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    15.4" laptop with 8800GTX

    Discussion in 'Dell' started by NewLappy, Jul 16, 2008.

  1. NewLappy

    NewLappy Notebook Enthusiast

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    when will dell release a 15.4" laptop with 8800GTX or similar graphics card? before summer??
     
    NewLappy, Jul 16, 2008
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    probably never since they own alienware which has the m15x
     
    jonhapimp, Jul 16, 2008
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    royk50 times being what they are

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    since they cant seem to keep acceptable temps with a 8600m
    how will they handle a 8800gtx ?
     
    royk50, Jul 16, 2008
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    by downclocking it but not everybody are having heating problems with 15 inches with 8600m or 8800m gtx
     
    jonhapimp, Jul 16, 2008
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    It is safe to say never. The only reason why it would be remotely possible is because of the 25% decrease in space Montevina but still...

    Dell has the Alienware m15x 15.4'' with the 8800M GTX. There is no problems with cooling it down, etc. Though think of the drawbacks of it.

    1) Battery life of the Alienware m15x, due to the gfx card and all the cooling it requires, is just about 50 minutes. Almost an hour. Even disabling the graphics card, the cooling systems still run and result in only about an hour and 10 minutes max.

    2) Weight. Its heavier than many of the other 15 inch notebooks out in the market.

    XPS is the premium line. Not only looks sleek, which can't be accomplished with the 8800GTX, but also very usable with maxed functionality. Battery life with 6-cell is about 2 hours 30 minutes. You can forget about lightness and thinness with a 8800M GTX.
     
    Forte, Jul 16, 2008
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    paper_wastage Beat this 7x7x7 Cube

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    somehow maybe they could mysteriously fit an integrated card and a dedicated card under the chasis with some alien weight savers... u'll probably get the battery problem solved... but then this is like impossible for dell :p
     
    paper_wastage, Jul 16, 2008
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    Yeah, it does. Integrated is embedded with the chipset. Except for Montevina, which doesn't have it and wont have one until mid August to mid September, but thats beside the point.

    Alienware does have both integrated and dedicated (8800M GTX) and there are two keys that you can press on the keyboard do go into stealth mode where you use only the Integrated and not the dedicated thus saving battery life. Like I mendioned in my earlier post:

    I'm referring to disabling the 8800M GTX graphics card and using the integrated when your doing word processing, non-gaming etc. Sorry I wasn't clear enough earlier. The battery life saving is not significant at all because the cooling system still running, etc.
     
    Forte, Jul 16, 2008
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    Dell won't offer a 9800M series card in a 15".
     
    v_c, Jul 16, 2008
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    Thats just as bad as 8800M GTX.

    Another fine example why we wont see 8800M GTX in laptop XPS line.
     
    Forte, Jul 16, 2008
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