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    Mobility 4870 GDDR5 Spotted in the M17x?

    Discussion in 'Alienware' started by Phinagle, Jun 19, 2009.

  1. sleey0

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    +1trillion agreed!
     
    sleey0, Jul 10, 2009
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  2. Phinagle

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    If Dellienware put's 4850s with GDDR5 in the M17x I'm getting LOL SUCK IT W90 engraved on my nameplate.
     
    Phinagle, Jul 10, 2009
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  3. The_Moo™

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    but it was die shrunk to :)





































    stupid!!!! Nvidia has pulled some BS on this one though :(
     
    The_Moo™, Jul 10, 2009
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  4. sleey0

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    The sad part is it doesn't matter.. Sales of the M17x are probably out of this world.
     
    sleey0, Jul 10, 2009
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    No doubt...but Nvidia naming convention vs ATI naming convention is the topic of the other thread in the Side Topic forums. ;)
     
    Phinagle, Jul 10, 2009
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    @Moo thats Nvidia for you , they are so huge and have so much market share they can crap on a plate and people would buy it sadly.
     
    Quadzilla, Jul 10, 2009
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    That's only because Nvidia overclocks the hell out of everything.You can only overclock old tech so much before you blow up the chip.
     
    PanzerVIZeke, Jul 10, 2009
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    Im just happy that if they do release new cards for the machine i can just toss them right in there and is why i always loved dell . Ive been upgrading my video cards in my laptops since my Inspiron 8200 and thru all the XPS line Gen1 GEN2 and 1710 (never bought the 1730 though).
     
    Quadzilla, Jul 10, 2009
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    i hoesntly had m1730 money saved up but i wanted the quad so i got the whitebook instead.
     
    dondadah88, Jul 10, 2009
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    1730 would have been difficult to upgrade due to the single pcb design (unless dell came out with newer cards, of course).

    Good thing you didn't get it because it's dead now.
     
    sleey0, Jul 10, 2009
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    i notice that. everytime i looked at there gpu cards, it was always one big one but i never took the time to research why.
     
    dondadah88, Jul 10, 2009
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    i think Q4 will be a truly ground shaking quarter....

    IF the gt300 design hits and the mobile i5's hit....
    ddr5 chips will be out
    ATI new cards will be released....

    I'm excited
     
    The_Moo™, Jul 10, 2009
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    As you can tell, they killed the better 9800M cards on the M1730 and replaced them with suckier 8700M GTs.That means dell is investing in Alienware to be their top laptop gaming machines.
     
    PanzerVIZeke, Jul 10, 2009
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    well we still have to wait for ati to release there desktop version. which i don't see happening. it was suppose to be last month if i am not mistaking hopefully they will get everything str8ing out.
     
    dondadah88, Jul 10, 2009
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    Except you'll be sitting on the sidelines because you just ordered a M17x..lol

    I know if that happened to me I'd be a little disappointed seeing new toys and being stuck with a fairly recent purchase....
     
    sleey0, Jul 10, 2009
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    I don't know the rationale behind it but Dell decided to use the single pcb SLI setup.

    I had the 8700's then got the 8800 GTX's. I really liked that system and am a little sad that Dell is discontinuing the XPS line :(
     
    sleey0, Jul 10, 2009
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    Lol even when that stuff gets announced dont plan on it being in actual machines till many months later or rather machines that you would actually want to purchase .

    The M17x will be around for awhile :) CPU speed plays such a small role in overall performance that the only thing i would be concerned about is new GPUs . A 3.0ghz Quadcore is plenty for quite awhile, its just always fun to have a faster CPU not needed in the least bit .

    Hopefully developers will actually make games that can take advantage of all the good stuff .

    Alan Wake which was announced forever and a day ago for PC to be one of the first to require a quad core to even play it has now been put on hold for PC to focus all there attention to the 360 , just another example of PCs getting the shaft.

    Everytime i read of another developer giving up on PC gaming to go to consoles it gets me very depressed lol and i own all the new consoles .
     
    Quadzilla, Jul 10, 2009
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    Well i am fairly sure they will be MXM 3.0 ;)

    Could care less about mobile i5's as i would have no use
     
    The_Moo™, Jul 10, 2009
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    i own a 360 but i haven't turned it on since i got my whitebook.

    i am going to buy a ps3 however because of ff13 and god of war 3. also a new game has been released this month for it that it only for the ps3 and i would like to buy it as well. but i'm not in a rush(when god of war or ff13 come out i will be. :))
     
    dondadah88, Jul 10, 2009
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    What desktop ATI card are you talking about?

    The 40-nm HD 4770 has been selling for quite awhile now and the 40-nm DX11 RV870 GPU for the desktop 5800 series cards will be finalized in August and up for sale by the time Win7 rolls out...a good couple of months before the GT 300 series Nvidia cards.
     
    Phinagle, Jul 10, 2009
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    and hopefully ATI and AMD has some bank saved up for mobile CPU's
     
    The_Moo™, Jul 10, 2009
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    You won't see a mobile 5800 card until earliest next spring but more likely late summer or even the fall. If I had to guess I'd say in a MSI GT 725 upgrade.
     
    Phinagle, Jul 10, 2009
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    well ..... ATI is usually pretty good i see it coming next summer.... give it a full year ...
     
    The_Moo™, Jul 10, 2009
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    hoesntly i see the gt300 being the 1st gen 260 with 192SP' instead of 216. and it may have gddr5 or they might wait for ati to release it.
     
    dondadah88, Jul 10, 2009
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    ROTFLMAO

    ATI is releasing DDR5 this summer :D
     
    The_Moo™, Jul 10, 2009
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    ok the the desktop 260 192SP with gddr5 then. :)
     
    dondadah88, Jul 10, 2009
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    I'll take 2 please!!!!
     
    sleey0, Jul 10, 2009
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    i think i would also Lol.

    that's a 295 if i'm not mistaking correct?
     
    dondadah88, Jul 10, 2009
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    no you wouldn't Don ;)

    you have a 9262 ;)
     
    The_Moo™, Jul 10, 2009
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    Nvidia is claiming GT 300 will be new architecture using GDDR5 and not a rebrand...though that may just be the desktop cards.

    I'm betting it's new tech because they're totally incapable of die shrinking the G200 GPUs they used for the desktop GTX 260 thru 295. Which would explain why they went back and die shrunk the 9500 for the desktop GT 210 and 220.


    As for ATi they've been using GDDR5 for quite awhile....just not in a mobile card. ;þ
     
    Phinagle, Jul 10, 2009
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    the nbr market place. lol i'm playing i'm sticking with this until i finish school or get a better job.
     
    dondadah88, Jul 10, 2009
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