DEAD DEAL-DELL XPS 1730 SLI 9800m gt for 1100$ SUPER SALE

I think you'd be extremely lucky if it stayed until the end of May.
If you want one, get it now.

 

yeah but i dont have the money now...i just have 950..

 

9800 GT

it isnt the gts version

 

yeah i'm tempted to. dell is killing alot of people right now with this deal. (if it used centrino 2 i would without a second thought hop on it.) but it's the quad that's holding me back.

 

yeah im having the same problem here....buy or not buy

 

well if your a gamer and don't encode or decode videos, or if you don't compress big files, then this is the right machine. plus look at the price. OMG. i'm dying over here. it is making me think, "do i really need a quad?" Lol.

 

If by "newer" you mean other Penrym's, yes. If by "newer" you mean the current Montevina's, no.

 

Thanks! I understand that the 64-bit can read the memory, but I am concerned that the chipset is actually hardwired to top out at 4GB, so therefore even a 64-bit OS won't address all 4GB of RAM that I install (which is why the Dell rep said they ship it with the 32-bit OS). This is an example of what I am talking about (especially post#6 by Shyster1):

http://forum.notebookreview.com/showthread.php?t=274364&highlight=address+space

Sorry if I am belaboring the point; I just want to make an informed decision.

Thanks to everybody for all the help.

 

ok i understand what u said but idk the answer

sorry

 

the new bios on the m1730 can read up to 8gb of ram @667mhz. of cousre that is with a x64 OS.

 

hey guys ! I come from China and now live in China.
I wanna but two now. I really itch to pick out the money from my pocket and try to grab 2.
BUt I can not becasue I live in China and DELL do not sell such promotion types to here. Now I am finding my friend to help me so.
I called a DELL sales agent yesterday, a girl names Catherine, she told me that the price is of no problem. She also have no idea why it is so cheap. She alo remind that the promotion price may only last for a week. Promotion normally last from Thursday to next Wednesday.
Now I am waiting for news from my United States friend and wait for wire transfer him money.
See, how funny, I have the money right now, but I can not buy it.

And one more interesting is: Just like
Quote:
No they didn't....I went in a different way (not using the link in the front of this thread ) and it defaulted to a 8700 SLI, and messed the pricing up as well. But I just double-checked my order and it definitely has the 9800 SLI on mine.

Here is also like this situation. I can open the thread gaven by Mr.Moo. But when I logn in the DELL USA official wen site, I just can not find this XPS 1730 with such low price. I can only find some XPS M1730 with more than $2000.
So interesting? Maybe man can only find that in USA?

 

From Intel's Web site, regarding the 945PM mobile chipset:

Dual-channel DDR2 667MHz Memory Support Up to 10.7GB/s of bandwith and up to 4GB memory addressability, for faster system responsiveness.

Doh!!!! After I posted this, I realized that the 1730 has the 965 chipset. But it does support 8GB of memory.

 

this deal will not stay open to may you better just buy it now for the 999 deal im telling you

then upgrade your self(i can help)

 

^ truth. don't wait or you'll be sorry.

 

How do you reach this deal from the main dell site?

 

by the link i posted on the first page

its a promotional deal only that link ,,,, and that link is on the dell site .....

 

I'm wondering about the HDD pricing and processor. Should I upgrade to 2.4GHz atleast? From T8100 to T8300 (60$)? Or are there better alternatives?

And the HDD pricing

Default is the 320GB 7200 RPM, but you can change to 2x 320GB 5400 RPM (640GB) for no charge. For 25$ less, you can get 2x 250GB 5400 RPM. For 50$ less you can get 250GB 7200 RPM.

For 25$ more, you get the 500GB 7200 RPM. For 100$, you get the 128GB SSD, add a 25$ on top of that you get a Raid setup with the 128GB + 250GB 7200 RPM (one for performance, the other for storage!). 300$ 2x128GB SSD OR (weird) just one 256GB SSD for the same 300$.

I mean even through that it seems like you can get a deal, maybe even ordering one with 2 HDD's and just selling one.

Speed: 320GB SATA Hard Drive (7200RPM) with Free Fall Sensor [Included in Price]
Speed: 250GB 7200rpm SATA Hard Drive Free Fall Sensor [subtract $50]
RAID Protection: 640GB (2x320GB) 5400RPM add $0
RAID Protection: 250GB (2x250GB) 5400RPM [subtract $25]
High Performance: 128GB Solid State Drive [add $100 or $3/month1]
RAID High Performance 256GB (2x128GB) Solid State Drive [add $300 or $9/month1]
Reliability: 128GB Solid State Drive plus 250GB SATA HD (7200RPM w/ FFS) [add $125 or $4/month1]
Speed: 500GB SATA Hard Drive (7200RPM) with Free Fall Sensor [add $25 or $1/month1]
Speed and Size Really Do Matter
Ultra Performance: 256GB Solid State Drive [add $300 or $9/month1]

 

if you don't want to DIY it, go with the lowest 6MB FSB processor and call it a day.

