my scratch and dent 1505/6400 is here!!

System Price : $969.00
Promotion Discount : $150.00
Final Price : $819.00
Free shipping
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Operating System
Genuine Windows XP Media Center 2005
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Memory
1 GB DDR2 SDRAM 533MHz (2 DIMMs)
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Hard Disk Drive
60 GB EIDE Hard Drive (7200 RPM)
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Video
128MB ATI MOBILITY RADEON X1300 HyperMemory
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Sound Card
Integrated Sound Blaster Audigy ADVANCED HD Audio
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Scratch & Dent
Scratch & Dent
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Media Bay
8x DVD +/- RW w/dbl layer write capability
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Base
Inspiron 6400/ E1505 Notebook: Intel Core Duo processor T2300 (2MB Cache/1.66GHz/667MHz FSB)
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Network Interface Card
Bluetooth Wireless Card
Intel Pro Wireless 3945
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NoteBook Screen
15.4 inch UltraSharp Wide Screen SXGA+ Display with TrueLife
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Misc
Keyboard On Notebook
Base Assembly
Hinge Cover
9 Cell Primary Battery
Processor Label
Remote Control for Media Center
65W Adapter
Shipping Material


so far I'm quite pleased, there is one hairline scratch on the top lid that you can only see when the light hits it a certain way, and there is a minor scuff, probably from going across the zipper of a case, total non issue, no dents, more light leakage at the bottom than I'd like, though no one likes any, its something I can deal with, another surprise I had with it is the video card, when I check the display adapter, its say at x1300 256 meg, I thought it maxed at 128? I'll post pics later and let you know more when I've had a chance to play with it some more

 

Yay. It came on time, huh? Wednedsday was the ETA? Good luck with it. Enjoy!!

 

it did come on time, as is, default drivers, dell install, I get 1294 in 3d mark 05, and 596 in 3dmark06, I'm still confused, technically the x1300 has a max memory of 128 right? 64 dedicated, and 64 hyper, windows, as well as both 3dmark versions say I have 256 meg, and the fact that 06 runs proves that, is it safe to assume I have 128 megs of dedicated video ram?

 

No it's safe to assume you have 64 MB dedicated and 192 MB shared from RAM

 

your right, I was under the assumption that 128 was the max for the x1300, in fact I think I read it a few times here

 

my "scratch and dent" m1710 came in tuesday, i haven't found a scratch on it yet. It actually came with a freaking personalization shield.

 

I'll definaetly get another scratch and dent, its got a few minor scratches, but its gonna get a lot more before I'm done with it, for 600 bucks off I kinda expected something major, sometimes a fun to be proven wrong

 

i have the same setup almost,,and i am getting 1349 in madonion 3d mark 5 with one stick of ram..should get better with another,,enabling dual channel performance.

one thing i did do..the dell download site had new drivers than what came with the notebook..i installed them..

 

I'm going to install the omegas over the weekend, you should too, they should boost your scores a bit more, 1 question, how much vram do your apps report?

 

The memory channels for Yonah aren't that good and from what i've read dual channel doesn't give nearly any performance increase.

 

Iceman, how did you get $150 off at the outlet?

Thanks.

 

that was an offer they had running at the time, I didnt do anything, it was just there, it was around memorial day weekend, not sure if that had anything to do with it or not

 

From start (order) to finish (arrive at your door) how long did it take? I am looking to buy one soon for France.

 

I orderd it late thursday night,originally it said the expected ship date was two weeks, but it shipped the next day,friday I just got standard shipping, and it was over a holiday weekend, so it took me 6 days total,I placed my order around 11 pm thursday night, and recieved it wednesday morning, I'm really pleased with the whole thing, and will definately consider going this route again

 

How is the S and D working out for you? Any new problems arrise?

 

runs like a champ so far......and I'm running it quite abit, on average at least 10 hours a day since I got it, I've had a few errors, but nothing chronic or anything I havent seen before