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    Did they put the wrong video card in my m1530?!?!?

    Discussion in 'Dell' started by sethhobrin, Jan 4, 2008.

  1. sethhobrin

    sethhobrin Notebook Consultant

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    Looking at a laptop I ordered in November for an Inspiron 1520 I see the following video card:

    1 320-5639 256MB NVIDIA GeForce 8600M GT $0.00


    I just ordered an m1530 XPS laptop and also choose the 8600m GT 256MB. Why does it say this on my invoice????:

    1 320-6082 256MB NVIDIA GeForce 8600M G $0.00


    Where is the GT? The part number is even different. Are they not putting a GT in my xps laptop???
     
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    iratecargo Notebook Enthusiast

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    They just cut off the "t" in GT.

    The part numbers are different becaue they use DDR 3 speed vram in the XPS and DDR 2 ram in the Inspiron series. So technicly the cards are different.

    And yes the card in the xps is better then the one in the inspiron.
     
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    Jamaicanyouth Notebook Evangelist

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    Calm down you will get the right one.
     
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    sethhobrin Notebook Consultant

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    Wow. The inspiron one is GDDR2?!?! No wonder my wife's laptop runs crysis like crap. I did not even realize it was GDDR2.

    I have half a mind to call Dell up and complain about it being GDDR2 since it did not specify that on their website when I ordered. I am just past my 21 day return. Is there any point to calling and complaining? I was not expecting to get that poor of performance on the inspiron 8600m card.
     
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    iratecargo Notebook Enthusiast

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    You can always try, whats the worse they could do tell you NO.

    I remeber reading on NBR someone who complained to Dell about the same thing and tried to get them to take his 1520 back and exchange it for a 1530. I dont remeber if he was sucessfull or not.

    Just remeber keep it :cool:
     
    iratecargo, Jan 4, 2008
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