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post #21 of 37
8/31/05 at 7:12am
Personally I wouldn't waste my money on the 6800Ultra, because of the extra hassle involved with also getting a different Northbridge heatsink, and the fact it uses more power.

However, I am quietly optimistic that when the 7800go is released, that it will be a worthwhile investment...
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post #22 of 37
8/31/05 at 7:14am
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What kind of battery life have you guys been getting?

Dell says anywhere up to 5.5 hours out of the 9cell but what kind of times have you guys been getting?
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post #23 of 37
8/31/05 at 10:48am
Welcome to the forums Booya!!!

I'm from Perth as well and have a 9300. The 17" WUXGA takes some getting used to but now I won't use anything else - don't really notice any light leaks etc it's an absolute beaut of a laptop!!!!

BTW - u got a helluva deal with that 9300 of yours- Congrats!
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post #24 of 37
8/31/05 at 5:52pm
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Hey primetime!!

do you do much gaming with your 9300? do they have any LANs around here? again, cos im new (actually got deployed for my first trip next week WOO HOO) looking to get into some new crew and time to start up the friend rings all over again LOL

Im living in Carlisle working in the city.

before i got the net i was using a few inet cafe' in the city, and looking at their notice boards etc etc for anything intresting - but no LANs that i noticed

any tips on where i should look? lol..
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post #25 of 37
8/31/05 at 5:55pm
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WOOT!!! i got an email from dell 6am this morning;

"Greetings from Dell Asia Pacific Sdn's OrderWatch Service!

Your order (number 392****15) is on it's way! (ship on : 31/Aug/2005)
Congratulations on your new purchase and...
Thank you for purchasing a Dell Computer!"
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post #26 of 37
8/31/05 at 8:04pm
An Aussie sending greetings from Montreal, Canada. Pitty you guys can't get the XPS Gen 2's down there becasue these things seriosuly rock. I don;t even use it for games but for 3d work and it is sweet as.

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Originally Posted by Boosted' Booya
WOOT!!! i got an email from dell 6am this morning;

"Greetings from Dell Asia Pacific Sdn's OrderWatch Service!

Your order (number 392****15) is on it's way! (ship on : 31/Aug/2005)
Congratulations on your new purchase and...
Thank you for purchasing a Dell Computer!"
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post #27 of 37
9/1/05 at 1:46am
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i wonder if i can get a XPS2 top lid and replace it with my 9300 lid mmmm......
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post #28 of 37
9/1/05 at 4:26am
I'm from Sydney.

I'm more than happy with my i9300, use it all the time except for gaming. For that I use my 7800GTX sli beast.

But for everything else aside from gaming the i9300 has just about replaced my desktop pc.
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post #29 of 37
9/1/05 at 5:22am
Hi all! the names Andy ! first ever post at this forum!
Ive learnt HEAPS from here , thanks you all!

I got my dell 9300 about 1 month ago
specs are ...

Pentium M 770 2.13 ghz processor, 1X512 RAM , 6800 GO (of course!)
80 GB 5400RPM HDD, 17" Samsung k9922 WUXGA ^^
all for AUD$3209!! (Im in Sydney , Australia)

it even came with a free laptop backpack AND 720 printer!
so im pretti dam happi with my deal

this forum helpz me in so many ways!
I especialli found "MR K6"'s OCing guide realli realli useful!
I also found how to tweak the msconfig "services" menu , and from a startup time of 1 minute , it now starts up in less then 28seconds!



I Love this thing!!

Anyways Boosted, congratz on ur purchase! Look for them guides to OC if u wanna go medium/low settings on 1600x1200 in BF2 like me ^^
i also wanna recommend u to check out the guides to make ur computer start faster, it tells u how to tweak the "services" tab in "msconfig" , IF u dont knoe alreadi (im a newbie)

have a good one!
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post #30 of 37
9/1/05 at 6:01am
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Anyways Boosted, congratz on ur purchase! Look for them guides to OC if u wanna go medium/low settings on 1600x1200 in BF2 like me ^^
i also wanna recommend u to check out the guides to make ur computer start faster, it tells u how to tweak the "services" tab in "msconfig" , IF u dont knoe alreadi (im a newbie)

have a good one!

oh yer!! ive read them over and over so i know what to do the MOMENT i open that box

hahaha - the first thing ill do when i open the box - pop in the XP cd and FORMAT hahahahhahahahah - then of course the undervoltage + overclocking will come in handy

I LOVE THIS SITE
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post #31 of 37
9/1/05 at 6:24am
Hey Hey!

