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    BIOS A10 for M1730 with NEW GPU support

    Discussion in 'Dell XPS and Studio XPS' started by 7oby, Jan 22, 2009.

  1. 7oby

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    7oby, Jan 22, 2009
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  2. Andy

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    ..... Typo? :D
     
    Andy, Jan 22, 2009
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    gundam789 Notebook Geek

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    Is this for the 8800GTX or are there going to be new graphic cards available for the m1730?
    I am about to buy this laptop and honestly don`t want to spend 400$ ont he 8800GTX if they are coming out with support for the newer cards wth?
    If it is support for the 3870 i honestly don`t care since i prefer the 8800GTX , but what if it is for the 4870 or 9800 =/
     
    gundam789, Jan 22, 2009
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    They`ll probably add the 9800M GT, seing as they`re the same card as the 8800M GTX.

    Don`t go ahead and speculate,the XPS1730 is nearing its end :)
     
    eleron911, Jan 22, 2009
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    why would anyone with a 8800gtx install this bios upgrade then ?
    i mean why is it listed as recommended at dell's website ?
     
    mfractal, Jan 22, 2009
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    Could it be a new 8800m GTX revision? I noticed Dell has a new part number for the 8800m GTX, P402H instead of the XM888.

    eleron: how is that lappy running? :D
     
    Joako, Jan 22, 2009
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    7oby, Feb 10, 2009
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    as far as i've red, 9800m gtx sli is almost exactly the same as 8800gtx sli, correct me if i am wrong.
     
    mfractal, Feb 10, 2009
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    I think you pretty much got the point. The 8800M GTS/GTX and 9800M GT/GTX series are both based on the G92M GPU chip. There are only minor differences in the clocks and shaders:
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GeForce_9#Technical_summary_2
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GeForce_8#Technical_summary_2
    It would be more interesting if the Geforce 9800M series would have made the 65nm -> 55nm die shrink with power consumption savings, but it doesn't look it did.

    It's no big surprise the benchmarks for those GPUs are on about the same level:
    http://www.notebookcheck.net/Mobile-Graphics-Cards-Benchmark-List.844.0.html
     
    7oby, Feb 10, 2009
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    checkklevels Notebook Enthusiast

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    checkklevels, Mar 1, 2009
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