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post #81 of 328
10/1/07 at 12:05am
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Originally Posted by scottwilkins View Post
That question is too open to answer respectfully. But here's a shot:
I'm sorry. The setup in my signature, for gaming specifically. When am I going to have to start lowering the resolution do you think?
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post #82 of 328
10/1/07 at 7:16am
I would much rather tone down quality settings than resolution, I hate to run any LCD at any other than native. Besides, you have WXGA, so your choice of screen is already going to make your card last a little big longer, not being forced to 1920x1200 for sharpness.
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post #83 of 328
10/1/07 at 7:24am
I just spec'ed out my preferred option - not bad AU$4,500 with 2 years complete cover, extreme X7900 CPU, 2gig of ram, normal vista HP - with dual 8700 GPU's & the physics card

But what really got my attention was the.......................230w adapter!!!! - man that's power!!!! -
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post #84 of 328
10/1/07 at 6:44pm
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Originally Posted by TurbodTalon View Post
I'm sorry. The setup in my signature, for gaming specifically. When am I going to have to start lowering the resolution do you think?

I'd guess and say you'd be OK for a good while

7950GTX best available right now. Ok its not SLI, but what that makes it 2nd best setup?

Check out Bioshock (I need to set 1200x800 with 7800gtx) and Crysis (when it launches) and see how they play. They are supposed to be the most demanding recent games

I imagine most of us here would do an upgrade just because eventually.

Its criminal really when you can get a fast CPU 17" laptop for 1/2 to 1/3 of the price of a similar one with a top GPU

I don't even game that often! Nice to be able to though.
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post #85 of 328
10/1/07 at 7:31pm
I am currently playing Bioshock. I can run it at 1440x900 on full graphical settings at about 40fps.
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post #86 of 328
10/1/07 at 9:16pm
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Originally Posted by TurbodTalon View Post
I'm sorry. The setup in my signature, for gaming specifically. When am I going to have to start lowering the resolution do you think?

The one game that right now brings my poor M1710 w/7950GTX to it's knees is GRAW2. The game starts at 800x600 I think, but I can not even tweak a thing out of it much higher than default settings before it starts to become unplayable. I blame it on nVidia's drivers, which really suck lately. Not that we can get the latest as slow as Dell's driver releases are. Hacked drivers haven't helped much either. I'm ranting, sorry.
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post #87 of 328
10/1/07 at 11:18pm
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Originally Posted by TurbodTalon View Post
I am currently playing Bioshock. I can run it at 1440x900 on full graphical settings at about 40fps.

well if I do that with mine I would avg 15fps

If I were you I would'nt be worried
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post #88 of 328
10/1/07 at 11:25pm
Yeah. I guess I'm just being paranoid. Here's a random sample of GRAW2 first mission on full settings at 1440x900.

2007-10-01 20:12:29 - graw2
Frames: 5252 - Time: 132007ms - Avg: 39.785 - Min: 24 - Max: 58

Your system is basically identical to mine, scottwilkins. You shouldn't be having any problems with current games. Are you running 1900x1200 or something?
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post #89 of 328
10/1/07 at 11:31pm
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Originally Posted by TurbodTalon View Post
Yeah. I guess I'm just being paranoid. Here's a random sample of GRAW2 first mission on full settings at 1440x900.

2007-10-01 20:12:29 - graw2
Frames: 5252 - Time: 132007ms - Avg: 39.785 - Min: 24 - Max: 58

Your system is basically identical to mine, scottwilkins. You shouldn't be having any problems with current games. Are you running 1900x1200 or something?

One other detail. Vista Ultra 64-bit. Add to that the bad nVidia drivers and wala! slow as hell games. (fortunately not all games though, and other stuff is lightning fast under this OS)
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post #90 of 328
10/3/07 at 1:40pm
i like jelly beans.

m1710 will last for years only if you have accidental cover for years, this is dell remeber plastic and falls apart alot.
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post #91 of 328
10/3/07 at 1:53pm
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When is dell having a sale on this darn machine! Im waiting for a 10% off coupoun so I can order it. I just cant justify paying full price for the machine.

Prog
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post #92 of 328
10/3/07 at 2:41pm
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Originally Posted by Progneta View Post
When is dell having a sale on this darn machine! Im waiting for a 10% off coupoun so I can order it. I just cant justify paying full price for the machine. Prog
If GOD had a sale of life, how long would you wait? Just food for thought.
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post #93 of 328
10/3/07 at 3:19pm
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Originally Posted by scottwilkins View Post
If GOD had a sale of life, how long would you wait?

Just food for thought.

True... lol

Well there always seems to be a sale on dell systems. For every system i purchased, I have used a coupon. I just dont want to buy this bad bird with out a coupon.... Hopefully soon... I need a machine
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post #94 of 328
10/3/07 at 5:55pm
I do agree with you, though it seems Dell is working harder and harder to get out of coupons. Almost all coupons I find anymore are equaled by the "on-line" price anyway. (i.e. coupon not needed, as the on-line price has already been lowered.) My latest experience is to call my Dell Business Sales guy and talk him into a lower price. I got my M1710 for about 45% off normal that way. But, that was only earlier this year, and Dell's been in fire-sale mode on the M1710's all year in prep for the M1730. I couldn't wait... So, I guess I gotta wait for an M1730 (warranty expires in 16 months... and counting... )
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post #95 of 328
10/3/07 at 10:09pm
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Originally Posted by scottwilkins View Post
I do agree with you, though it seems Dell is working harder and harder to get out of coupons. Almost all coupons I find anymore are equaled by the "on-line" price anyway. (i.e. coupon not needed, as the on-line price has already been lowered.) My latest experience is to call my Dell Business Sales guy and talk him into a lower price. I got my M1710 for about 45% off normal that way. But, that was only earlier this year, and Dell's been in fire-sale mode on the M1710's all year in prep for the M1730. I couldn't wait... So, I guess I gotta wait for an M1730 (warranty expires in 16 months... and counting... )

So how did you save that much. All I can get off for the xps 1730 is 100.00. Thats a joke! Any tips for saving money with dell?

Thanks,
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post #96 of 328
10/4/07 at 2:29am
Anyone check schematics yet, can we older xps'ers use the new video card part?
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post #97 of 328
10/4/07 at 2:37am
nope, not a chance. Completely different interface & design.
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post #98 of 328
10/4/07 at 1:15pm
Does the 1730 come with any turbo cache memory?
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post #99 of 328
10/4/07 at 1:42pm
no it does not.
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post #100 of 328
10/4/07 at 7:35pm
The UK website has an option for

1 GB Intel® Turbo Memory Flash Cache Module
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