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    DELL Laptop.

    Discussion in 'Dell' started by ils, Mar 7, 2009.

  1. ils

    ils Notebook Consultant

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    Does anyone know if DELL offers any laptop (besides the m1730) with a dedicated 256 bit video card with at least 256 Meg. memory?
    Thank you much in advance for any info.
     
    ils, Mar 7, 2009
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    allfiredup Notebook Virtuoso

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    The Precison M6400 is the only other one- it has a 512mb nVIDIA Quadro FX 2700M standard and a 1GB Quadro 3700M optional. LINK
     
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  3. ils

    ils Notebook Consultant

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    Thank you for your reply.
    I went to the link you provided. Did not know the base can cost that much.
    I know I was not very specific on my first question. How about this one: what video card will be the equivalent to the Nvidia 7900 GS and has it's own fan that DELL offers?
     
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  4. paper_wastage

    paper_wastage Beat this 7x7x7 Cube

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    a 7900GS- equivalent modern(as in the past year) graphics card is powerful... and dell puts gaming laptops in its alienware division...

    http://www.notebookcheck.net/NVIDIA-GeForce-Go-7900-GS.2133.0.html

    look at the chart on the right for equivalent graphics card
     
    paper_wastage, Mar 8, 2009
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  5. Commander Wolf

    Commander Wolf can i haz broadwell?

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    Commander Wolf, Mar 8, 2009
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  6. ils

    ils Notebook Consultant

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    Dell is making it really hard for me to find a replacement. The reason I am asking is because I have an e1705 with a failed video card (failed before among other components). Dell decided to send me a replacement that is twice as big and heavy and I am not really happy with it.
    Any suggestion of any current model that has 17" screen (not the m1730) that can handle occational heavy gaming?
    I am getting frustrated looking for something similar. I have spent at least 12 hours and counting looking with no success.
    Thank you everyone for helping.
     
    ils, Mar 8, 2009
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    Hualsay Notebook Evangelist

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    I wish they till had the M1710, I would so recommend it. I loved that machine :( .
     
    Hualsay, Mar 9, 2009
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  8. ils

    ils Notebook Consultant

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    Thanks for the link. It gave me a start.
    I ended up with a m6400 (pretty much loaded but without the edge to edge screen and no bluray).
     
    ils, Mar 13, 2009
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  9. Mastershroom

    Mastershroom wat

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    The Studio 17 has an ATi Radeon 3650 256MB. Depending on what kind of games you're going to be playing, it might be a good solution.

    I have a Studio 15 with the Radeon 3450 256MB, and I find it sufficient for games like Half-Life 2, Counter-Strike: Source, Left 4 Dead...and the 3650 in the Studio 17 is more powerful.
     
    Mastershroom, Mar 13, 2009
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    terrace Notebook Geek

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    Those games aren't really demanding though, but it's nice to know that it handles them alright.
     
    terrace, Mar 13, 2009
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