. There are some things to bear in mind: Core Duo performs pretty closely to the X2's (1mb cache versions), clock for clock. There are some +/-s from...