e1705/9400 will 7800 be ok?

Ok I have a dell outlet 9400 on the way that has the 7800 geforce, I have read on the notebook forums website that it overheats and idles extremly hot at around 70-80 degrees Celcius, I also heard things like most people that had them would just complain about the heat so they could scam dell to ship them a 7900gs. so here are my questions

1. Is the card really that bad, should I have to worrie about reliability

2. I heard that you can buy a dual heat pipe like used on the GTX cards, how hard is it to install? do you have any pictures of one? also how much would it be.

3. I got a 2yr warrenty so I figuere if the card lasts a year is should last the life of the computer, what do you guys think about that.

Thanks,
Devon

 

Try this: http://www.diefer.de/i8kfan/index.html

I'd monitor it first, just to see what the laptop thinks is normal.

I'd google the BIOS version, as it can have a lot to do with the cooling.

You can use I8kfanGUI to control the fans. If it runs warm, consider a scheme where they are on low all the time, and then kick into high gear when getting really hot.

If a lot of people are having issues, you may as well.

I don't use a cooling pad, but I picked up this habit of propping my laptop up on an old bicycle reflector. Ghetto, but it raises the rear 1/4" and lets some air get under there.

 

The card I have was the only Nvidia card offered is it the same one or did they change it? Look below for mine. But anyways, mine runs at around 32 C idle.

What is a dual heat pipe?

I bought the 4 yr premium which included accident coverage, expensive, but in my mind good investment considering everything was $2500.

 

dual heat pipe is actually two separate heat pipes. What that means is that there are two heatsinks in the laptop connected to each of the two fans. E1705 has such heatsink only for the CPU/CPU fan, but not the GPU/GPU fan. XPS M1710 (which basically is a more expensive version of E1705) actually has two such heatsinks

 

Is there any room to install one? How big are they and do they make much of a difference?

It's definitely more expensive. I specd the exact same system except for 533 mhz vs 667 and there was a difference of $600. I don't know if it was just because I got lucky or if it usually is just paying $600 for the case, support, and faster ram.

 

Yeah I want to install one too, luckily you have the 7900GS which is built on a smaller process it should run a lot coooler then my 7800 so you really don't have to worry about the heat as I probably will.

 

does anyone have a answer about installing the dualheatpipe

 

Yes, the problem is finding one and the cost.

Go here and check it out; http://www.notebookforums.com/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=153

My first machine was a 7800GO, it was hot but OK. My two 7900GS cards will also creep up to 74-78C before fans kick on. For this reason i use I8KFan to run GPU fan on low for day to day use but never for gaming. One fan on low keeps my GPU around 50-53C, the CPU fan is not needed for light duty and runs cool. The BIOS will work just fine for gaming and i don't risk getting the fans shut down when needed or something else stealing CPU cycles.

Enjoy!

 

32C??? I only see that when i first turn on my laptop..same temps on TWO different 7900GS cards. If your using i8Kfan did you add the +8 degree offset?