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    upgrading dell vostro 1710 laptop

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by carmos, Sep 30, 2008.

  1. carmos

    carmos Newbie

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    hi all,i have a vostro 1700 series.it came with an nvidia 8600 m gt 256.i wanted to upgrade to 512 8600 gt or 512 8700 gt.is this possible and if so.who sells thses video cards? thanks for any help. :confused:
     
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  2. Hep!

    Hep! sees beauty in everything

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    Not possible. Sorry.
     
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    Andy Notebook Prophet

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    Not going to happen.
     
    Andy, Sep 30, 2008
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    sxusteven Notebook Evangelist

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    You want desktop cards?...
    In any case, I don't htink vostro 1710 has MXM even if you meant M, so it's not gonna happen. Also, 8600M and 8700M GT 512 performs same as 256...
     
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  5. carmos

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    thanks for the info and help everyone. :(
     
    carmos, Sep 30, 2008
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