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I Just Bought This 9300

post #1 of 25
3/17/05 at 3:03am
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im new here cuz i just found this website but i already purchased my laptop

im got the 1.6 m, 1 gb ddr2 ram 533mhz, 80 gb hdd, 17 widescreen with truelife, 128mb ati radeon, and a 9 cell lion. this also includes the standards and i got it for 1562 with tax included.

was this a good deal or should i have waited or gotten something different?

o is there a high demand for the 9300 or did it just come out?
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post #2 of 25
3/17/05 at 3:04am
get the 256mb 6800 card - it kicks ass
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post #3 of 25
3/17/05 at 3:15am
Why would you spoil such an awesome system with a x300?
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post #4 of 25
3/17/05 at 3:26am
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Originally Posted by joseyu
Why would you spoil such an awesome system with a x300?
be nice, maybe he doesnt know....
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post #5 of 25
3/17/05 at 3:27am
Its an ok deal. I speced one with the 256MB card for the same price. Actually less, minus the ram. I think you are wasting the system by going with 128MB card. Why do you need 1GB of ram with that card? The ram wont even be the limiting factor IMO.
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post #6 of 25
3/17/05 at 3:32am
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cant i buy the geforce go 6800 later?

i just ordered it on the 14th

i talked to some other people and they said to get the ram over the gpu because i wanted to keep the cost down


how did you get yours for cheaper? i could cancel and get that then
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post #7 of 25
3/17/05 at 3:51am
Hi.

Can you here the Vendor of cardbus controller installed in Inspiron 9300 ?
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post #8 of 25
3/17/05 at 3:55am
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Originally Posted by ishmoo21
cant i buy the geforce go 6800 later?

i just ordered it on the 14th

i talked to some other people and they said to get the ram over the gpu because i wanted to keep the cost down


how did you get yours for cheaper? i could cancel and get that then
better coupons
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post #9 of 25
3/17/05 at 4:08am
Yeah, I just used a $750 coupon is all. I had the chance to order with 35% off, but it only saved me $5. If it were me, and it is, I bought half as much ram and twice as much video card. Upgrading ram is CHEAP and EASY. I have never had that experience when upgrading a GPU. Beside the lowest common denominator in your system is now your GPU. 128MB video card just doesnt hack it for me, I play EQ2. I can stomach it though with 512MB of ram, until I can afford better. I personally can afford to max out an XPS2, but I just dont want to buy ram from Dell. They are VERY overpriced. I want 2GB of ram, so I will order low and resell those pieces when my new comes in.
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post #10 of 25
3/17/05 at 4:40am
drop the 80gb to 60 or 40... dump 512mb of the memory and go for the 6800.... which is the biggest reason to get the notebook... just got mine with the 6800 for 1540 shipped. that 6800 makes every drop of difference in the world.
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post #11 of 25
3/17/05 at 4:41am
oh yeah. .by the way.. its real easy to change the order.. just call them with your order ID and make the adjustments.. I had a couple things changed and it didnt even effect my ship date.
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post #12 of 25
3/17/05 at 4:43am
There's Nothing wrong with the ATI card.

It has dedicated Memory, separate from system memory. And it doesn't have Hypermemory. I asked tech support.

The rest of the info is here.
http://www.ati.com/products/mobility...300/index.html
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post #13 of 25
3/17/05 at 4:45am
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Originally Posted by ls3mach
Yeah, I just used a $750 coupon is all. I had the chance to order with 35% off, but it only saved me $5. If it were me, and it is, I bought half as much ram and twice as much video card. Upgrading ram is CHEAP and EASY. I have never had that experience when upgrading a GPU. Beside the lowest common denominator in your system is now your GPU. 128MB video card just doesnt hack it for me, I play EQ2. I can stomach it though with 512MB of ram, until I can afford better. I personally can afford to max out an XPS2, but I just dont want to buy ram from Dell. They are VERY overpriced. I want 2GB of ram, so I will order low and resell those pieces when my new comes in.
Hey man,

Where are you going to get your RAM? I just ordered my 9300 and didn't upgrade the RAM becase Dell is way overpriced on memory upgrades. I got the geforce 6800, WUXGA, pm 1.7 and 2 yr warranty. I heard crucial is cheaper than dell, but what are other alternatives?
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post #14 of 25
3/17/05 at 6:36am
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Originally Posted by trioxin
oh yeah. .by the way.. its real easy to change the order.. just call them with your order ID and make the adjustments.. I had a couple things changed and it didnt even effect my ship date.

Serious? It seeems the US and Australian ordering process is somewhat different. I tried adding a carry case a day after placing my 9300 order. The Dell rep (in a thick indian accent) told me i would have to cancel my order and reorder it with the case....

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post #15 of 25
3/17/05 at 5:08pm
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will the 6800 just make games look better or will it make the tv better too since i got xpmce
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post #16 of 25
3/17/05 at 5:11pm
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Originally Posted by ishmoo21
will the 6800 just make games look better or will it make the tv better too since i got xpmce
Just the Games.
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post #17 of 25
3/17/05 at 5:14pm
It will make the tv better as well.
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post #18 of 25
3/17/05 at 5:17pm
another plus to the x300 128 is it doesn't eat the power the 6800 does. The 6800 is 25-30 watts with no throttle (somebody correct me if I'm wrong). If you don't play games and want a system with a big screen and need long battery life, it may be the wise choice.
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post #19 of 25
3/17/05 at 5:19pm
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i play games but not like half life 2 or doom 3

i play the sims and red alert and age of whatever
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post #20 of 25
3/17/05 at 5:29pm
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Originally Posted by radiowave
another plus to the x300 128 is it doesn't eat the power the 6800 does. The 6800 is 25-30 watts with no throttle (somebody correct me if I'm wrong). If you don't play games and want a system with a big screen and need long battery life, it may be the wise choice.
PowerMizer Technology

Mobile power reduction technology unique the GeForce 6 Go family of GPUs
Power & thermal management technology to deliver the longest battery life
Advanced process technology delivers performance at lowest power consumption levels
CLK, supply-VDD, thermal-throttling closed loop control mechanisms optimize “on the go” performance
Enables control of system levels components (such as CPU, display-panel, etc.) power consumption, for a balanced and complete notebook PC power savings
SmartDimmer – technology to intelligently control and save display-panel power consumption

Directly from Nvidia's tech specs on the 6800 go.. so yes it has features similar to that of powerplay on the ati cards.
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