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    Finally 9800m on M1730 North America

    Discussion in 'Gaming (Software and Graphics Cards)' started by spradhan01, Mar 9, 2009.

  1. spradhan01

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    I saw Dell XPS m1730 with 9800m GT SLI at www.dell.com. Also the laptop starts at 1699 with the latest GPU price included. I think its a pricing error.
    So guys grab ur soon if ur intending to buy one.
     
    spradhan01, Mar 9, 2009
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  2. MAG

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    As I said in your other thread :) it's the same GPU as the previous one, the name is only different.
     
    MAG, Mar 9, 2009
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    Wow what a price drop.
     
    Kevin, Mar 9, 2009
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    WOW! Didnt this use to start at $2100? If so Dell Actually was Generous.......

    I wonder what other changes were made?
     
    Red_Dragon, Mar 9, 2009
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    Yes but the benchmarks shows that 9800m gt is faster than 8800m. Also price wise 9800m gt is being sold for 100% discount as everyone was paying 1k for GPU till last week.
     
    spradhan01, Mar 9, 2009
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    Some flaws


    After looking it over..................still old processor, the Ram is still 667, and the Wifi cards are still G only......
     
    Red_Dragon, Mar 9, 2009
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    Yesterday:
    Starting price-1699 8800m SLI-Add 1000$

    Today
    Starting price-1699 9800m SLI-Add 0$

    Maybe sale price in occasion of daylight saving :p
     
    spradhan01, Mar 9, 2009
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  8. Kevin

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    No real benchmark, run with the same drivers and CPU, will show any tangible difference, because there isn't one.
     
    Kevin, Mar 9, 2009
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  9. spradhan01

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    Whatever with the bench marks, but the price is 1000$ less.
     
    spradhan01, Mar 9, 2009
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    they have to let it go for cheap. not that many people is buying them anymore. because if the santa rosa chipset, ram stuck at ddr2 667(mobo) and many more. if they did this around november when the m17(whitebook) was released, they would of flew of the shelf.

    but dont get me wrong, if i knew this was going to happen, it would be very hard to decide between my notebook and that. just look at it.
     
    dondadah88, Mar 9, 2009
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    Yes, it is still a striking notebook now give this thing an RGB :D
     
    Red_Dragon, Mar 9, 2009
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    Dell is getting desperate since their high-end stuff is pretty outdated.

    But that is a pretty sweet price point.... feels like a Arima W840 DI kind of performance/cost ratio. :)
     
    Gophn, Mar 9, 2009
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    its a pretty nice deal considering the old price, but nothing that groundbreaking unless someone can find coupons that work on it.
     
    link1313, Mar 9, 2009
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    for gaming wise and looks this would be better.

    but for everything else the M17(whitebook) i think is better by far.

    with whitebook
    stranger says "what's that." you say "it's my Ocz Whitebook" strangters thinks "what part of it is white"
    with m1730
    stranger says "OMG you have a XPS?" you say "no duh what does it say in the back?" stranger walks away because he feels stupid.
    with m17
    stranger says "OMG i alwaays wanted an alienware arent they about 1000000 dollars." you smile and chuckle "yes why you want to buy it from me?" stranger walks away because he only has a couple of dollars in his pocket right now.
     
    dondadah88, Mar 9, 2009
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    lol...nice one dondadah88 :D
     
    MAG, Mar 9, 2009
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    Thanks. i just wanted to lighting up the thread. but hopefully dell doesnt drop the xps high end series.

    how is your 8800m gtx perform? do you think the 9800m gt will be alot better then the yours?
     
    dondadah88, Mar 9, 2009
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    No I have the XPS M1730 myself and compared benchmarks against the Sager guys a long time ago. There was no difference in performance between the 8800m GTX and the 9800m GT. 9800m GTX is another story but no big difference there either.
     
