WOOO HOOOOOO, nope mine shipped out yesterday, overnight delivery, received it earlier today and i just finished installing it. Installing was very easy however i was nervous and scared half the time but it's finished and i'm running 3dmark03 right now

so far so good........*knock on wood*

now, i've gotta throw my old mr9700 on ebay for sale

I just benched 6345 on 3dmark03 wooooooo!!!!!

i tried to submit it to my project but apparently i need the build 350 patch of 3dmark03 so i am going to rebench

Ordered on Nov 5th and it FINALLY shipped!

Woot woot, can't wait.

Ordered on 11/05 too, WHY mine is still "in production"???

I ordered mine on 11/25 and I just got an email today saying it has been shipped. The web site is not updated yet, still says it's in production. Shipping 12/17. I told the installation company that I can install it my self and cancel the installation. Now I am waiting to see if Dell will credit me automatically or will I have to call them. I would say I will have to call them.

Wazoo

Received and installed. Installation took about 15 minutes. No problems at all. The performance is visible from the 9700. I'm glad I made the purchase.

Received mine today. Install took about a half an hour, I really took my time and read everything twice. Turned my 9100 on, it came up with a generic VGA driver. Installed the 9800 driver, rebooted and

VOILA!!!!

Inspiron 9100 w/256MB MR9800!

Now comes the tweaking.

-Bob
PS - Anyone wanna buy a 128MB MR9700? It's barely used.

I ordered mine on 11/22 and got an email yesterday, 12/6 that the card has shipped; approx 9 days early. Online status stills shows in production like others. I cant wait until I receive it. I will try to get some 3dmark03 scores on my laptop once I receive it. Currently has 64MB 9700 so I am hoping for a good increase!

Still need to get a 60 gig 7200 8MB hard drive as well so I hope to compose an approximate performance increase for each uprgrade I do.

Finally it was shipped yesterday Dec 6th. Ordered Nov 11th.

Now time to call Banctec and get the puppy installed before the weekend!!!

mmackenny, do it yourself...it really is very very simple and painless

for a half hour of your own time you will save around $90 in the install fee

Do you have a link on what I would need to do to install it?

On another note those just receiving the MR9800 and installing it themselves, while you have the video card out would be a good time to put Artic Silver 5 on the CPU. This is my plan should help a couple of degrees from other posters.

For those that have installed the MR9800 is it possible to put AS5 on the GPU as well?

It's in the FAQ's in the dell xps/9100 forum

in any case, here's the link: http://docs.us.dell.com/docs/system...deo.htm#1006368

it is very simple, all you need is a screwdriver. besides, i'm sure you'll be a lot more gentle with your machine than some tech, also some of those dell certified techs i hear, their training is "on the job" with your machine and at your expense so it's like rolling dice with them, you might get a good one, or you might get a crappy one. By doing it yourself, you can be EXTRA careful, and on top of it all, save yourself around $90 in the install fee

Mine was shipped yesterday too. I see people who ordered by 22nd of last month are also getting the card, so that means Dell WAS waiting for a big shipment or something.

Anyway, I'm glad that there's a God somewhere and He has finally listened to my prayers

'God' ? What? what? what? where? where? where?

I ordered mine on Nov 5 and still WAITING...