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M6600 and M4600 are coming in Feb.

Discussion in 'Dell Latitude, Vostro, and Precision' started by mitchellboy, Feb 11, 2011.

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  1. VukDjordjevic

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    My uncle ordered for me because I'm not in the USA atm. Thnx to the guys who advised me to make an order via phone. Got a 400$ discount on 3037$ which makes the total price now 2.8k$ with taxes :)
     
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    The Precision should nto have gone to 16:9 but stayed as 16:10--what are they thinking? It is a premium priced notebook for serious users, so why skimp? For that price, it should have stayed as 16:10. It is ridiculous otherwise, like using cheap tires on a premium auto.
     
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    sigh there are 2 whole threads on this. go look at them
     
    afhstingray, May 28, 2011
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    Since both are MXM, and since there is no HW nor SW switch to disable the discrete svga, what would happen if somebody unplugs (i.e.: physically removes...) the AMD FirePro M8900 MXM Module from the M6600?!

    Will it boot (and hopefully allow the battery to last longer)?!

    Thanks again for any possible response :)
     
    amatesi, May 29, 2011
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    This is a ridiculous situation to a problem you don't know exists. The easier and more logical solution is to get the Quadro. You would be wasting a great deal of money investing in this when it's obviously not something you need.
     
    nekura, May 29, 2011
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    The firepro is the base selection; the Quadros cost more to get. Clearly amatesi seems content with the Intel HD 3000 so it would be a bigger waste of money to upgrade to a Quadro just to get optimus when the onboard GPU would suffice.

    I personally am also curious about this for the M4600, although from what I've read on forums it doesn't seem possible.
     
    Bchen06, May 30, 2011
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    I disagree. I hated optimus in the W520. It was stable most of the time but occasionally would have a funny moment. ie opening photoshop fine, but then opening an image and the workspace / image not load.

    All in all I went into BIOS and switched to the 2000M whilst on power / gaming and the again rebooted and set it to the Intel HD for running on lap / web browsing / power saving.

    For all we know the Quadro cards could be forced into permanent optimus mode.

    The M17X R3 has the option to switch manually, the W520 has the option to switch manually. I really hope that A03 being the option to switch manually.
     
    tomcom2k, May 30, 2011
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    The dell e-commerce seems all about choice and we are all free to choose what we do like/do not like (need/do-not-need).

    I were asking if this particular choice could be _manually_ made more "scalable" ("Why should s/one power an AMD/CUDA device if not needed?!" doesn't sound so ridiculous to me, especially on a battery-powered computer).

    Typical scenarios may include surveying remote areas for optimal PTP wireless link sites.

    Needed: Hi quality solid daylight display (like the M4600 IPS one), robust computers (like the precisions), plenty of screen real estate (even if it now means 16:9...), powerful batteries (9+ cells) and some occasional virtualization.
     
    amatesi, May 30, 2011
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    On another note: the new Precisions' marketing publications stressed their ability to support more than a single external monitor simultaneously with their own display, and created impression it's not limited to the AMD graphics option...

    Now, how on earth is a Quadro card like the 4000M going to provide that? Or am I missing sth?

    Piotr
     
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    Did you set the profile for your apps/games to default to the GPU or let Optimus try and figure it out by usage?
     
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