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post #1 of 25
5/23/06 at 7:10am
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I saw that info in one of the threads, has anyone order one and upgraded their 7800go yet? I'm only getting a 2200 score on 3dmark06 without overclocking my 7800go and that is just pathetic, really want a 7900gs.

Anyone order it? upgrade it? how is it? get better battery life?
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post #2 of 25
5/23/06 at 7:51am
Zero Quantity in Stock at Dell Spare Parts.
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post #3 of 25
5/23/06 at 9:43am
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Originally Posted by nvgear
I saw that info in one of the threads, has anyone order one and upgraded their 7800go yet? I'm only getting a 2200 score on 3dmark06 without overclocking my 7800go and that is just pathetic, really want a 7900gs.

Anyone order it? upgrade it? how is it? get better battery life?

yeah that is a little low there 2200?

I am getting 2485 non clocked and 3439 oc'd@1280x1024 in 06 with the same card. It sounds like you have something going on.
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post #4 of 25
5/23/06 at 11:03am
Check your G.Card Settings
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post #5 of 25
5/23/06 at 4:22pm
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Originally Posted by SteveFx
Check your G.Card Settings
What settings should i be checking? I'm using stock dell drivers btw, i also tried the latest modified drivers and i got the same score
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post #6 of 25
5/23/06 at 5:47pm
Check Anti-Aliasing / AF Usually under the Advanced Tab on Display usually either 2 ways tog et it 1) Under NView Options or 2) Under (Right click) Properties--> Dispaly/Appearance --> Advanced and Config from there.
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post #7 of 25
5/23/06 at 6:07pm
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Originally Posted by SteveFx
Check Anti-Aliasing / AF Usually under the Advanced Tab on Display usually either 2 ways tog et it 1) Under NView Options or 2) Under (Right click) Properties--> Dispaly/Appearance --> Advanced and Config from there.
for anti-aliasing its under: application controlled
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post #8 of 25
5/23/06 at 7:57pm
Have you done a reformat? All the crap that Dell has installed on your system will greatly affect the performance of the system.
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post #9 of 25
5/23/06 at 8:38pm
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Originally Posted by mZimm
Have you done a reformat? All the crap that Dell has installed on your system will greatly affect the performance of the system.
yes i did a clean install.
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post #10 of 25
5/25/06 at 12:35am
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Originally Posted by Bal`thzar
if you want a dual pipe 7900GS let me know the ones you are trying to order are the single pipe.

I just got 6 more dual pipe GS's shipped

and my price works out to be the same or less than dells

pm sent
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post #11 of 25
5/26/06 at 1:55am
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Originally Posted by Crazy Larry
pm sent

PM replied Larry
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post #12 of 25
5/26/06 at 1:08pm
How difficult is it to replace the graphics card on the E1705? I've never done any modding as far as laptops go.
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post #13 of 25
5/26/06 at 2:42pm
Has anyone done benchmarks that compare the 7800 go, 7900 gs, and 7900 gtx? I'm trying to decide whether it's worth the upgrade cost or not at the moment.

Thanks folkz.
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post #14 of 25
5/26/06 at 4:21pm
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Rough approximate scores are like this without overclocking,

3dmark06

7800go - 2300
7900gs - 4000
7900gtx - 6000+

Some people were able to overclock the 7800go heavily up to the point of almost a 7900gs vanilla, don't know if you wanna take that into consideration hehehe

My slightly overclocked 7800go now runs a 3200 score.
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post #15 of 25
5/26/06 at 4:28pm
Is that 7800go in your post the GTX version?
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post #16 of 25
5/26/06 at 4:32pm
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Originally Posted by CrysDark
Is that 7800go in your post the GTX version?
No, it's either 7800go, 7800gtx, 7900gs, or 7900gtx, there is no 7800go gtx


a 7800gtx is the same as a 7900gs performance wise. might be even slightly faster than the 7900gs actually.
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post #17 of 25
5/26/06 at 5:03pm
what I am waiting for is somone to OC the dual pipe ones to see where they can go I have a funny feeling that they will give the GTX a run for thier money on clocks though they still will lack the extra pixel shaders and pipes but again I have a sneaking suspicion that they will do a heck of a lot better than 4k thats for damn sure
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post #18 of 25
5/26/06 at 5:10pm

Shall I run 3DMARK05 on mine tonight??

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Originally Posted by Bal`thzar
what I am waiting for is somone to OC the dual pipe ones to see where they can go I have a funny feeling that they will give the GTX a run for thier money on clocks though they still will lack the extra pixel shaders and pipes but again I have a sneaking suspicion that they will do a heck of a lot better than 4k thats for damn sure

Any chance of damaging anything by running 3DMARK05? I would actually prefer not to run it because as of now I am happy with it and don't want to know if it is only giving a score of 4500 or something.....
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post #19 of 25
5/26/06 at 6:07pm
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Originally Posted by MCF
Any chance of damaging anything by running 3DMARK05? I would actually prefer not to run it because as of now I am happy with it and don't want to know if it is only giving a score of 4500 or something.....
I really doubt a benching software can damage CPU / GPU or any other component as long as proper cooling is there. Edit - If you don't want to know as you are satisfied, that's a valid reason for not trying 3dmark
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post #20 of 25
5/26/06 at 11:54pm
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Originally Posted by Bal`thzar
what I am waiting for is somone to OC the dual pipe ones to see where they can go I have a funny feeling that they will give the GTX a run for thier money on clocks though they still will lack the extra pixel shaders and pipes but again I have a sneaking suspicion that they will do a heck of a lot better than 4k thats for damn sure

When I get mine, I'll be OC'ing it to my hearts content
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