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post #261 of 500
4/27/05 at 8:41pm
If they are going to release the 9800, I would expect it to be after this new promotion for $700 off the 7700 laptops. Probably want to try and get as many new sales of them hoping 5500 owners are gonna switch before releasing something that might change their decision.
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post #262 of 500
4/27/05 at 11:43pm
how many times have we heard that there working on the 9800 and its in its "test" phase? I mean hate to say but but my hopes arnt too high that there's going to be one..I hope Im wrong by all means but we've waited 4-ever and geeez nothing still....if it does come out it better not need a mobo replacement Im not going to send my in, I use it everyday at work... just i dont think that they may come out with one...sucks but time will tell. Reglardless May will be a tight month...STAR WARS!!!!
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post #263 of 500
4/28/05 at 8:08am
That's very true blazehenryson! We have been waiting forever

come on AW make us smile once more!
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post #264 of 500
5/1/05 at 12:11am
Uh...I'm not sure, but my calender says in 2 hrs its gonna be May....and no new graphics card...
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post #265 of 500
5/1/05 at 10:39pm

It's May !!!

Where's my MR9800 ????????????????
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post #266 of 500
5/2/05 at 1:05pm
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btw: I'm pretty sure the card she already has is the Go5700...would it be worth it or is it even still possible to upgrade to the mr9700? About the only things she plays is World of Warcraft and The Sim's 2 and is planning on playing Middle Earth Online if it ever comes out.
With the m9700 I can play WoW at 1680x1050 with anisotropic filtering in the middle and v-sync on and its playable, although it can slow down a bit in some areas.
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post #267 of 500
5/2/05 at 3:13pm
the mr9700 is no longer offered by aw as an upgrade as far as i have been able to find so that is a no-go either.....damned rumors about a mr9800, getting peoples hopes up. i almost think its safer to just assume that it will not happen and then be very suprised and happy when it does show up. almost better than getting my hopes up time and again over something that is not so far made any appearance.
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post #268 of 500
5/2/05 at 3:54pm
Any idea on price? I'm right on the edge of selling my 9600 5500 and putting the proceeds into building a hotrod desktop system, but if I can get this done for a reasonably small sum of money, it might make more sense.
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post #269 of 500
5/2/05 at 6:17pm
I have given up on the upgradable graphics, time to save on a 7700 I think
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post #270 of 500
5/2/05 at 6:18pm
Is the ATI 9700 technically considered an upgrade from the Nvidia Go5700??? The 9700 and 5700 were meant to compete against each other weren't they? Although, the 9700 is faster for gaming, the 5700 was made for different applications. Also, they were offered for the same price at the same time from AW. Just wondering...correct me if I'm wrong.
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post #271 of 500
5/3/05 at 12:00pm
"Also, they were offered for the same price at the same time from AW"

And what was that price? I'm just trying to get a ballpark on what a GPU upgrade costs for the 5500. Thanks!
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post #272 of 500
5/3/05 at 8:33pm

Nothing Cooler

I can think of nothing cooler than a new Cyborg Green 5500 with an Extreme Edition P4 and an MR9800 gpu. I would buy 2 of these units before considering a Zeno, Snooooooor, Grey 7700.
Come On Alienware !!! bring back the Uber cool colors and a notebook that doesn't make one of my shoulders lower than the other......
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post #273 of 500
5/4/05 at 10:12am
Does anybody have any idea what any of the 5500 upgrades cost?
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post #274 of 500
5/4/05 at 1:27pm
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Originally Posted by mbenigni
"Also, they were offered for the same price at the same time from AW"

And what was that price? I'm just trying to get a ballpark on what a GPU upgrade costs for the 5500. Thanks!
I don't think they are offered any more and I can't recall how much they were offered for at the gearshop when you could buy them. Sorry....does mid 300's sound right?
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post #275 of 500
5/4/05 at 2:23pm
Thanks. Yah, $300-$400 sounds realistic assuming they weren't looking to make a profit, and they weren't taking the original card back for any trade-in value. Not sure what they would do with them anyway, besides build refurb machines.
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post #276 of 500
5/4/05 at 2:24pm
So what if my MR9700 doesn´t work any more in .......let´s say 2 years.I can throw away the whole machine right??
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post #277 of 500
5/4/05 at 4:01pm
they were about 270$
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post #278 of 500
5/4/05 at 6:18pm
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Originally Posted by mikeval3277
they were about 270$
thx for the correction
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post #279 of 500
5/4/05 at 6:48pm

.. Well i'l be calling back later to make sure butt..

When i called them, i couldn't hear the customer service rep very well because i was in a lab, but basicly the guy pointed me to this site :

Where can i buy parts for my alienware 766 or 5500 mobile system?
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post #280 of 500
5/4/05 at 7:47pm
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Originally Posted by Graf3X
When i called them, i couldn't hear the customer service rep very well because i was in a lab, but basicly the guy pointed me to this site :

Where can i buy parts for my alienware 766 or 5500 mobile system?
Are they joking? They have NO extra parts in case someone calls up with a problem?
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