Want a Dell E1705 with better graphics

I want the Dell E1705 or the E1505 with a better graphics card than the X1400, and I want to be able to use my 40% off coupon. Specced out with 2.16 Core Duo, 100GB 7200rpm, 2GB 667, etc, I get $1500 off and it's only $2200 with a 3 year warranty. The ONLY thing is that is has that dang X1400!

 

Where the hell did you get that coupon!

 

That's what I want to know as well!

 

$1500 off for a E1505 and the final cost is still $2200 for you?

I just tried to order the E1505 for myself and even with the $750 off coupon available I know of I was hard pressed in finding enough options I'd want to get the price up over the $1999 requirement to be able to use the $750 off coupon.

Fear not though, you can still get the laptop you want, without the $1500 coupon you have, with better features than those offered for the E1505 and still be under $2200 in cost.

On the Dell website go to the small business section, then check out the new Latitude D820. If $2200 is what your wanting to spend I think you'll find this one rocks what you want it to be even though it only has a $400 off auto savings to it you'll see when you finalize the cost.

With the Latitude D820 you can opt for up to the Intel® Core™ Duo T2600 (2.16GHz) 667Mhz Dual Core

(The others your already looking at only offer up to the T2500 max)

XP Pro is almost $50 cheaper (go with XP Pro for sure if your going to do it)

The same 15.4 inch Wide Screen WUXGA LCD Panel is an available upgrade

The Processor upgrade (one step better) is great, but some of the real advantages are in what you can get for graphics and memory on this model.

512MB NVIDIA® Quadro NVS 120M TurboCache™ blows away that ATIX1400 your considering. 512MB of Video RAM rocks, even if part of it's shared, and that's not all bad when you consider how much RAM you can add to this thing either now or down the road, top option is 4.0GB, DDR2-533 SDRAM, 2 DIMMS, but why not save some money (who would ever use that much RAM anyhow?) and instead go with a different option not available on any of the Inspirons your looking at, faster RAM by going with the more sane option of 2.0GB, DDR2-667 SDRAM, 2 DIMMS.

If your going to go with all that power in the options don't short change yourself with the slower Hard Drives, make sure you go with at least the 60Gig 7200RPM Hard Drive, the 7200RPM part being the key feature you want.

If you go with all those options (well, minus the insane 4 Gig RAM option), select the single Gig Single Dimm RAM Option and add another Gig for about $100 later...

Your going to be just under $2,000 (before tax and what ever and assuming you also selected the normal options everyone wants like 9cell battery, WiFi and Bluetooth etc...), you end up with a laptop it sounds like you really want, with a much better than the cheap plastic case and plastic hinges the Inspiron has and better features for still less money. Check it out.

 

It's highly unlikely that a Dell E1705 will have a good GPU in it again. When it first started out it has the 7800 in it, which hurt Dell's XPS M170 sales badly because people could get a much cheaper alternative.

You'd probably have to go elsewhere if you want a Core Duo with a good GPU thats a 17 incher for under $2Kish. The M1710 will likely be more than that. But you could wait for that and see...

By the way, give us the coupon or mob mentality will kick in, 'kay thanks. =P

 

Hey, I have the EXACT same problem. except my situation is made worse by the fact that the xps is NOT av. in my country!

if theyre never going to bring a good gpu back in the line again, how about places like australia and chile..they have already brought in the 7800Go with the i9400.

Also, if theyre not going bring back good gpu's they might do this in america where there is the option of XPS, however in countries where there NO option I beilive they are going to bring the gpu back!

 

@ esoterica

Hi, the DELL Latitude series is a business desktop isnt it? Even though it has the 512mb of video ram is it optimized for gaming? Because on several forums I have read that its strictly a business laptop and should not used for a subsitute for games.

Hopefully you are right though, because I'm stuck in the same position as the starter of this thread!

 

Dell will probaly put a better gpu in it, in the weeks to come. They are offering it with the 7800 in other parts of the world. (Chile for example)

If you think about it, the E1705 is useless without the gpu, because the E1505 is basically the same thing, except for the screen difference.

Now that the new XPS will be out, i think it will come back. As the XPS will be over $3000

 

Hey.. can someone please fill me in with the 750 and the 450 coupons please? I am getting a dell most likely.. so I need them!

 

There will be a 40% coupon that starts tommorow i believe

 

Do you know for which laptops it will apply to

 

Hey hey, the 40% off coupon is good from now until 5/3/06. If I am sure that I'm not getting a dell, then I'll give you guys the coupon code and you can fight over it, because I think it's only good for one use...