    Magnus72, Mar 9, 2009
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  18. MAG

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    Honestly I doubt there is a difference between the 9800M GT and the 8800M GTX, they're the same cards, but I heard the 9800M GTX is coming, so, I'll be looking forward for that :D If not, then I'll make Dell change my 8800's to the 9800's just for the fun of it :p

    Also, I really hope they don't drop the XPS line. They have great build quality and performance! (Well, as long as they're up to date)
     
    MAG, Mar 9, 2009
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    But I feel its a preety good price compared to other laptops with 9800m. Also 90% of games are GPU limited but not CPU limited. So, I think 9800M GTX will also be offered preety soon. I dont know if that good news for others but yes, its for the one who own the M1730 as its the unexpected upgrade.
     
    spradhan01, Mar 9, 2009
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    The 9800M GTX is already offered on the M1730, at least it is in some regions. To upgrade from 9800M GT Sli to 9800M GTX Sli costs €300 over here.

    All this is kind of stupid considering the GTX260M and 280M are just a few weeks away. I know they are not much better (just more of the same G92), but initial news says they will be much better value.

    So basically Dell is waiting until a few weeks before the 9800M GTX is replaced to offer it, and then putting it in a laptop that is already obsolete a long time ago (old Santa Rosa platform).
     
    v_c, Mar 9, 2009
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    lol i would have had toruble decideing on the xps or OCZ Whitebook but i still would have chose this because of the montevina platform n 4870's..... but looks like the XPS is cheaper then the M17x with 9800gt WHOA
     
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    Well dont forget there is a cpu bottleneck with these gpu. i think these gpu's can be pushed even farther with a centrino 2 cpu.
     
    dondadah88, Mar 9, 2009
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    i want to benchmark my Whitbook to a xps. anyone intrested.
     
    dondadah88, Mar 9, 2009
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    I want to benchmark my XPS to a Whitebook. I guess you're interested :D
     
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    Hey thats great price we should check it out... :D
     
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    of course!!!!!!!!!!! what games do you have.
     
    dondadah88, Mar 9, 2009
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    I have ALL source games (L4D, CSS, TF2, Portal...) (except HL2 and it's series), COD4, RA3, Crysis (not installed now - never liked its gameplay actually) and GTA IV
     
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    I have Left for Dead. crysis, crysis warhead. DMC4. fallout 3. and more.
     
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    I just remembered I have Bioshock (which I personally don't like much), GRAW 2 and UT3 :D
     
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    Whatever..M1730 with those specs at 1699$ is way cheaper than any other. Also M17 is stylish as I have seen than any other laptops.
     
    spradhan01, Mar 9, 2009
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    sorry i'm going off and on. im' just in school and moving about. i also have ut3 but i'm locked at 62fps. it wont go anyhigher.

    so the games that we have is
    crysis
    bioshock
    L4D
    COD4
     
    dondadah88, Mar 9, 2009
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    I think dell is making a very good step now. That price makes it the KING of bang for your buck laptops. Good job DELL, now i can get one.
     
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    Forget dell, buy MSI/ASUS
    We had 9800m for a quite a long time. + they are much cheaper.
     
    KonstantinDK, Mar 9, 2009
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    yeah but not in sli.
     
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    ya...9800m sli for free in some way
     
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    Well the M17 with dual 3870s and P8400 is only $1649.00, so they compare very nicely.
     
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    Yeah but is with the 1440*900 Lcd. and that weak Cpu cant handle games as well as the other Cpu's. don't forget ati's depends on the cpu. any cpu upgrade improves performance.
     
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    why is nvidia on gddr3 and ati on gddr5?
     
    spradhan01, Mar 10, 2009
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    Because Nvidia's on crack and ATi's on acid.
     
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    But still, its old santa rosa plaform. I mean, all the other competitors out there has already got montvenia. But its a good deal!
     
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    I dont think it really matters if its santa or banta or monta...
    A cache size or 1066fsb instead of 800 doesnot matter to me at all.
    All I need is a beast gpu and X9000 is more than enough. If someone really counts all fsb and stuff then better get a Alienware desktop with gtx295 and quad sli instead of a laptop.
     
    spradhan01, Mar 10, 2009
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    Ok Dell has increased the price slightly by downgrading processor to 2.1 ghz frm 2.4,ram to 2gb from 4 gb, ageia physx etc
     
    spradhan01, Mar 12, 2009
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    Ok now the price is up.If anyone wants 98m SLI then he need to add 600$.
    Cunning Dell.
     
    spradhan01, Mar 22, 2009
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