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post #1 of 9
8/14/06 at 12:19pm
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Dell E1505 With X1300 graphics card, Can i convert into X1600 GPU ?
Have any problems with temp ?



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post #2 of 9
8/14/06 at 12:38pm
nope, x1400 is the best you can do.
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post #3 of 9
8/14/06 at 5:46pm
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Originally Posted by JackRyan
Dell E1505 With X1300 graphics card, Can i convert into X1600 GPU ?
Have any problems with temp ?



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Nope you can't upgrade past the x1400 at the moment.

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post #4 of 9
8/14/06 at 8:55pm
I'm almost 100% positive that anything higher than the X1400 will not be available for the E-1505. Dell would gain nothing out of doing it. The only way it may be even possible is if they make that option available in a notebook of similar size and dimensions. Even then it's unlikely. Either sell the E-1505 and upgrade to a higher end notebook, or live with it. They are your only options
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post #5 of 9
8/14/06 at 9:02pm
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Originally Posted by SacKings384
I'm almost 100% positive that anything higher than the X1400 will not be available for the E-1505. Dell would gain nothing out of doing it. The only way it may be even possible is if they make that option available in a notebook of similar size and dimensions. Even then it's unlikely. Either sell the E-1505 and upgrade to a higher end notebook, or live with it. They are your only options
Nah, it is wrong to say there is nothing to gain from it.

The 1505 is not stepping on the 1705's toes, unless they REALLY bumped the graphics up (im talking 7900 level). The markets are quite different fro the different size notebooks. Take a look at Acer, and how popular thier mid range "gaming notebooks" are. There would be quite a market for an x1600 notebook in the 15" (while not killing the real mobile gaming market in the 17"). Having options NEVER hurts business, it only helps.
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post #6 of 9
8/15/06 at 3:38am
But as the days go by the chances of them upgrading the video card for the E-1505 over putting out a high gaming 15.4" core duo get slimmer and slimmer. Besides, Dell already has gaming notebooks (XPS Notebooks)
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post #7 of 9
8/15/06 at 12:45pm
But of course you don't have to want to game to need a better video card.
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post #8 of 9
8/16/06 at 7:22am
I agree with those saying that the E1505 will never have higher-end video cards. They may gain a bit from it - but they'd also have to redesign the case/heatsink system and possibly upgrade the power regulation on the mainboard (as well as actually producing the X1600 card for it). That wouldn't be worthwhile (and if it was, it wouldn't be an E1505 any more).

They might bother to upgrade all that stuff when they introduce the i965 chipset and 800Mhz FSB Meroms - but that's quite a long way away.
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post #9 of 9
8/16/06 at 4:29pm
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Originally Posted by SLATYE
I agree with those saying that the E1505 will never have higher-end video cards. They may gain a bit from it - but they'd also have to redesign the case/heatsink system and possibly upgrade the power regulation on the mainboard (as well as actually producing the X1600 card for it). That wouldn't be worthwhile (and if it was, it wouldn't be an E1505 any more).

They might bother to upgrade all that stuff when they introduce the i965 chipset and 800Mhz FSB Meroms - but that's quite a long way away.

I don't know that much re-design would be necessary at all. the x1600 is found in many smaller and lighter laptops with smaller batteries already. I would be willing to bet the difference is somewhere around the difference between a 5400rpm and 7200 rpm drive for power pulled.
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