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    Upgrading to the 8800M GTX on M1730

    Discussion in 'Dell XPS and Studio XPS' started by Southpaw, Jun 10, 2008.

  1. Southpaw

    Southpaw Only a Little Crazy...

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    Two things,

    1. The 8800M GTX is down from $2K as was being quoted over the phone by Dell Spare Parts. They now list it at $1K here:

    http://search.dell.com/results.aspx?s=dhs&c=us&l=en&cs=19&k=8800M+GTX&cat=all

    2. The Direct2Dell bloggers swear that an upgrade program is coming out for 1730 users to the SLI 8800M GTX. It was 'supposed to be out by the end of May' but that kept getting pushed back, obviously. Last word from a few days ago was that it should be very very soon. You can keep track here:

    http://direct2dell.com/one2one/arch...ics-card-upgrade-for-xps-m1730-customers.aspx

    Peace.
     
    Southpaw, Jun 10, 2008
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  2. Forte

    Forte NBR's Supreme Angel

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    Sounds like the M1730 is not gonna be replaced anytime soon. Looks like the XPS series won't be replaced for some time, perhaps October.
     
    Forte, Jun 10, 2008
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    Southpaw Only a Little Crazy...

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    Yeah I doubt they are doing away with XPS anytime soon.

    I really don't think there's enough competition between XPS and AW to justify that. Both have their niche buyers.
     
    Southpaw, Jun 10, 2008
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    blinder Notebook Consultant

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    Cheers for posting the info Southpaw - I didnt know about the direct2dell post.
     
    blinder, Jun 11, 2008
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    Looks like things may start moving soon - now that they have the part listed on their site.....
     
    ifti, Jun 11, 2008
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    I do not see the price being less than $899 for the upgrade but you never know.
     
    micloi, Jun 11, 2008
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    Holy smokes 1k$, that's out of control. This makes me want to extend the warranty on my m1730
     
    nickbarbs, Jun 11, 2008
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    The XPS series isn't going away. The XPS gaming line is. That would affect the M1730 and the desktop XPS gaming systems. I don't think the XPS M1730 will be going away any time soon though. It might go through a 2 year life cycle and then be retired in favor of Alienware. Dell has a lot of work ahead of them to get Alienware support up to the level that Dell provides.
     
    Pralix, Jun 11, 2008
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    Well, Dell offers dual 8800M GTX Sli for $1,219 with installation now. It ships in 5-7 days. I wonder what would the difference regarding warranty be when self installed or installed by dell approved tech. Does anyone know what kind o warranty this "part" carry?
     
    pchm, Jun 11, 2008
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    pchm, Jun 18, 2008
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