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    Gefore Go 8600V 128mb?(Dell XPS m1330)

    Discussion in 'Gaming (Software and Graphics Cards)' started by versusqc, Jun 27, 2007.

  1. versusqc

    versusqc Notebook Consultant

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    Hello :)
    First post on this awsome forum, I read it for a while, accumulating information for my laptop buy in start/mid august.
    I have looked a lot about those new dell, and the XPS seem to still suck after the upgrade, the 1520 got more power for less $$ than the M1330 and about same power for half the price of the xps 17". Anyway, seing a gf 8400gs on a laptop that supose to have good performance as the xps is prety bad in my sence. But this morning, In some dark page of the EPP program, I saw: Up to NVIDIA® GeForceTM Go 8600V with 128MB DDR3 dedicated graphic memory
    When I talked to a dell representative, he first said that those card are actualy in test. When I asked him if it was a less powerfull(8600m gs?) version of the 8600m gt, he wasnt sure about the question, and after about 5 minute said someting like about 8400M gs card...
    Anybody have heard someting more about those 8600V? :confused:

    VersuSqc
     
    versusqc, Jun 27, 2007
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  2. fabarati

    fabarati Frorum Obfuscator

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    Ummm... Sounds like normal Dell-rep BS.
    First things first, the mobile nVidia 8k-series has a M-suffix (8600M gt, 8400M gs), not go.
    Secondly, that graphics-card doesn not seem real. It's most likely one of these spelling errors you can see around.
    Thirdly, the reason the xps is more expensive is better build and smaller screen (and better design). It's not supposed to have better performance than a 15,4" lappy or be cheaper than an Inspiron.
     
    fabarati, Jun 27, 2007
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  3. link1313

    link1313 Notebook Virtuoso

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    8600V sounds like dell marketing trying to over play an 8400M.
     
    link1313, Jun 27, 2007
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  4. ollibolli

    ollibolli Notebook Geek

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    Since the "Go" suffix hasn't existed since pre-launch, that sounds like an old misprint that never was corrected. Happens all the time when the real product name hasn't been revealed and someone has to type up a spec in advance without knowing what it'll be.

    If it's in the XPS1330, it's definately a 8400GS.
     
    ollibolli, Jun 27, 2007
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  5. ChanchoWancho

    ChanchoWancho Notebook Consultant

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    This just appeared on the Dell NZ website about two hours ago...

    Not on the config page yet.. Could they be prepping it?

    [​IMG]

    That would be cool!
     
    ChanchoWancho, Jul 19, 2007
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    gulii Notebook Enthusiast

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    gulii, Jul 19, 2007
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