Word has it that all E1705's are shipped with single pipe 7900GS. Where are you guys getting the Dual Pipe 7900gs, and if your getting them from dell... what is the part #?

what about the M1710, what does that ship with? single or dual pipe?

Not sure about the M1705. I am hoping someone who knows more about these cards can give us more information.

1710 ships with a dual pipe. Forum seller balthazar has a post in for sale section he has the dual heat pipe 7900s in stock. Basically you can only get a dual pipe if you have a 1710 bec in a normal 1705 you will have to modiy your chasis a bit to fit the 2nd heat pipe.

so all 1710 come with dual pipe and all 1705 have a single pipe.

Does anyone know dell's part # for the Dual Pipe 7900GS?

Just order it from Bal if you want it.

Do the 9400's ship with dual pipe 7900GS? I Just got mine...

I would guess not because the 7900 gs I was sent to put in my XPS gen 2, was a single pipe, makes me happy my M1710 will have a dual pipe though =)

One of the Dell part numbers for the 7900GS is:

Card,Graphics,256MB,I9400 G71 (DG008)

I believe this is the single pipe version as it is a direct replacement (drop-in, no modification necessary) for the X1400 in the E1705.

Take a look at Bal`thzar's FS Thread here: http://www.notebookforums.com/thread154626.html

He has the dual-pipe version, not sure what the PN is.

UF814 - 7900GS Dual Pipe
DG008 - 7900GS Single Pipe

and everytime a part number gets posted on this forum it gets blasted by dell. Thats exactly what happened to the 7900GTX

Great! At lease someone from dell is reading these forums. Maybe they will fix the things we complain about all the time.