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post #121 of 134
5/23/06 at 10:08pm
Oh, I hadn't noticed, cool. Well here's hoping the GS's internals are just a little reorganized..
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post #122 of 134
5/23/06 at 11:22pm
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Originally Posted by 5150 Joker
Someone else already started a 7900 GS benchmark thread if you're interested in seeing that. I have to get ready and go meet someone here locally to sell him my XPS 2. Once I get back I'll run a few benchmarks and then open this sucker up to confirm my suspicion that the 7900 GS only has a single pipe block and not a dual pipe like people think.

Well I got mine today as well. I am quite happy, hardly any noticable light leakage. I swaped the DVD burner for the CD Burner in my M170.

I did take off the LCD hinge cover and take the keyboard off. There is indead only 1 heat pipe. I have not installed 3DMark yet, but I will soon enough.
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post #123 of 134
5/24/06 at 12:48am
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Originally Posted by Pugsly0014
Well I got mine today as well. I am quite happy, hardly any noticable light leakage. I swaped the DVD burner for the CD Burner in my M170.

I did take off the LCD hinge cover and take the keyboard off. There is indead only 1 heat pipe. I have not installed 3DMark yet, but I will soon enough.


Yeah this really blows, I was hoping we'd get dual heatpipes but deep down I knew they wouldn't do that with a factory system. Now I'm just hoping someone like balth'zar is willing to sell us a dual heatpipe.
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post #124 of 134
5/24/06 at 12:55am
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Originally Posted by 5150 Joker
Yeah this really blows, I was hoping we'd get dual heatpipes but deep down I knew they wouldn't do that with a factory system. Now I'm just hoping someone like balth'zar is willing to sell us a dual heatpipe.
but why would u want dual pipe if it runs cool already like this? just so you can overclock it more? lol single pipe is good news for ppl like me who's got the 7800go and want to swap a 7900gs in, do u know if bal'thazar has the 7900gs in stock yet and for how much where can i get it? thanks!
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post #125 of 134
5/24/06 at 12:57am
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Originally Posted by nvgear
but why would u want dual pipe if it runs cool already like this? just so you can overclock it more? lol single pipe is good news for ppl like me who's got the 7800go and want to swap a 7900gs in, do u know if bal'thazar has the 7900gs in stock yet and for how much where can i get it? thanks!
He's got 3 of them in stock and all are dual pipe. Hey if you want a single pipe, I'll sell you mine heh. Oh and yeah I want the dual pipe because I want to push this thing as far as it can go and overvolt it.
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post #126 of 134
5/24/06 at 1:26am
I got 3, 2 are sold with dibs being called by 2 people on the last one

I am going to be getting some more I am hoping like heck soon
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post #127 of 134
5/24/06 at 2:34am
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Originally Posted by 5150 Joker
He's got 3 of them in stock and all are dual pipe. Hey if you want a single pipe, I'll sell you mine heh. Oh and yeah I want the dual pipe because I want to push this thing as far as it can go and overvolt it.
Sure i'm interested in buying yours, just so we are clear, your 7900gs is the one that will fit RIGHT INTO my e1705 w/7800go WITHOUT any modifications right? same 90w adapter, no breaking metal etc... PM or AIM/aol or email me and we can set this up. j a m e s @ n v g e a r


that's my email without all the spaces and add a dot com. thanks.
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post #128 of 134
5/24/06 at 3:19am
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Originally Posted by nvgear
Sure i'm interested in buying yours, just so we are clear, your 7900gs is the one that will fit RIGHT INTO my e1705 w/7800go WITHOUT any modifications right? same 90w adapter, no breaking metal etc... PM or AIM/aol or email me and we can set this up. j a m e s @ n v g e a r


that's my email without all the spaces and add a dot com. thanks.


Ok check your PM.
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post #129 of 134
5/24/06 at 3:44am
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Here's some pictures I took:

First two pics are of the metal brackets everyone talks about. These are the ones that will need to be removed in order to accomodate 2 pipes and/or 7900 Go GTX:




This is a picture of the 6800 Go Ultra sitting on top of the 7900 Go GS:



And finally the 7900 Go GS core:

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post #130 of 134
5/24/06 at 4:04am
Thanks for the pics!
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post #131 of 134
5/24/06 at 4:58am
omg censorship
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post #132 of 134
5/24/06 at 5:33am
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Originally Posted by Blahman
omg censorship


Heh you never know who's watching.
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post #133 of 134
5/25/06 at 4:41am
Well it's a bit late, yeah, but I just finally did it so...

I sent my E1705 back to Dell today.. Paid $1685 for my 2ghz duo, 60gb 7200rpm, 7800 go, WUXGA screen, and a 4 year warranty.. Finally convinced myself I should wait a month or two for a better deal, or at least drop the warranty and maybe CPU down to 1.83 to more than cover the 7900 gs.

Losing the warranty won't make me feel half bad for looking into a merom chip later, and I guess I can always upgrade it if I get less ambitious. Anyway, another 7800 go(es) back to Dell!

The NEC DVD drive was loud as a mofo, too.. If that's quiet compared to Sonys, holy crap. VERY noticeable constant noise while watching a movie, really distracting.. hopefully that was actually defective..

Stinks waiting on credit for a Dell return, how long does that usually actually take? Their estimated 25 business days seems crazy!
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post #134 of 134
5/25/06 at 4:50am
credit takes about 3-5 days after they confirm they recieved the return.
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