Woot 7900GS come to papa! ... So I called and complained, and harped those tech support peeps till they folded. my system as of late has been running an id ...

eclypse3demons · 06-09-2006, 08:28 AM

So I called and complained, and harped those tech support peeps till they folded.

my system as of late has been running an idle temp of 78 to 81 degrees and in games gets awefully close to thresh hold and sometimes it has been passing it and DVD's and games show visibly when they throttle down just starts crawling. I think I got a first revision 7800. They are going to replace it with a 7900GS =)

Man what a pain these guys are, one dell tech said that 82 degrees idle is normal I almost shoved my fist through the phone into his face

nickster87 · 06-09-2006, 10:18 AM

YAY!! Congrats!!

znk0r · 06-09-2006, 10:23 AM

Congrats!

After reading all these stories I think I'm going to call Dell and tell them how it sux that I dont have a Dell yet and that they should compensate me for not having a Dell.

PyxLax · 06-09-2006, 10:38 AM

Hey congrats and have fun with your new 7900gs. Its really an awsome card.

eclypse3demons · 06-09-2006, 10:39 AM

Well Dell kind of make some rash choices sometimes. For the latest group of laptops by switching all these video cards around and hiring out of country support there is alot of inconsistent issues.

not having enough stock of the 7800go cards to begin with, then putting one out with poor cooling issues, then adding that crappy x1400 (should have just left it the onboard intel gfx.

Its all a big clusterf*&^% <==== user added censorship =)

some of us pay either big money for the XPS or just a little less for the next models down, but we expect with our warrantees to have a little more intellegent support the canned responses from Habib Gupta making unfounded technical statements like 79degrees C when idle is normal is just plain silly. Makes you think sometimes.

falerus · 06-09-2006, 02:21 PM

congrats! a tech is coming to my house in about 2 hours to replace my 7800 with a 7900gs :P

edit: he came early and finished half an our ago. wow this card owns.

06-09-2006, 08:28 AM	#1
eclypse3demons Registered User Join Date: Jun 2005 Posts: 872 Reviews: 1 Credits: 6,471	Woot 7900GS come to papa! So I called and complained, and harped those tech support peeps till they folded. my system as of late has been running an idle temp of 78 to 81 degrees and in games gets awefully close to thresh hold and sometimes it has been passing it and DVD's and games show visibly when they throttle down just starts crawling. I think I got a first revision 7800. They are going to replace it with a 7900GS =) Man what a pain these guys are, one dell tech said that 82 degrees idle is normal I almost shoved my fist through the phone into his face __________________ Asus G72GX RBBX05 \| P8700 @2.88Ghz \| 6GB DDR2 \| 500GB Seagate HDD \| Nvidia Geforce GTX 260m 1GB DDR3 \| 17.3" LG 1600x900 LED LCD \| 3Dmark06 11595 ASUS Eee PC 1201N-PU17-SL \| Atom 330 \| 2GB \| 250GB HDD \| nVidia ION graphics \| 12.1" 1366x768 LED LCD \| Wireless A/B/G/N & Blue Tooth

06-09-2006, 10:18 AM	#2
nickster87 Registered User Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 73 Credits: -330	YAY!! Congrats!! __________________ Dell Inspiron e1705 Intel Core Duo T2400 Processor 17'' True-Life Display DVD+/-RW Drive Intel PRO/Wireless 3945 1.25 GB RAM 80 GB 5400 RPM HDD 256MB NVIDIA GeForce Go 7900 Windows XP Professional

06-09-2006, 10:23 AM	#3
znk0r Dont trust me Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: I forgot. Posts: 864 Credits: 77	Congrats! After reading all these stories I think I'm going to call Dell and tell them how it sux that I dont have a Dell yet and that they should compensate me for not having a Dell. __________________ "Never interrupt your enemy when he is making a mistake." - Napoleon Bonaparte "It is better to have a known enemy than a forced ally"- Napoleon Bonaparte "One bad general is worth two good ones." - Napoleon Bonaparte (Made a career of finding, and defeating, inept enemy generals. ) "Glory is fleeting, but obscurity is forever." - Napoleon Bonaparte

06-09-2006, 10:39 AM	#5
eclypse3demons Registered User Join Date: Jun 2005 Posts: 872 Reviews: 1 Credits: 6,471	Well Dell kind of make some rash choices sometimes. For the latest group of laptops by switching all these video cards around and hiring out of country support there is alot of inconsistent issues. not having enough stock of the 7800go cards to begin with, then putting one out with poor cooling issues, then adding that crappy x1400 (should have just left it the onboard intel gfx. Its all a big clusterf*&^% <==== user added censorship =) some of us pay either big money for the XPS or just a little less for the next models down, but we expect with our warrantees to have a little more intellegent support the canned responses from Habib Gupta making unfounded technical statements like 79degrees C when idle is normal is just plain silly. Makes you think sometimes. __________________ Asus G72GX RBBX05 \| P8700 @2.88Ghz \| 6GB DDR2 \| 500GB Seagate HDD \| Nvidia Geforce GTX 260m 1GB DDR3 \| 17.3" LG 1600x900 LED LCD \| 3Dmark06 11595 ASUS Eee PC 1201N-PU17-SL \| Atom 330 \| 2GB \| 250GB HDD \| nVidia ION graphics \| 12.1" 1366x768 LED LCD \| Wireless A/B/G/N & Blue Tooth

06-09-2006, 02:21 PM	#6
falerus Go Bruins! Join Date: May 2006 Location: San Jose, CA Posts: 130 Credits: -316	congrats! a tech is coming to my house in about 2 hours to replace my 7800 with a 7900gs :P edit: he came early and finished half an our ago. wow this card owns. Last edited by falerus; 06-09-2006 at 04:43 PM.

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06-09-2006, 10:38 AM	#4
PyxLax Registered User Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 98 Credits: -303	Hey congrats and have fun with your new 7900gs. Its really an awsome card.

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