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    Is Dell ever going to put the 8800 in the 1720 series?

    Discussion in 'Dell' started by thatdaveguy, Apr 3, 2008.

  1. thatdaveguy

    thatdaveguy Notebook Evangelist

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    Dell has always been the bargain for high end gaming solutions for low costs in their 9300 and 9400 series.

    However, they crippled the 1720 replacement with a garbage graphic solution.

    I went from a 9300 with a 6800 Go, to a 9400 with a 7900 GS, so obviously I want the next step to be a 1720 with an 8800. It doesn't seem like it wants to happen.

    :(
     
    thatdaveguy, Apr 3, 2008
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  2. deputc26

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    no, they don't want it to compete with the 1730.
     
    deputc26, Apr 3, 2008
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    I don't think it has sufficient cooling for an 8800
     
    chelet, Apr 3, 2008
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    They could do it, but they choose not to and would rather force the customer to pay more for the 1730.
     
    Greg, Apr 4, 2008
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  5. thatdaveguy

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    that's a very unfortunate business decision and will likely force me to switch laptop brands :(
     
    thatdaveguy, Apr 5, 2008
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    Does it really matter to dell, I mean one business loss, one million gain
     
    lennynjnets, Apr 5, 2008
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    I don't see what other choice you have for a cheap desktop replacement. HP doesn't offer a budget 8800, neither does apple.
     
    FearTheTerp, Apr 5, 2008
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    Sorry ThatDaveGuy, but if you want a 8800 in your lappy, you either buy a cheaper Gateway or a $2500 Alienware/Sager/Clevo.

    And the 8600M GT isn't garbage. It's mid-high.
     
    Leon, Apr 5, 2008
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    Still slightly less powerful than the one in XPS M1530 since it uses slower DDR2 memory. Unfortunately that is the artifcial market segmentation Dell uses...
     
    siLc, Apr 5, 2008
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    Well it's still much slower than my 7900 GS which is nearly two years old!
     
    thatdaveguy, Apr 5, 2008
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    I have been looking for them to put the 8800 gts in a 1720 for a while.

    I think they will

    I cant believe the 1720 sells well
     
    stamar, Apr 5, 2008
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