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post #61 of 542
10/22/09 at 12:10pm
The ATI card has DDR3 not DDR5...


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post #62 of 542
10/22/09 at 12:18pm
Dell told me gddr5.he just straight lied to me?
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post #63 of 542
10/22/09 at 12:19pm
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Well here's a update on my situation. I called Dell this morning and after going through 5 or 6 people I got to talk to a tech I think, I asked if the cards in my laptop were gddr3 or 5, he told me my cards were gddr5. He also told me that this order was about to be done actually and gonna ship soon, maybe next week. Said a few words about world of Warcraft...lol and Said he would actually try and pull a few strings to get it out asap. Hope this is all true and will update accordingly.
Yes, when talking with Dell they all say the same thing that they are GDDR5. Ask the person you spoke with to get a hold of the numbers on the memory chip for the cards. Tell them you have a friend who just received the system but the memory is reading as GDDR3 which is true.
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post #64 of 542
10/22/09 at 6:11pm
Well i'm not sure why I thought they were gddr5.Going back and looking at my order gddr5 wasn't even mentioned.I got a call back from Dell and they told me that the cards are infact gddr3. He also told me that if I wanted to change the cards to nvidias 280sli that there about 100 dollars cheaper and there's a 200 dollar promotion discount ATM,and he would give me free next day air. What do you guys think? Stick with ati or go with nvidia? I want the best card I can get but all my research doesn't seem to lean me one way or the other.
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post #65 of 542
10/22/09 at 6:14pm
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Well i'm not sure why I thought they were gddr5.Going back and looking at my order gddr5 wasn't even mentioned.I got a call back from Dell and they told me that the cards are infact gddr3. He also told me that if I wanted to change the cards to nvidias 280sli that there about 100 dollars cheaper and there's a 200 dollar promotion discount ATM,and he would give me free next day air. What do you guys think? Stick with ati or go with nvidia? I want the best card I can get but all my research doesn't seem to lean me one way or the other.
I'd go with the 280's. But the Invoices of the people that have bought the ATI cards say GDDR5. They are trying to cover up their mistake now.
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post #66 of 542
10/22/09 at 6:23pm
I looked at mine at it doesn't say ddr3 or ddr5.ordered on sept 30
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post #67 of 542
10/22/09 at 6:46pm
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Right on my order status page:

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post #68 of 542
10/22/09 at 6:54pm
Your right I see it on mine now.it is a confirmed mistake I take it?
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post #69 of 542
10/22/09 at 6:57pm
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It's a good way to get more money off the system when it arrives.
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post #70 of 542
10/22/09 at 7:00pm
Wow wish I would have found this out way earlier
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post #71 of 542
10/22/09 at 7:02pm
yes...I would be calling and getting some $$$$ off

another screw up by Dell lol
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post #72 of 542
10/22/09 at 7:30pm
well i called and changed my order to the 280m sli....guess the wait starts all over
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post #73 of 542
10/22/09 at 7:43pm
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Why would you change it? The 280s are also GDDR3.
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post #74 of 542
10/22/09 at 7:49pm
thought the 280s were slightly better,and better/updated drivers.Plus it was 300 dollars cheaper going with the 280s
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post #75 of 542
10/22/09 at 7:59pm
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The advantage of the 280s is better driver support and the ability to use Hybrid SLI. The ATi should be better as far as overall performance is concerned.
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post #76 of 542
10/22/09 at 8:06pm
meh...oh well.Saved me 300 dollars none the less
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post #77 of 542
10/22/09 at 8:09pm
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That was the point of complaining afterward...then you get it for the same price.
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post #78 of 542
10/22/09 at 8:11pm
i did ..they said they wouldnt take off anything unless i wanted to change it
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post #79 of 542
10/22/09 at 8:32pm
Is there any site where it shows the 4870 being better the the 280?
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post #80 of 542
10/22/09 at 8:43pm
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Is there any site where it shows the 4870 being better the the 280?
On desktops maybe, but on notebooks, both these cards are running neck in neck at the moment if the 280 is being SLI configured.

cheers ...
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