Yet another Aussie new to the forum here too!
And a Dell convert as well! 700m (I agree totally with ya Boosted Booya!)
My location being sunny, dry (whats rain look like again?) Toowoomba!!

Cheers Big Ears
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post #32 of 37
9/1/05 at 6:41am
lol for real man!
haha i did exactly the same.

read this site HEAPS of times, i lost SO many hours of sleep coz of it!
as soon as i got it , i reformatted as well .

installed everything (pre provided drivers on cds made it heaps easier)

OCed to 385/760 using rivatuner.
and with my 512 MB RAM it gets 4600 marks in 3DMARK2005.

Let me knoe ur score bro ^^

Also , i got a nice mouse with it , Logitech MX 518
plus an external HDD 100 GB, so 180 GB total

Damn man , im in love with this thing!
lol
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post #33 of 37
9/1/05 at 9:04am
Thread Starter 
yer, i already ordered a gigybite wi-fi adaptor cos the intel one apparently sux.

well - that was enough to convince me LOL

so yer, next im looking at a nice gaming mouse, then one of those 300gb drives

as for the 3d mark - well, i fly to melb this weekend - im hoping *touchwood* that it will be at my door when i get home on tuesday!!! - they reckon the delivery date will be the 8th - so close enought

I SOOO CANT WAIT - i think ill have to throw a sicky the day after my baby arrives LOL

i want to play with it!! hahah - ok, that didnt sound quite right huh :P
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post #34 of 37
9/1/05 at 12:02pm
lol , u sound like me bro .

but im BEHIND in uni coz of the laptop .

I just game BF2 too much!!

anyone like me , slacking off at uni coz they love their laptop so much?!
lmao
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post #35 of 37
9/2/05 at 2:44am

ausssiieiees

Hey fellow aussies.

Im in Perth also boosted. Great lil city. Im wasting too much time on my lappy, i got it for to help me study but all i do is watch tv series and play games pretty much non stop hehe

Cant remember the last time i used my PC for anything, maybe to turn it on so i could use the printer wirelessly through my network heh

Anyway, its a great lil lappy quiet and strong. Wish i bought 2 gigs of ram though and of course i was under the impression that it came with a GIGABIT ethernet card but this is not the case, so i need to spend a few $$ and get one. Shame really, other than that its a little beauty!! Dont think i can ever go back to regular PC use.

Hope the 7800 is upgradeable for our models OH can you imagine 64bit dual core notebooks with 4 gigs of ram! $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$
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post #36 of 37
9/2/05 at 9:00am
Hi again all, just thought i'd post my experiences with upgrading my wi-fi card.

Recently i've just picked up a second hand senao b/g 23dbm minipci card for AUD$45 and replaced it with the intel one and I can say that it rocks !!! Its way more powerful and stable than the intel piece of sh!t.

andochan: same here bro ! I really have to stop playing games and get back to uni work.

Anyone here played the F.E.A.R demo ? I cant wait for the full game to be released !!!
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post #37 of 37
9/2/05 at 10:03am
Sup fusion,
actualli i downloaded F.E.A.R demo , TWICE! each time when i tried to run it came up with some "resource" error message, and after the first time i redownloaded it. after the second time i thought "stuff it" LOL

Also , on the issue of the RAM, i currently have 1X512 MB, i thinkz i shud get a 1GB stick of RAM from ebay US or something.
the RAM in australia is WAAAAAAY too expensive

anyways have 3 major assessments due in teh next week , havent started one yet! LMAO

gotta start tomoro! hehe

peace all
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