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    E1705 (Go 7800) just arrived

    Discussion in 'Dell' started by techaholic, Apr 13, 2006.

  1. techaholic

    techaholic Notebook Geek

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    :dell: Well she/he is here, I will be reistalling XP Prof on this baby and OCing the GO7800. Also I hoping the screen has no light issues :eek:
     
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  3. techaholic

    techaholic Notebook Geek

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    Dell Outlet, it's a refurb, they had several there yesterday from $1500-$2600. Go through Small Business, they select Notebooks, thern Dell Outlet...
     
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    I see. Does this mean I need to be a business (or have a tax ID) to purchase from there then since it was Small Business?
     
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    Nope - I saw one as low as 1300 the other night with a discount. 1GB, 9 cell batt, WUXGA and win xp pro.
     
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    Man if I would have know this, I would have went for the 1705 in a heartbeat. I would love to have that graphics card even with the bigger 1705.
     
    cheesecake0404, Apr 13, 2006
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  7. techaholic

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    Well I unpacked it, and uninstalled a ton of bloat ware. Everything is here, 100G 7200RPM, Go7800, Core Duo 2.0G, 2.0G 677Mhz Ram... and the remote is sooo cool.... :cool:

    But the screen does have bad light leakage... :mad:

    I've been chatting with a hardware tech, this evening, she told me the screen was working as designed... said they are very bright screens and leak light because of the new tech used to get the bright screen :confused:

    Anyway I have escalted the matter... ;)
     
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    That light leakage is nothing at all when you are in the windows. It is only noticeable when screen is dark (booting, watching wide screen movies), other than that there is nothing to complain about. The only thing I don't really like about it is that the screen is grainy (I am spoiled by IBM's SXGA).
     
    goga, Apr 14, 2006
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    You might be right... but it really shouldn't leak at all :( , my Gateway 20" doesn't and it is very bright... :cool:

    Anyway just upgraded my drivers, got Core 368 and memory 891, gave me a 3dmark05 of 5570...

    I will mod the Bios and OC the volage to 1.2-1.3 next... so far I am pleased with that OC :D
     
    techaholic, Apr 14, 2006
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    Here are my 3Dmark05 & 06 results with new GPU drivers and overclock. I tried a volt mod 1.2 but actually got lower results.

    [​IMG]


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    techaholic, Apr 15, 2006
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    Very Nice!

    What fan utility is that?
     
    nickspohn, Apr 15, 2006
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    techaholic, Apr 16, 2006
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    The link is broke, but i will get it off google.


    I had the old version, and it did not read my GPU temps. And now, i cant find the download for this one?
     
    nickspohn, Apr 16, 2006
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    Does i9kfangui work with the Core Duo's stable? The main dev. page says not to use the utility with the core duos. http://www.mckenziedev.com/index.php
    Unless I missed a 2.4 release they've posted elsewhere, or it's been modded by someone else to work with the duos.
     
    brn80, Apr 16, 2006
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  15. techaholic

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    Your right, i don't think the current version is kosha..
     
    techaholic, Apr 16, 2006
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    So far the E1705 rocks, since I OC'd the GPU I can play COD2 multi player wireless, and install BattleField2 and still get 40-60FPS with DirectX9 :cool: It really multi tasks and the G07800 card when OC'd is very responsive, so as far as I am concerned this is a great work and play Laptop.. :D
     
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    Very good!

    My untweaked 7800GTX got 3600 in 3dmark06. That is very good for your go 7800

    Congrats again!
     
    nickspohn, Apr 17, 2006
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