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    Just got my new M1730

    Discussion in 'Dell XPS and Studio XPS' started by enkidu1978, Oct 27, 2009.

  1. enkidu1978

    enkidu1978 Notebook Enthusiast

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    I know they have been out a while but they have only just become affordable for me. £1199 I paid

    I managed to get a ebay special dell returned item....

    3 years next business day dell warrenty.

    T9300 2.5 gb 6mb cache
    Duel SLI 9800 512mb graphics
    2x 160Gb 7200 rpm drives.
    4Gb ram

    Its waiting for me at home as I write this.... Not even swtched it on.

    Is there anything I should look out for with this model?

    I went for the newer CPU's for heat etc, and the 9800 due to it having physx built in... is that correct?
     
    enkidu1978, Oct 27, 2009
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  2. italian.madness

    italian.madness Notebook Consultant

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    Congratulations on your buy!
    Great price and great chioce. Great performance, I never had any problem with it.
    I would suggest a clean install of OS as first thing, then an upgrade of the drivers from LAptopvideo2go using Driver Sweeper and Ccleaner.
    Then you should be ready.
    Yes phisics is working on your gpus.
    Run 3dmark 06 and Vantage to check if everything is ok, monitoring the temps with hwmonitor.

    Have fun!
     
    italian.madness, Oct 27, 2009
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  3. enkidu1978

    enkidu1978 Notebook Enthusiast

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    Yeah OS install was second on list after I had a play with it... Comes with Vista 64.....

    I can't wait to fire it up :D Wanted one of these ever since my brother got the 1710 with the 7950 graphics card.

    At a later date do you think it would be a good upgrade to the T9600 CPU?
     
    enkidu1978, Oct 27, 2009
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    Photolysis Notebook Consultant

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    Be careful what you wish for with those graphics cards!

    Congrats on what sounds like a very nice deal.
     
    Photolysis, Oct 27, 2009
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  5. enkidu1978

    enkidu1978 Notebook Enthusiast

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    Lol they get hot then?? Gulp... Well I certainly wont be overclocking them.
     
    enkidu1978, Oct 27, 2009
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    enkidu1978 Notebook Enthusiast

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    They only the 9800M GT not GTX.... SImular to the 8800 GTX from what I read?
     
    enkidu1978, Oct 27, 2009
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    gt9800m=gtx8800m same cards. 9800gtx have slight better performance but not really noticable in games.
     
    italian.madness, Oct 27, 2009
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    italian.madness Notebook Consultant

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    Best to upgrade to x9000 the most powerfull cpu for xps 1730.
     
    italian.madness, Oct 27, 2009
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  9. BHunterSEAL

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    Hahaha. Read this thread:
    http://forum.notebookreview.com/showthread.php?t=426693

    I bought a 1730 with exactly your setup for about $4000 a year and a half ago. Graphics card stopped doing SLI in a year. They ripped me off by replacing them with 8700s. Then when I complained, gave me a broken 8800 that killed my computer. Now they're sending me a totally different model, a 1645.
     
    BHunterSEAL, Oct 27, 2009
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  10. SimonT

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    Nice price and congrats on the Lappy.

    Some friendly advice go buy a laptop cooler to help keep the GPU`s cool, my M1730 8800m`s have just failed at 14months old and Dell has no stocks so like many others stuck in Dell hell upto 30days, but glad to see you have a 3 year warranty at least you are protected if any trouble, the warranty is well worth it I took an extra 3 years on mine.
     
    SimonT, Oct 27, 2009
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  11. Mechanized Menace

    Mechanized Menace Lost in the MYST

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    why dont you try getting the new M1730 or keep arguing that your XPS 1730 is not equivalent to the 1645 and that is a major downgrade which is not the contract between you two i wouldn't just laydown and accept it I mean i love my SXPS 1640 but if i had what you had then they tried to give me this i would be livid and no way would i accept it just my opinion tho
     
    Mechanized Menace, Oct 27, 2009
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  12. BatBoy

    BatBoy Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    Congrats on your purchase. If you have any questions, be sure to post here for a speedy reply.
     
    BatBoy, Oct 27, 2009
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  13. Slammin

    Slammin Notebook Consultant

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    The best thing you can probably do is vote at ideastorm for an xps 1730 bios update, see my siggy.
     
    Slammin, Oct 27, 2009
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  14. oxybate

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    What's a laptop cooler?

    By the way, the touchpad on the XPS is LIGHTYEARS ahead of the one on the Studio I was sent initially. Seriously, people should avoid the Studio 1735/7 if only because the touchpad is utterly atrocious.
     
    oxybate, Oct 28, 2009
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    Don´t worry not everyone has problems with the XPS M1730. Mine is still going strong after 2 years usage :)
     
    Magnus72, Oct 28, 2009
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