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    When will Dell move away from the 8xxx series cards?

    Discussion in 'Dell' started by Noctilum, Dec 26, 2008.

  1. Noctilum

    Noctilum Notebook Evangelist

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    From what I see, even their high-end systems are using the 8800GTX (unless I am not looking in the right spot).
     
    Noctilum, Dec 26, 2008
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  2. Ayepecks

    Ayepecks Notebook Evangelist

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    The 8xxx and 9xxx series are identical cards, for the most part. Most of them are just renamed (like the 9300 being the 8400). It doesn't matter at all.
     
    Ayepecks, Dec 26, 2008
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  3. atbnet

    atbnet Notebook Prophet

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    When they move on the Studio XPS they will definitely use a new GPU. Whether that is the ATI or Nvdia 9 series has yet to be seen.
     
    atbnet, Dec 26, 2008
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    For the most part. The 9-series is incrementally better, not a huge jump like 7-8 was. And indeed some are renamed 8-series with no other difference (9500 GS is 8600M GT, 9600 GT is almost identical to 8700M GT, and so forth).

    Now when they'll move on, who knows. They're already well past all guesstimates on replacing the XPS 1530 (November being an especially popular guess after it wasn't August), so at this point it's just whenever they actually release it.

    If you don't want 8xxx, look at the Studio laptops. They use ATI Radeon 3450/3650. The 3650 is approximately the same power as the 8600M GT.
     
    Apollo13, Dec 26, 2008
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