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Dell XPS m1730 and the built-in physics card

post #1 of 17
10/24/07 at 2:13pm
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Hi, all

I was wondering if anyone has received their XPS M1730 and found it to be missing the Ageia physics card.

I don't seem to see the device in my BIOS, and when I boot into Windows and install the Ageia software, it says there is no physics card installed

Has anyone experienced this problem? If so, what did you do to resolve it?

I'm running Vista home premium
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post #2 of 17
10/24/07 at 7:34pm
You might have a defective card, it's not an optional component on the US site (comes with every 1730) so you may want to give Dell tech support a ring.
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post #3 of 17
10/24/07 at 7:57pm
I've read from another forum that the person got the system w/o the physics card, but not sure if he was trolling or true.
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post #4 of 17
10/24/07 at 10:15pm
The Physics card is listed in the device manager on my new XPS M1730

Bob
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post #5 of 17
10/24/07 at 11:54pm
Ken,
Have you reinstalled Vista? You may need to use the updated drivers from Dell's website. Or as Mr. Evil pointed out you may have a defective card.

KOTOR
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post #6 of 17
10/25/07 at 1:09am
I though the more expensive versions of the 1730 had the card?

I guess not, but thats weird. Is there any way to detect if he has it. Run a program that uses the Ageia card??? dxdiag? device mngr?
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post #7 of 17
10/25/07 at 11:40am
Thread Starter 
Hi, all

Thanks for the advice. I called Dell tech support yesterday. They're sending me a technician on Monday (I'm not available tomorrow) to troubleshoot the problem. The support guy thinks the card might be defective
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post #8 of 17
10/25/07 at 11:54am
I wish you could order it without the card...
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post #9 of 17
11/5/07 at 7:03am
I just got my 1730 and it seems to be missing the card too. I love the computer though...
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post #10 of 17
11/15/07 at 7:35pm
Mine is definitely missing the PhsyX too. I have a fully blown top spec 1730 only lacking the Bluray drive. However, I did notice that PhsyX was missing from the spec on the order. Originally I thought it was just left off the list by accident. But there was no sign the PhysX driver. I have a PhsyX card in my main home PC, so I know plenty about it. Just for the hell of it I downloaded and installed the driver from the Dell site but it reports no hardware. So now I'm wondering if the card can be sourced somehow as it's a silly omission really...
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post #11 of 17
11/15/07 at 8:41pm
how much more performance would you be looking at wih the AGEIA PhysX™ 100M Processor?? On the Dell aus web-site is is optional for an extr $250 or so.. do you think its worth it??

also what fps do you get on either of these games on the m1730 so i can compare to my desktop atm... counter-strike source, hl2, cod4, wow anyone??

cheers
Nick
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post #12 of 17
11/15/07 at 9:06pm
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post #13 of 17
11/16/07 at 4:05am
ah-ha that exactly answers the question i should have asked, thanks for that ozxps!!

my other question still stands though, what fps do you guys with the m1730 usually get on any of those games??

Cheers
Nick
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post #14 of 17
11/16/07 at 8:06pm
Can't answers your other question yet, as personally I haven't had time to install Bioshock or anything to try yet..
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post #15 of 17
11/18/07 at 2:34pm
I have the m1710 does anyone know if I could buy a physics card and install it?
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post #16 of 17
11/18/07 at 4:31pm
Quote:
Originally Posted by Krairo View Post
I have the m1710 does anyone know if I could buy a physics card and install it?

Yes, I know for sure that you cannot.
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post #17 of 17
11/18/07 at 9:12pm
The only chance would be for a PCMCIA card (or the new mini-version that you have). As of now, I am not aware of any options like that.

I think physics in games will become standard, but it seems there are lots of options for developers (use second video card, one CPU core, or PPU). That plus the relatively few games that use it, makes me hesitant to buy one right now.

On my desktop system, I will definitely plan on having room for one in the future.
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