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post #41 of 75
9/28/05 at 4:37pm
Can't the 6800 Ultra get around 6600 overclocked???
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post #42 of 75
9/28/05 at 4:48pm
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Originally Posted by IllegalEagle
Can't the 6800 Ultra get around 6600 overclocked???
Heavily overclocked,sure. But than you can overclock the 7800 by the same margin.
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post #43 of 75
9/28/05 at 5:05pm
$500 for a slight boost to DoD:S? Wow...and I thought my priorities were messed up. With my "lowly" 9300 I get constant 30+ framerates. It hits 30 when there are lots of people and explosions, otherwise it hovers closer to 40-60. Everything is set at defaults, High, Water Reflections, and 1440*900.
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post #44 of 75
9/28/05 at 5:06pm
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Originally Posted by DaddyOf2Girls
lol looks like there is going to be a $60 off coupon.


30 minutes ago there was no red number and the black numbers were Bold and not crossed out.
WOW it dropped in price again. This is kinda funny. You would think Dell would only update their compare page once per day. This is the 4th time It has changed in the last 4 hours.

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post #45 of 75
9/28/05 at 5:22pm
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Originally Posted by Neoslash
$500 for a slight boost to DoD:S? Wow...and I thought my priorities were messed up. With my "lowly" 9300 I get constant 30+ framerates. It hits 30 when there are lots of people and explosions, otherwise it hovers closer to 40-60. Everything is set at defaults, High, Water Reflections, and 1440*900.
no one really knows what the price is yet, its all speculation. Dont forget coupons can bring it down
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post #46 of 75
9/28/05 at 5:25pm
Wait, how are you guys getting $500 for the upgrade? What if I got a 9300 with the base 64MB card, downloaded the cracked BIOS, flashed it, downloaded and flashed the newest XPS2 BIOS, then bought the card for $350 from dell, thats only $350, not $500. Plus if you have a coupon, it's even cheaper.
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post #47 of 75
9/28/05 at 5:27pm
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Originally Posted by Toy-Yoda
no one really knows what the price is yet, its all speculation. Dont forget coupons can bring it down
good luck finding a coupon of any significant amount....

only thing i've found so far is a 15% off coupons, and it has yet to actually work for me.
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post #48 of 75
9/28/05 at 5:29pm
well, as expected, its only out for the xps2, however, this is not to say that we can't put it in the 9300.. I wonder what happened to that dude that modded his 9300 to fit the 6800 ultra... was that a hoax ? there hasn't been any news of him lately... well, if you are watching these forums... we would really appreciate some feedback on the stability of your mod
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post #49 of 75
9/28/05 at 5:31pm
I think 6800 is already enough for me. If I buy the Go 7800 GTX. My i9300 would cost more than buying the actual XPS.
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post #50 of 75
9/28/05 at 5:32pm
Here's my thinking, why play nice just call up and say I need/want this part here's my CC# and ship it to my address. Instead of argueing symantics... The way I see it what does the saleperson care what I'm willing to pay for. That essentially what I had to do to get my DVD upgrade for my laptop (Granted this was after about a weeks worth of emailing/telephone calls). Anyways my $.02
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post #51 of 75
9/28/05 at 5:32pm
Is the 7800 gfx card a pci express? or is it agp?
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post #52 of 75
9/28/05 at 5:34pm
and no one has answered my question. Exactly why wouldn't this work in a 9300? If a 9300 can take a 6800 Ultra and the new XPS base card is a 6800 Ultra, there should be no problem should there?
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post #53 of 75
9/28/05 at 5:37pm
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Originally Posted by kogle
Is the 7800 gfx card a pci express? or is it agp?
always PCI Xpress
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post #54 of 75
9/28/05 at 5:40pm
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Originally Posted by ghost_recon88
and no one has answered my question. Exactly why wouldn't this work in a 9300? If a 9300 can take a 6800 Ultra and the new XPS base card is a 6800 Ultra, there should be no problem should there?
It's very hard to say, in fact Dell can locked up many thing in the BIOS by not allowing you to over doing some stuff.

For example, My Dimension 4500 GeForce4 420 MX does not allow me to overclock it since the firmware is locked in the GFX card. I'm having a hard time with that card.
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post #55 of 75
9/28/05 at 5:41pm
So, there might be some firmware in the card that does not allow it to run in a 9300? How would it know it was a 9300 if you had the BIOS flashed though?
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post #56 of 75
9/28/05 at 5:41pm
I wouldn't say it cant. Its just that it requires alot work. You will need a hacked XPS bios for your 9300, the 6800 Ultra card with heatsink assembly, 9cell battery, and 130 watt XPS2 power supply. You will also have to do some mod work to the case to get the heatsink to fit.

If thats all worth your time and money, then it will work. I'd rather just get a new laptop.
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post #57 of 75
9/28/05 at 5:44pm
Guys,

The whole argument was that Dell WAS NOT going to off the 7800GTX as an option or upgrade to the 9300.

I don't care how you get the 7800 working in your machine.
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post #58 of 75
9/28/05 at 5:50pm
Yeah, I don't care how I get it working, I just want to know if it's physically possible? If I have the mod the thing to pieces, oh well.
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post #59 of 75
9/28/05 at 5:50pm
If you have the read the prior debates/flame wars going on...it's not a question that it will not work, but the fact that you have to do MODS that in the end will cost just the same as buying an XPS2. To much modding in my opinion for something that could have been bought the first time.

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Originally Posted by ghost_recon88
and no one has answered my question. Exactly why wouldn't this work in a 9300? If a 9300 can take a 6800 Ultra and the new XPS base card is a 6800 Ultra, there should be no problem should there?
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post #60 of 75
9/28/05 at 7:52pm
Here is an article on Tom's Hardware Guide about the 7800 GTX. Apparently the specs are based on the Dell M-170.

http://www.tomshardware.com/hardnews...28_143001.html

Also, ATI has begun shipping 10XX Mobile Cards to manufacturers to test, which might be used in the next generation M-170 with Yonah (just speculation though).
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