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7950GTX for alienware 7700

post #1 of 21
10/30/06 at 11:20am
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is this possible ?
can the 7700 handle the 7950GTX ?!!
they say it's almost similar to 7900GTX

http://www.legitreviews.com/article/405/1/
http://www.laptopvideo2go.com/forum/...howtopic=11392

where can i find the 7950GTX where is it sold?!!
i really would like to buy one for my 7700 cause i was thinkong of buying 7900gtx & my 6800 sucks
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post #2 of 21
10/30/06 at 2:20pm
the 7950 is practically a 7900 OCed, so if you have the 7900 512mb then it really isn't worth upgrading

*considering that dell is offering the 7950 for around 50 bucks more, pretty much states that there are really no "physical" differences between the 7950 and 7900 (mobile versions)

-since you have the 7700, I'm sure that it already produces an enormous amount of heat...and OCing your gpu ie. 7950 will probably increase it significantly
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post #3 of 21
10/30/06 at 2:52pm
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Do you mean i should consider getting the 7900GtX 512 instead of 7950GTX 512 ?
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post #4 of 21
10/30/06 at 3:43pm
yes, b/c you won't literally see any difference, and there are current Dell members who have OCed their 7900's past 7950 speeds...

but since you are running a P4, OCing the GPU really wouldn't be anything notciable in game play...specially w/ the added risk of overheating
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post #5 of 21
10/30/06 at 7:08pm
I would get it, just because I would hate to have to OC every time I wanted to benchmark. It is suppoesed to get 9750+ in 3dmark05. WITHOUT OCing. That's on par with dual 7900 GS's.
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post #6 of 21
10/31/06 at 6:24am
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even i i decide to get it !!
where is it sold?
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post #7 of 21
10/31/06 at 10:13am
Not sold yet, but will be around late November with a little luck.
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post #8 of 21
10/31/06 at 2:30pm
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i'll wait for christmas & then decide which to get
lol
some websites like Dell & RJtech are offering them in thier laptop (7950GTX512)
but not sole separatly

by they way
anyone got the 7900GTX512 on a 7700 ? how does the TEMP do?
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post #9 of 21
11/2/06 at 12:59pm
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i talked with RJtech
& they said that 7950 might be offered next WK as a single card
now they sell it in full D900T system
it's wait & see now
but i'm really considering it an A+ Card
what kind of score do i excpect with card like this?
i got 3.8Ghz 2Mb cash & 3Gb 533Mhz ram & 2X60Gb hards Raid0 7200
if i added this card {7950} what scores should i get?
now i have these scores with my 6800 256Mb DDR2
3D Mark 6 ---> my card can't run all the tests
3D Mark 5 ---> 4083
3D Mark 3 ---> 9451
3D Mark 1 ---> 15928
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post #10 of 21
1/31/07 at 12:20pm
Omagian, did you ever get the 7950GTX 512MB? if so, how is it running? hot or ok? I've replaced my mobo because the original died so I was thinking of doing buying the 7950 to replace the 6800. Any thoughts on whether it's too hot for the system based on your experience?
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post #11 of 21
1/31/07 at 8:19pm
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i got the
7900 GTX 512
the 7950 is just an overclocked version of 7900 with overheating issues
7900GTX 512 is runing like heaven

new scores

3D Mark 6 ---> 3675
3D Mark 5 ---> 7185
3D Mark 3 --->16428
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post #12 of 21
1/31/07 at 8:34pm
I don't believe the 7950go will go over 8k in 3DMark05 at stock settings, it's basically an overclocked 7900. Dell downclocks the 7950 in their laptops due to heat, so it's essentially a very minorly overclocked 7900.

I'd play it safe and go with the 7900 as it's known to work well in the 7700.
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post #13 of 21
2/1/07 at 7:30pm
hmm, Omagian I'm looking at your old 3Dmark05 scores and it seems that your better ram and P4 and same graphics card as mine got a lower score than me. My ram is only 233 MHz and check my sig for the other details. Somehow I scored 5130.
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post #14 of 21
2/1/07 at 10:09pm
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i know my scores are little low
but mostly it's due to drivers
the new drivers give low scores in 3Dmark but higher frame rate in games
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post #15 of 21
2/1/07 at 10:45pm
Quote:
Originally Posted by blizard8
hmm, Omagian I'm looking at your old 3Dmark05 scores and it seems that your better ram and P4 and same graphics card as mine got a lower score than me. My ram is only 233 MHz and check my sig for the other details. Somehow I scored 5130.

7185 > 5130
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post #16 of 21
2/4/07 at 2:13am
Quote:
Originally Posted by Hammerhead
7185 > 5130

I was talking about Omagian's old 3Dmark05 scores when he still had his 6800 card.
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post #17 of 21
2/4/07 at 6:11am
i have recently acquired the 7700 and it has the 6800 gfx card...as the itch is already in me, where would i go about chaning out to a 7900 video card?

ebay is my only luck?

also, i would love to find a nice set of restore dvds for this unit, is there a place i can find those for sale?

thanks
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post #18 of 21
2/4/07 at 10:09am
Unless you can get your hands on a 7950GX2....
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post #19 of 21
2/4/07 at 4:11pm
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7950GX2 don't run on 7700
i got my 7900GTX 512M from rjtech.com
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post #20 of 21
2/4/07 at 6:06pm
ummmmm I wasnt really expecting an answer since I dont think they even make a 7950GX2 mobile.
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