So far I have chosen the E1505 instead of the E1705 because of the wieght and I dont really want a huge 17" screen. I really wanted a better graphics card, but for the same price I can get the acer 8204 with the X1600 and it also has a 3 year accident protection warranty.

BTW: The coupon doesn't apply to XPS models, only inspiron desktops and noetbooks.

After the coupon, the Dell is only 1700, but after tax, warranty and shipping it is a good bit more, a little over 2000.

I have to make the decision: Acer 8200 with super performance, but the chance of getting a messed screen and screwed up keyboard; or a Dell with equal specs except for the graphics (X1400 instead of X1600) and the customer support of a large company.

On the other hand, the E1705 has the option of 667 RAM and a Core Duo T2600 for the same price as the Acer, with a 4 year warranty. If only it had better graphics, I would go for it.

But seriously, all the games I play are semi-new strategy games, Americas Army, Battlefield games, and the occasional other strategy/fps. Will the X1400 cut it?

 

dda, are you in Chile by chance? Just wondering because I spent 6 weeks in Santiago a couple of years ago.

 

How do we get the 40% discount postcard from Dell? or it will be published tomorrow?

 

I'll be grateful if someone who has no use of the 40% coupon is kind enough to send it to me....

 

"It's highly unlikely that a Dell E1705 will have a good GPU in it again."

*Laughs* You should check back here is 1-2 weeks ;D

 

Haha, No I'm actually In Hong Kong!

 

Fredick what you mean by that? something better than the 7800??? or the 7800?

man! pleaseeee!! tell me!!

 

I HAVE THE COUPON AND THE PERSON WHO GUESSES THE CLOSEST NUMBER TO THE ONE I AM THINKING OF BETWEEN 1 and 100 WILL GET IT!

But are the E1505's always going to have the X1400? If so, I'm going to get either a T60 or 8204.

 

dda,
The internal parts of the laptops, hardware wise are all the same, the Intel motherboard on it is the same exact Intel Motherboard, it uses the same DDR2-667MHz SDRAM memory (up to 4GB as well, I believe the E1705 only offers up to 2Gig of memory), same 7200RPM hard drive is available. You can order a size better on the processor with the T2600 being available in it. With the 512MB NVIDIA Graphics in it it's certainly better suited for gaming than anything with the X1400 in it. Same Operating System available either XP Pro or Home, all MCE is slightly reskinned verion of XP Home, the core of the OS is still identical to XP Home. XP Pro allows for better system management and security.

So there isn't anything hardware wise about it that would make it optimized for business, and with the additional available options that are better than the options available for the Inspirons if anything it would make it a better gaming PC. The business end of the Latitude comes in as the best difference which is the outer case construction, the Latitude with it's magnesium-alloy casing and steel hinges is built to be alot more rugged than the plastic Inspiron.

Here's a cool test to check out on just how durable the Dell Latitude's are...

http://www.dell.com/downloads/global/products/latit/en/Dell_Notebook_Durability_Test.pdf

For gaming potential, I'd again look at the Dell Business systems over the Home options available and ignore "marketing" by instead taking a close look at what your getting. The Latitudes don't come with a 17" Display would be one set back for a gamer I suppose, but the Precision M90 Does. The M90 also comes with the DUO processors, making it in my thinking an even better option than the XPS M170 which costs more and gives you less other than targeted marketing.

Of course with the XPS and the Precision M90 your price is also going to step well over the original $2200 planned here by the thread starter, that's why for the price alloted to spend, and looking at your available options, you can get a much better laptop (more punch, more durable, better quality) by going with the Latitude instead of either the E1705 or E1505 and for the same price, actually even slightly cheaper. Just ignore the "Business" part, it's just a marketing ploy, look at the actual hardware making the system up.

 

Hi, where exactly are you located as in which country.

The signs have been positve because Dell has brought back th 7800Go to some countries, and this would mean that they are going to bring it back soon.

Singapore, has just got it!

 

I'm in mexico... but, the thing is that the 7800 go is ridicusly underclocked right? thats bad.... man I wish it was a 7900 GS or something

 

Even though the 7800 is underclocked, you can overclock it bu using a program provided by Nvidia itself. It's quite safe, from what I have been hearing.

And you might want to check out some southamerican sites, because Columbia I think had it, and Chile had it but they removed it.

My guess is that it will soon be av worldwide in a couple of weeks! All a matter of patientice...(which is really hard)