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    When is Dell going to learn?

    Discussion in 'Dell' started by Homer_Jay_Thompson, Mar 22, 2007.

  1. Homer_Jay_Thompson

    Homer_Jay_Thompson blathering blatherskite

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    Customers do not want crappy NVIDIA Quadro NVS 110M or 120M video cards in their expensive D620 or D820 laptops. I want an option for the similar, but far more powerful NVIDIA Quadro FX 1500M video card. This will be a good option for the D620 and D820.
     
    Homer_Jay_Thompson, Mar 22, 2007
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    postmortem Notebook Consultant

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    most customers have no clue what video card is or which one they have.
     
    postmortem, Mar 22, 2007
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  3. Greg

    Greg Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    Many business computers (especially the ones that aren't taken home for play) don't need advanced graphics...so Dell thinks 'who cares?'
     
    Greg, Mar 22, 2007
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    the fx1500 = 7900gs...which means that it can't fit into a 15.4" or 14" notebook. only 17" notebooks can have cooling solutions that are powerful enough to cool stronger gpus.
     
    ejl, Mar 22, 2007
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    I do not need one as powerful as the FX 1500M, but I do not like the NVIDIA Quadro NVS 110M. Is there a video card similar to the Quadro NVS series that is more powerful, but it can fit in a 14.1" laptop. Will the NVIDIA Quadro NVS 300M fit in a 14.1" laptop?
     
    Homer_Jay_Thompson, Mar 22, 2007
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  6. win32asmguy

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    Yeah, Dell really dropped the ball on this round of Latitudes and Precisions. The old Latitude D810 had an X600 in it which is actually faster than the Quadro 110M. The Precision M70 had a Quadro 1400go which is the GPU core as the 6800go, while the new M65 has the Quadro 350m, which is a 7300go GPU core...

    I personally own a Precision M70 which is modded with a 7800GTX (the same card that everyone was putting into their 9300's a year ago) It is almost as good as having a 1500m, but does show that it would be possible if Dell would spend the R&D on it (which seems unlikely due to the most recent press releases of them cutting back on R&D)
     
    win32asmguy, Mar 23, 2007
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