1705 video card options

hi, is the go 7900 gs the top option for this laptop?

I want to play oblivion. thanks in advance and what do you think of this price I configured this am?

PRICE $1865

Inspiron E1705 Intel® Core™ 2 Duo processor T7200 (4MB Cache/2.00GHz/667MHz FSB)
Operating System Genuine Windows® XP Media Center Edition 2005
LCD Panel 17 inch UltraSharp™ Wide Screen UXGA Display with TrueLife™
Memory 2GB Shared Dual Channel DDR2 SDRAM at 533MHz
Video Card 256MB NVIDIA® GeForce™ Go 7900 GS
Hard Drive 100GB 7200RPM SATA Hard Drive
Network Card Integrated 10/100 Network Card and Modem
Adobe Software Adobe® Acrobat® Reader 7.0
Combo/DVD+RW Drives 24X CD Burner/DVD Combo Drive
Sound Options Integrated Sound Blaster® Audigy™ HD Software Edition
Wireless Networking Cards Dell Draft N Wireless and Bluetooth
Office Software (not included in Windows XP) No productivity suite- Includes Microsoft Works 8. DOES NOT INCLUDE MS WORD
Anti-Virus/Security Suite (Pre-installed) No Security Subscription
Primary Battery 53 WHr 6-cell Lithium Ion Primary Battery
Hardware Warranty 1Yr Ltd Warranty, 1Yr Mail-In Service, and 1Yr HW Warranty Support
Dial-Up Internet Access 6 Months of America Online Membership Included
Miscellaneous Award Winning Service and Support
Dell Digital Entertainment Starter pack- Basic and trial products from Corel and Yahoo
Processor Branding Intel Core 2 Duo Processor

 

wow that is 1 hot system there, just 1 thing i don't like about it, well 1.5 things... i don't think you should upgrade your ram for dell. the 2 gb upgrade is probably costing you an arm and prolly a leg too... all for a mere 533mhz speed ram. if you can upgrade to ddr2 667 mhz ram go for it, if not stick with the 512mb ddr2 533 and buy the 2gb ram ddr2 667mhzfrom newegg or somewhere you like, you are already spending a ton atleast you should get the right stuff for your money. the other half thing which may not even be a concern for you is the battery, this is gonna suck a lot of juice out of your battery, but im guessing its a desktop replacement for you and you are probably not gonna be playing unplugged? i just don't know your needs, but i like mobile portable gaming, so thats why i mentioned it, its probably not a concern for you so besides that, just check on that memory thing.

 

also if you could go without the draft n... there is a pretty awesome system here: http://www.rjtech.com/miva/merchant...ode=M590K&Category_Code=Clevo&Product_Count=4
all be it for a bit more than what you are paying now, but if this purchase is a desktop replacement then this 19" sager laptop would be even more suitable for that purpose, all the while having the nvidia 7900 gtx not gs which definitely should be enough for oblivion in my opinion.

 

by the way that is the 512mb version of the 7900 gtx which is the top card on the market... according to the review... http://forum.notebookreview.com/showthread.php?t=70254

 

hbomb thanks you are very helpful, I will go with newegg....yeah man, why should we pay more than we need to... thanks again, have a great weekend.

 

if you buy ram not from dell and upgrade it yourself, does this void your warranty?

 

that card should play oblivion no problem at all.

 

No It doesnt

 

that Dell is max out! I'm jealous! It should handle all the latest games well!

 

Very Very nice machine,I agree with everyone here there should be no problems with anything. HAPPY GAMING