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should I get 9400 with 47% discount?

post #1 of 39
1/18/06 at 2:04am
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Is this worth it?

This was a special deal Dell was nice enough to offer me.

Inspiron E1705 Intel® Core™ Duo Processor T2500 (2GHz/667MHz FSB)

Operating System (Office software not included) Genuine Windows® XP Media Center Edition 2005

LCD Panel 17 inch UltraSharp™ Wide Screen UXGA Display with TrueLife™

Memory 1GB Dual Channel DDR2 SDRAM at 667MHz (2 Dimms)

Video Card 256MB NVIDA® GeForce™ Go 7800

Hard Drive 80GB 5400RPM SATA Hard Drive

Network Card Integrated 10/100 Network Card and Modem

Combo/DVD+RW Drives 8x CD/DVD burner (DVD+/-RW) with double-layer DVD+R write capability

Wireless Networking Cards Intel PRO/Wireless 3945 802.11a/g Mini Card (54Mbps)

Primary Battery 53 WHr 6-cell Lithium Ion Primary Battery

Hardware Warranty 3 Year Limited Warranty plus 3 Year At-Home Service plus Nights and Weekend

Accidental Damage Protection (Except in Florida) Add CompleteCare Accidental Damage Service to 3Yr Lim Warranty

Original Price was $3,067.00
I am paying $1690 + tax and Shipping?
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post #2 of 39
1/18/06 at 2:09am
not bad with the 3 year warranty. wiith upgrades from a gig of ram ) a 6800 ultra from an x300 and a 1.6ghz -> 2.13 from a 1.7ghz i am 100 dolalrs higher than that price. I say it is a pretty good deal seeing as it is not even released yet and i have a 1 year warranty.

(i discovered this site to late, could have gotten this laptopa little cheaper) (thought i was a dell guru just knowing about the coupons)
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post #3 of 39
1/18/06 at 3:02am
"should I get 9400 with 47% discount?"

Certainly not! Why would you do that? Demand that you pay full price, Nancy!

Sorry, was that a real question?

-Doc
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post #4 of 39
1/18/06 at 3:05am
if u want it for gaming, remember its an underclocked 7800 which is supposedly 40% slower then the 7800gtx in the xps2/m170. review here:
http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,1759,1908402,00.asp
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post #5 of 39
1/18/06 at 3:07am
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I am hopping I can overclock it at least, or maybe sell the card on ebay and get a real GTX card.
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post #6 of 39
1/18/06 at 3:12am
If Dell does the same kind of coupons this year as they did last year, you should be able to pick up an XPS with similar specs for close to the same money. Does anyone know if they're still dropping those nice, fat coupons every now and then? I haven't paid any attention since I got my system.

-Doc
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post #7 of 39
1/18/06 at 3:15am
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Or maybe i can buy it and sell it for full price on ebay and get a XPS M170
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post #8 of 39
1/18/06 at 3:58am
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Originally Posted by cyberma007
Is this worth it?

This was a special deal Dell was nice enough to offer me.

Inspiron E1705 Intel® Core™ Duo Processor T2500 (2GHz/667MHz FSB)

Operating System (Office software not included) Genuine Windows® XP Media Center Edition 2005

LCD Panel 17 inch UltraSharp™ Wide Screen UXGA Display with TrueLife™

Memory 1GB Dual Channel DDR2 SDRAM at 667MHz (2 Dimms)

Video Card 256MB NVIDA® GeForce™ Go 7800

Hard Drive 80GB 5400RPM SATA Hard Drive

Network Card Integrated 10/100 Network Card and Modem

Combo/DVD+RW Drives 8x CD/DVD burner (DVD+/-RW) with double-layer DVD+R write capability

Wireless Networking Cards Intel PRO/Wireless 3945 802.11a/g Mini Card (54Mbps)

Primary Battery 53 WHr 6-cell Lithium Ion Primary Battery

Hardware Warranty 3 Year Limited Warranty plus 3 Year At-Home Service plus Nights and Weekend

Accidental Damage Protection (Except in Florida) Add CompleteCare Accidental Damage Service to 3Yr Lim Warranty

Original Price was $3,067.00
I am paying $1690 + tax and Shipping?

