8600gt Part Number?

What is the part number of the 8600gt [vostro 1500]?

 

On my order form, its listed as :
490-10669 256 MB NVIDIA GeForce 8600M GT

Hope that helps.

 

Aren't the cards soldered onto the board?

 

I think not!

 

Actually, Dell uses a modified form of nVidia's MXM system where the graphics chips are actually removable and interchangeable with other Dell notebook's graphics chips. It's not compatible with normal MXM graphics chips, however.

 

Manufacturer Part# : UW390 | Dell Part# : UW390

 

question for you guys that have this vostro 1500 , I bought one and having some freezups with games and was thinking about buying the 8600m GT card and installing it myself , the notebook has the 128mb 8400m , my question is how hard is it to replace one with the other

Thanks in advance

 

I know on the 1530 its on the motherboard, and not via a MXM like chip.

 

my son plays half-life online and he bought this computer with the 128 nvidia 8400m GS card but can't play the games he wanted to online with it , he had an older toshiba and that played well , is this card not supported by this game ? the laptop freezes up about 20 seconds into the game so thats why I was thinking about either selling the laptop or upgrading to a better card which was the 8600m GT , I myself don't play games but I installed all updates and direct x software for this , any help would be appreciated

Thanks in advance Again

 

What version of the nvidia drivers are you using? Try updating to the ones in laptopvideo2go.com

 

right now I don't know what he has in it because he was so frustated he deleted everything and did a reformat but I did go to nividia to download and they directed me to dells site to get the updates for some reason , I had all updates with the bios upgraded and it still didn't play any of the half-life games


I'll try that site in alittle bit, but is this card suppose to play these games!because I found someone post a thread on d3lls site saying that this card can't play any of the newer games? is this true or not?

Thanks

 

Yeah, it's not a very good card but it should be able to play Half Life.

 

he plays some games online no sure which ones but it's in half-life and it freezes right up , that must be one bad card because I believe that old toshiba played the game and that was about 3 years old

anyway what would be your oppion on changing out and swapping the 2 cards I know there compatible because thats what was offered when configed

 

how long have you had the laptop? you could just return the laptop and order a new one. it sounds like you need to update the drivers. use the ones from laptopvideo2go.com - download 169.28. Read the instructions on their forums.

 

Iv'e had the laptop about 8 days maybe less , will they do a return ? my son isn't happy with it at all the toshiba was a celeron 3 yrs old bought for $400 or less at BB and it played the game this was I think $650 and can't play nothing it's kinda funny, dou 2 core and all

maybe I should ask about a return before anything and then order another with the 256mb card ,

I'll try them drivers when he gets home if he's got most everything else installed and see what happens , it's kinda funny, Thanks!

 

I have an 8400M GS and I can play Half Life 2 with all settings on max at native resolution... it must be a software or hardware issue.

 

well i checked directx diagnostics and found one problem but after googling found an answer to that and removed it , did all firmware updates and the bios and drivers no conflicks anyware the laptop is pretty fast defraged the drive check the system , installed the 5 disks tried to play after all updates and no good , then he uninstalled the game and downloaded the from the website direct still no good kept freezing up after 20 seconds into the game

IMO I thought it was d3lls quickset program that controlls how you connect to the web instead of how windows controls how you connect , that was my only concern but I ran thru everything , the only thing I wasn't able to do was stop that program and let windows controll the web part , but that couldn't be an issue either because I told him to play off line and it still frozed up , I went thru evey devise in devise manager and updated everything did the dells website thing and downloaded everything , no conflicks nothing went to the games website found a couple of things to try didn't work , i'm out of options , tonight I talked to d3ll about installing another video card the 256 mb card and i'll pay well they gave me the run around for 1 hr. and then I hung up ,then I wound up here and posting HELP or something

 

Again, go to the laptopvideo2go.com website and try the 169.28 drivers.

 

how much RAM does the vostro have? also, what resolution did he try in game and out of game? try at lowest possible settings. such as 600x900/ Anti-Aliasing off. no shadows. just dumb it down fully. if it still doesn't work, and the drivers don't work, get a replacement. But i definitely suggest at least 2GB's of ram for gaming if you don't already have it.

Also, i don't believe quickset effects how the PC connects to the internet. it is just there to let you easily change the settings within windows. it's just an interface basically. I Believe.

 

Hi, I don't see drivers 169.28

 

My son found the driver and installed it and the same thing happens freezes up , nothing different , anyone have any other drivers or ideas to what this problem might be ?


Thanks in advance

 

forget the help here, called d3ll for a RMA , sending it back, getting a better notebook with a better video card , Thanks for all the help here! great forum you guys have!,

 

not to reopen this thread, but i have had similar problems with my dell 1520 w/ 8400m card. using vista i found that aero used up ALOT of memory. once i disabled aero my graphics were 10x better. i came across this problem from bad video playback off of streaming sites (i used a desktop computer on the same internet connection with an 8800 gts that had flawless playback). this may or may not help with the current situation.

i am too looking to upgrade but currently i can only find dell as a supplier and i dont think a refurbished card @ 140+ dollars is really worth it at the moment.

 

I sent my computer back to d3ll and waiting for a refund, I bought a compal IFL90 and it'll be here tomorrow , anyway I know d3ll has the 8600 graphics card refurbished on there site for 149. if I remember right , I was thinking about doing the upgrade but said it aint worth the trouble , so when I get pissed I just spend more $$ on something better , all the time spent in that computer wasn't worth my time , IMO if it dosn't work out of the box foreget it for now on