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    M1710 graphics card

    Discussion in 'Dell XPS and Studio XPS' started by rolled_gold, Jul 23, 2009.

  1. rolled_gold

    rolled_gold Newbie

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    Just a quickie really...

    Say I wanted to upgrade the graphics card on my M1710 laptop, is it

    a) Possible?
    b) Worth it?
    and c) What are the options in terms of new ones.

    Thanks for any help,

    Ads
     
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  2. TimeWriter

    TimeWriter Notebook Evangelist

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    What card do you have right now? The best one I guess it's the 7950M GTX.
     
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    Spir4 Notebook Enthusiast

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    The best one is indeed a Geforce Go 7950 GTX 512mb.
    Pretty easy to come by on eBay, but pretty expensive tho.
    If you upgrade from a Go 7900 GTX, it's not worth it. The improvement is minor. In that case I would wait till your 7900 GTX gets broken (it will in the end, trust me), and then get a 7950 gtx, which will be much cheaper priced by that time.
     
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