e1505 + 7800?

i see from some threads the e1505 was offered with a variant of the 7800 go graphics add-in card....

if you buy the 7800 gtx for the xps will it work with the e1505? there is no way i would waste the cash on a x1400...

i took apart my e1505, but i didn't even see where you would insert an add-in graphics card....is it under the keyboard somewhere or on the underside of the notebook?

 

The e1505 was never offered with anything other than the Intel 950, x1300, and x1400 video cards. The e1705 was offered with the 7800 for a short time, but was discontinued... some believe due to heat issues, others due to supply shortages.

Depending on what model e1505 you get... it may or may not accept dedicated graphics boards... if you get one with an Intel 950... its integrated and thats it... if you get one with an x1300 or x1400 video then the graphcs card is a separate card attached to the motherboard and screwed on... its not like a memory slot or mini-pci card slot... its not intended for user replacement (although it can be).

Its unlikely that other graphics cards not designed for the e1505 would work... but if for example the 7800 gtx would work as you suggested... it would still probably fry the laptop due to heat.

Cards like the 7800gtx require dedicated cooling solutions to function in notebooks... they generate too much heat... so it they arent accounted for in the design they will not be cooled properly.

I doubt we will see anything better than the x1400 in the e1505... at least with the heat produced by any current GPUs. Theres always a chance that next generation GPUs will be less heat entensive and dell may encorporate models with them... thus allowing people to buy these new GPUs via dell parts department to upgrade... this happened with the dell 8600 but its not something to count on.

 

Seeing as how the e1505's predecessor, the i6000, nener had more than an x300, I think the x1400 was the step up. Don't count on a new card. I am curious if anyone knows how this card is. I am seriously considering getting the 1505 but the card worries me.

 

Dont bank on the x1400 card if you are going to be gaming. It uses hypermemory, which is bad. I would get something with an x1600 in a 15.4 notebook.

 

I have a E1705 with an Nvidia GeForce 7800 Go and I don't have any heat issues with it at all - in fact, its one of the coolest running notebooks I've ever used. I think it got discontinued because of supply issues. I have heard that it has begun to spring up again as an option in some South American countries though.

I think the X1400 is as good as it's going to get with the E1505. As others have said, the I6000d only came with a X300, so its only logical to assume Dell would follow suit again with something comparable.

 

I agree with xAMDvsIntelx - my friend has the E1705 with 7800 and it runs pretty cool on battery and warm plugged in. It would be nice to dream of an X1600 or 76/800 E1505 and nicer still if it came true!

 

Dell's drivers that under clock cards like the 7800 help them to run cooler. But yea... I agree a X1600 7600 or 7800 card would be sweet in something like the E1505.

 

actually there is a very good chance the next gen ATI X series cards will fit and work in the 1505 mainly due to Dell not wanting to refab the connection that this series currently uses for fututre notebooks. it makes sense because it's costs them a lot less to not have to reinvent the wheel so to speak for form factor etc... a good example would be checking the connection etc on the x300 series all the way to the x1400 and see what if any differences there are.

a couple things that might hold it back is power(heat) or volatage and or size of the card. that would really suck as I wouldn't mind being able to upgrade. I was thinking of the 1705 but that thing is just waaay too big.

 

where is the slot to add in a graphics adapter on the e1505?

 

i believe the hypermemory can be disabled which would make it a dedicated 128mb only. also, if you have enough ram then hypermemory won't take up enough ram to encroach on your game, depending on the game... i can run most older games like cod1 fine with an x300 so i can only imagine how much better it'll be with the x1400.

Thought: since the i6000 and the e1505 are nearly identical in case, could i eventually drop in an x1400 on this i6000?

 

well guys check out these pics...

here is MY e1505 motherboard...



here is the image from the dell edocs service manual...



so what doest the 7800 look like?

edit: NM the e1705/7800 looks totally different...maybe has the same connector but the module is totally different and much larger...

 

You might be able to upgrade your x300.

Here's how to remove the x300 from the 6000.

http://support.dell.com/support/edocs/systems/ins6000/en/sm/video0.htm#wp1006368

And here's how to remove the x1400/x1300 from the 6400

http://support.dell.com/support/edocs/systems/ins6400/en/sm/video.htm#wp1006368

Looks like it would fit size-wise. Connector-wise I have no idea.

 

yeah id want to be sure before i actually pull it out, i dont want to be left with an open comp and a graphics card that doesnt fit

 

Yeah, that and I'm not sure bout how the BIOS would react. A cool experiment that I would like someone to try though. As long as it's not me and my computer.

 

lol i feel the same way. so until then, i'll keep OCing the x300

 

Keep this thread alive. I'd buy a E1505 today if I thought I could upgrade to a real 3D video card. The lack of decent video cards on mid-priced laptops is why I have been putting off buying one.

Perhaps I am stating the obvious when I say that Dell likely does not want to cannibalize its XPS line buy offering top-end video cards on the Inspirons?

Can anyone try to squeeze a 7800 or X1600 in one of these babies, just as an experiment? :hardfind:

 

No, the i6000 wouldn't allow it because of the bios. Also, the 7800 and x1600 won't fit.