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    Will this work in the Inspiron 1720? or is it a misprint?

    Discussion in 'Dell' started by DR650SE, Apr 24, 2009.

  1. DR650SE

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    That won't work in an Inspiron 1720, and no... it's not a misprint.
    It's an MXM card for an Asus.
    Dell's modular 8600GTs are proprietary, not MXM, and yes they were only made with DDR2.
    On a midrange card like an 8600GT you won't be able to push the resolutions and textures that 512MB of GRAM would be able to provide, and faster memory would benefit you, so I would much much much rather have a 8600M GT GDDR3 than an 8600M GT GDDR2.
     
    Hep!, Apr 24, 2009
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