DUDE that a helluva good offer, GET IT!!!!!!!! But.......get a 9 cell battery too.
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post #9 of 39
1/18/06 at 4:32am
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Originally Posted by Doc.Caliban
If Dell does the same kind of coupons this year as they did last year, you should be able to pick up an XPS with similar specs for close to the same money. Does anyone know if they're still dropping those nice, fat coupons every now and then? I haven't paid any attention since I got my system.

-Doc
I've got something sitting in my wishlist on Dell's website, waiting, just for the right moment to strike Damn $750 off coupons!!
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post #10 of 39
1/18/06 at 4:40am
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Originally Posted by chemicalali
if u want it for gaming, remember its an underclocked 7800 which is supposedly 40% slower then the 7800gtx in the xps2/m170. review here:
http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,1759,1908402,00.asp
Actually it's not an underclocked 7800, as it is, well, a Geforce Go 7800, just not a GTX.
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post #11 of 39
1/18/06 at 4:43am
Also realize you're taking a risk going the "I'll just upgrade" route. No one's posted a picture of the 9400's innards yet - we have no clue if Dell made it so you can't install the 7800GTX.

They very well might have.
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post #12 of 39
1/18/06 at 4:58am
For that price, I would get that system as it is. You can probably overclock the 7800 anyway.
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post #13 of 39
1/18/06 at 8:23am
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Originally Posted by jka
Actually it's not an underclocked 7800, as it is, well, a Geforce Go 7800, just not a GTX.
'In addition, the system did not show as powerful gaming performance as the game-centric Dell XPS M170 single-core system. Even though both systems have the same graphics chipset, the E1705's graphics power is substantially lower, as it actually operates at a lower GPU clock rate to conserve the battery. Its 3DMark 2005 and Splinter Cell gaming scores were about 40 percent lower than those of the M170. (We were a little surprised that Dell did not announce dual-core components on the XPS notebook line, a performance brand.)'
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post #14 of 39
1/18/06 at 8:41am

Gaming on 9400 ? Worried now...

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Originally Posted by chemicalali
'In addition, the system did not show as powerful gaming performance as the game-centric Dell XPS M170 single-core system. Even though both systems have the same graphics chipset, the E1705's graphics power is substantially lower, as it actually operates at a lower GPU clock rate to conserve the battery. Its 3DMark 2005 and Splinter Cell gaming scores were about 40 percent lower than those of the M170. (We were a little surprised that Dell did not announce dual-core components on the XPS notebook line, a performance brand.)'
so does that mean it won't play games like DOOM or Half-Life properly? I want the dual core and the Napa platform, but I also want to be able to play decent games for the next 4 or 4 years...

how hard is it to over-clock it?

thanks
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post #15 of 39
1/18/06 at 12:07pm
Why not?
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post #16 of 39
1/18/06 at 12:22pm
"We did some on-site testing of the graphics card, discovering that the default 3D clocks of the card are 250MHz GPU and 658MHz GDDR speeds. Based on the GDDR speeds, we can surmise that the 7800 Go uses the same RAM as the older 6800 Go. We also overclocked the card using Coolbits, using the “Detect Optimal Settings” option. The card easily achieved 349MHz GPU and 853MHz GDDR speeds. That’s an amazing 40% increase in core speed and 30% increase in memory speed. Remember that the auto-overclocking function in Coolbits is quite conservative so higher clocks should easily be possible. The 7800 Go is rated at 35W TDP at stock settings, up from 32W. The 7800GTX Go is rated at 68W TDP."

Ripped from a post over at Laptop Logic on the 7800 Go card, so apparantly it has a fair amount of overclock headroom.
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post #17 of 39
1/18/06 at 12:29pm
how do u get 47% off.... in usa
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post #18 of 39
1/18/06 at 12:30pm
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Originally Posted by silicon???
how do u get 47% off.... in usa
Call and beg
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post #19 of 39
1/18/06 at 12:32pm
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Originally Posted by silicon???
how do u get 47% off.... in usa

and are you going to bitch about the inferior lcd and return the computer after you get it?
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post #20 of 39
1/18/06 at 3:41pm
Heh, inferior LCD seems to be a theme with Dell. 47% off or not, it is still your money. If they send you crap, you have every right to bitch about it. I'm on my third 9300 right now due to "inferior" LCDs and this one has light leakage worse than any I have ever seen on a laptop. I am not even close to happy with it but I need a laptop and I have already sold my Sager.

If I could get my hands on a 47% off package, I would return mine and order the 9400 myself. Run with it.
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