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post #281 of 328
2/4/09 at 12:14pm
Yeah, only small laptops for me from now on (after the M6300 of course hehe).
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post #282 of 328
2/5/09 at 10:58pm
Quote:
Originally Posted by zzpulp View Post
Yeah, only small laptops for me from now on (after the M6300 of course hehe).

lol, ever since Dell's been stalling, I've been looking at Gateway, Toshiba, and Sager notebooks to get a quad-core capable gaming rig. I've got to get something to take to med schools because you can't game on a Macbook.
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post #283 of 328
2/11/09 at 1:51am
I'm curious, where has anyone read that Dell is ending the XPS line? this was speculated when they bought Alienware years ago. But we still have XPS systems.
I did read a german article that showed a Dell media rep in Europe talking about the 9800SLI in the 1730. It could be nice.
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post #284 of 328
2/12/09 at 12:03am
It was a big rumor awhile ago and then it was quelled soon after. However, speculation now is that the XPS line will no longer have the highest end parts as those will be devoted to alienware. Frankly, none of this matters to me as I would not buy the XPS series anymore anyway. Its Precision or nothiing for me.
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post #285 of 328
2/18/09 at 10:36pm
If Dell did indeed quit making XPS's, would our current Complete Care roll over to the Alienwares? One would think they would have to considering they would run out of XPS parts eventually (if they stopped manufacturing).
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post #286 of 328
2/19/09 at 12:16am
You're twisting what has been said. No one said the XPS series was gonna be gone. Just that it would no longer be the true performance series it used to be. All this is speculation so you're just gonna have to wait and see.
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post #287 of 328
2/19/09 at 10:14pm
The XPS gaming line is gone. Only left Dell 4 months ago and we were all talking about it inside.
Its now a 'Premium' notebook line
M1730 is the last gaming 17" from them

But...they are updating it soon. 9800's and quad core cpu's
So maybe a new mainboard to get all that working I'm guessing
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post #288 of 328
2/22/09 at 3:22pm
Hey guys im having a bit of a problem. I reformated my m1730 and installed windows xp. well i have it up and running but for the life of me i cant get the audio to work. the xp drivers listed on dells website did not work for me. can anyone help me out?
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post #289 of 328
2/22/09 at 3:33pm
what do you mean they won't work for you ?
is the installation finishing ?
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post #290 of 328
2/25/09 at 12:20am
FYI we now have the option of "NVIDIA® SLI™ Dual GeForce® 9800M GTX with 1GB GDDR3 Memory"

Im lookin at it now. oh also standard GT, so 2 new options.
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post #291 of 328
2/25/09 at 12:35am
where? what link?
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post #292 of 328
2/25/09 at 12:40am
found it. Dell australia. not US yet. How does Dell expect to justify 1700$ for the card? It's pretty much the 8800
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post #293 of 328
2/25/09 at 12:41am
http://configure.ap.dell.com/dellsto...l=en&cs=audhs1

Um if that dosent work, heres a screenshot.
http://img134.imageshack.us/my.php?i...i9800gtxss.jpg

The GT is alot cheaper than the GTX, if you are so inclined.
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post #294 of 328
2/25/09 at 1:58am
wait a sec.. if I'm reading it right. these are dual 1 gig cards. so you get the overclock plus the extra 512 on each card.
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post #295 of 328
2/25/09 at 6:17pm
When I go to Dell's USA site, it says "NVIDIA® SLI™ Dual GeForce® 8800M GTX with 1GB GDDR3 Memory" so I think it should say 2GB if they mean 1GB on each card.

And while 2GB would be cool and all, I don't think the 9800m GTX has the processing horsepower or memory bandwidth to actually back that up. But I guess we'll see.
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post #296 of 328
3/9/09 at 5:09pm
just went to dell. the $2200 has the 9800GT card. Dual 512's. and if you change to the dual 8700's. it increases by $300. awesome cart issues.
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post #297 of 328
3/11/09 at 1:27pm
All I am seeing on the USA site is dual 9800M GT's. Does anyone have any performance numbers relating the 8800M GTX, 9800M GT, and 9800M GTX's?

Brian
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post #298 of 328
3/11/09 at 3:33pm
There is one source that compares the two cards but its not exactly a credible source so don't blame me if the info is incorrect.

http://www.lancelhoff.com/9800m-gt-v...gtx-benchmark/

Some other stuff
http://www.notebookcheck.net/NVIDIA-...GT.9906.0.html
http://www.notebookcheck.net/Review-...d.11099.0.html
http://www.nvidia.com/object/product...00m_gt_us.html

http://www.notebookcheck.net/Review-...d.11714.0.html
http://www.notebookcheck.net/NVIDIA-...TX.9919.0.html
http://www.nvidia.com/object/product...0m_gtx_us.html

There's probably better info out there but I'm lazy.
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post #299 of 328
3/14/09 at 1:56am
now that the base 1730 has the 9800GT 1gig card. Stil no GTX option in US yet. Weird. What does this do to resale value on the used 1730's and 1710's out there?
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post #300 of 328
4/7/09 at 5:05pm
for anyone who doesnt have one. The dell XPS 1730 bag has dropped $100 in cost.
http://accessories.us.dell.com/sna/P...x?sku=310-9526
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