 

best way to go is get the lowest every thing for 999 then upgrade your self for way cheaper

 

Even with the odd HDD pricings there?

 

I know that is truth! i call DELL's girl and confirm that.
Thannks a lot! Mr. Moo. You are realy good man. You share such nice news with us. You can not image how many poeple in this planet wants to order it now. Here me and my 5 colleagues are contacting our relatives in USA to process.

 

At least for what i see on ebay the cpu upgrade worth don't it?

 

When I get this book, I wanna change the CPU from T8100 to E8435. Could I?
How about the resolution of the LCD, 1900*1200? Can I let DELL to makeit to be 1440*900?

 

the highest you can go on this laptop is a x9000

and it seems you cannot change the screen

 

E8435 is a desktop cpu, this laptop only take mobile core 2. E.g:

T8300
T9300
T9500
X9000

Dell only offered WUXGA screen on M1730, its an awesome screen with remarkable contrast ratio. If you find text too small though, you can turn up the DPI setting in OS to make font look bigger.

 

Quicklite! Thanks man! Now i see.
I am stilling for wire transfer the money soon.
God, please let me spend my money and buy this thing please.

 

what about battery and weight? You can disable the second card for battery usage cant u? How long will it last then(one gpu)? How much does it weigh?

 

The screen on the m1730 very good, you don't have to worry about it.

 

the point was he wanted 1440 res

 

Well, he can change it, but of course, he has to buy a 17-inch screen (16 by 10) with the 1440x900 resolution and then just replace it. But why would someone prefer a lower resolution screen especially on a 17-inch?

 

some people like it bigger

better gaming ?

id love a 1900 screen

 

Trust me, once you use 1920x1200, you won't want to go back.

 

i want one .... i have had one

 

OOOOOOO dude that is the worst comment ever

OK WoW is quite large

the 1730 does not work well with WoW/ aratard/ due to WoW lack of optimization for SLI

and they are discounting it due to the new AW laptop being released in 18 days(dell is not fully merged and backing AW with money). They did not want 2 laptops competeing so they are getting rid of one( the older less powerful one)

please get your facts straight

thank you

will

 

The m1730 comes with 3 different displays Sharp, Samsung and LG. The one you're taking about is the LG. I kinda like it for some reason. The colors pop out and look very nice, but yeah, some colors might not be too accurate.

 

arrghh car payment is too much for me to jump on this deal right now. i'm just glad i got rid of my broken M1710 before this deal hit the market lol. oh well i needed to study for lsat anyway. i would've had far too much fun with this thing in the summer.

 

I had a 17" at 1920x1200 and I prefer 1680x1050. But given the choice between 1920x1200 and 1440x900, I'd choose 1440x900.

 

watch ur mouth, tauren! based on ur comment, you definitely hasnt nevr owned m1730 or ever played WOW. moo..........

 

I've called out Moo in the past for making claims without much foundation, but I don't see anything wrong with what he said, since it's true.
You don't have to have owned an M1730 or have played WoW to know that WoW is not SLI optimized, and it does seem that Dell is about to be pushing a new high end gamer, which explains the liquidation. "WoW not catching on" is definitely not a reason for this laptop being sold at such a low price...

 

Well...maybe it's just me

 

i have trouble reading 1440x900 on 14" but 1920x1200 on 17" is not bad at all. everything looks beautiful on WUXGA.

 

what about battery and weight? You can disable the second card for battery usage cant u? How long will it last then(one gpu)? How much does it weigh?

 

You guys can list all of the negatives for this computer all day long. And they are all good cases. BUT those are true for a $3000 computer. For $1K you can not get anything better. not even for $1.5K. Build quality and power is topnotch. Support and warranty is also top notch.

My 1/5 dime.

 

The weight is around 11 pounds. I am not sure if you can get extra battery usage if you disable one GPU. I know you can squeeze 1 hour and 15 minutes of web browsing when running in Power Saver mode and low LCD brightness. Remember, this laptop isn't made to be used on battery.

 

lol you cannot disable one GPU

 

He means disabling it from the device manager which I know other m1730 owners do, but I am not sure if they get extra battery usage.

 

that uninstalls it maybe you get a little better battary life if its not reading the card or useing it in any way but no that does not stop the system from sending power .....

could be wrong though Ask Hep he is smarter then me

 

i plan on useing battery in classes/college (not to play but web browsing and word docs) and i wont need two gpus when on battery so if i can disable it when on battery i can make the battery last a tad longer.

 

i know that but i do not think there is a way to physically disable it except removing it

 

Well, I guess the m1730 is not the machine for you since battery life is important for you.