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    are the 8800 gtx cards coming back into stock??

    Discussion in 'Dell XPS and Studio XPS' started by kevin_172, Feb 21, 2010.

  1. kevin_172

    kevin_172 Notebook Consultant

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    or is the dell support service just pulling my leg?? laptop is screwed and i have and engineer coming out to me on tuesday to replace the motherboard, heatsink and 8800's.. he said there is a shortage at the moment but they will be in stock by the end of the month!! that also confused me as tuesday is the 23rd :confused:
     
    kevin_172, Feb 21, 2010
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    kevin_172 Notebook Consultant

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    no one able to shed any light on this?
     
    kevin_172, Feb 21, 2010
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    claxdog Notebook Evangelist

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    what kind of pc if its a 1730 then not that I know of they are using 9800m gtx's
     
    claxdog, Feb 21, 2010
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    kevin_172 Notebook Consultant

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    well i got the m1730 and its has the 8800m gtx's

    what are they likley to replace it with then?
     
    kevin_172, Feb 21, 2010
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    They're out of stock on all nVidia graphics card at the moment. I believe they're replacing that machine with M17x's.
     
    gaah, Feb 21, 2010
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    tech guy said they will be replacing the gfx card tho o_O guess i will have to see what the tech guy says on tuesday!
     
    kevin_172, Feb 21, 2010
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    moral hazard Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    Ask for 9800m GT cards, they are the same.
     
    moral hazard, Feb 21, 2010
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    from benchmarks they dont preform as well as the 8800gxt (so i have been told anyway) if they cant replace it then im gonna end up with an alienware i guess.. not that i would complain about that!
     
    kevin_172, Feb 22, 2010
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    moral hazard, Feb 22, 2010
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    I just had mine replaced on thursday last week. They've got some in stock from somewhere!
     
    Teknobry, Feb 22, 2010
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    Kade Storm The Devil's Advocate

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    9800m GT = 8800m GTX.

    From what I am seeing in the aftermarket, there a good few 9800m GTX cards for the M1730 being sold by resellers. I think they might have a few revisions around, but whether or not this is a full-out inventory capable of solving all M1730 GPU failures is up for debate.
     
    Kade Storm, Feb 22, 2010
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    dell phoned tonight... gfx cards are on back order...
     
    kevin_172, Feb 22, 2010
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    they got plenty 8800s in england, bad news for me
     
    kenshow2003, Feb 23, 2010
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    dell replaced my 8800m gtx sli with 9800m gt sli,then i complained again, they replaced the 9800m gt sli with 9800m gtx sli, although the temp is still the same, im happy with the gtx sli :p
     
    kenshow2003, May 30, 2010
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    seems like they are in stock, i was issued a replacement a week ago. I am quite sure they are not getting new ones in, guess they pull those out of all the old m1730s they get back when they hand out replacements. I don't have high hopes for the replacement cards to survive for long.
     
    mfractal, May 30, 2010
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