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

the m17 gets 2 hours if you under volt and use SSD MAYBE 2:30 -2:45



m15x with Binary GFX enable and Smart bay battary gets 6 hours

 

yeah perhaps its the 8662 with 260 for me

 

do u guys know if the laptop supports the x9100?

 

i think it only suports x9000

 

It doesn't. Only the X9000, but you can overclock it though.

 

yeah.........but it is a good cpu anyway

 

the x9000 is the highest santa rosa CPU and the 1730 support over clocking via multipliers in BIOS. only extremes though

 

Still overall a good laptop, now I need to get something small to travel with. Any suggestions??

 

i going to get this cpu if i get this deal but i will take another 4 months

 

it will game very good in the mean time

Nvidida GPU's are not cpu dependent

Any game at a low resolution will be bottlenecked at a low resolution

high resolution is GPU bottleneck

 

netbook (8.9") small or like lenovo x61 small (12.1")

 

also, regardless of being an older platform.

this deal kicks major donkey. (figure out the donkey)

 

I agree.

You will find that if you're to purchase just that GPU part alone from the Dell Spare Parts department, it will cost $1,000+! IMO, this XPS M1730 offer is not only a very good deal, it is simply "unbelievably" good! So for once, this is the kind of deal that "if you believe it is too good to be true, IT REALLY IS TRUE!"

 

This is so tempting, but I recently made a commitment to play video games less.

This would not have a positive effect on that.

 

agree'd if you bought this and did not play games you would be RETARDED lol and your not but playing games now can help you feel better about these bad times

 

gaming laptops are the best laptops, because they can do everything else other then gaming.....just dont game on it, or game less then you do now

 

get it and leave on 9800m gt in there sell the other and you have a 700$ laptop that looks sweet and has a back up card for gaming

 

I have a decent desktop (E8400/6GB PC2-6400/8800GTS G92/500GB 7200.11 RAID 1) that I do a lot of gaming on.
I could of course buy this, upgrade it to 4GB of RAM, add in BT, Intel 5300, RAID1 500GB 7200RPM drives, Vista Business X64, and an X9000 and sell off my desktop...
But by then I've spent $1700, and I won't even get $700 for my desktop.
This would only be slightly better than my desktop is.
And I will move this once every month.
That's a lot to spend for something that will replace something you already have and is working well.

If I could get $700 for my desktop I'd consider doing what I said above, just because then I could sneakily play video games in another room while my girlfriend is sleeping.


THIS IS HARD ENOUGH AS IT IS, STOP MAKING ME WANT TO BUY ONE MORE.
Thankfully it's not Montevina or the order would've already been placed.

 

mummmmm xps goodness

 

cmon....at this price..it cant be beat!!!!!!!!!!

 

yeah man the price is crazy

 

...thinking of selling the P-7805u...

j/k.

If it was 15", I'd be all over this one---

 

LMAO

I couldn't pass this up, I actually bought it within 10-20 mins of reading the post in the sager forum a couple days ago. I didn't even think it would go through, because I thought it was a mistake or something lol. But its real, my order is currently "In Production".

This thing is gonna blow my X205 away, just hope I can adjust to normal laptop speakers.

 

Good lord, I hope this deal lasts until the twentieth. Or at least about three more days.

I want to pull the trigger, but I'm going to aim first, to push that metaphor to its absolute limits.

 

it will last until the 20th eactly

 

Thanks for the info. Turns out: 1) I assumed the Dell rep was referring to a hardwired limitation, as opposed to something that can be fixed via the BIOS, and 2) the Dell rep neglected to tell me that said BIOS existed. I have since done a lot of homework and now know that I will be just fine with the PM965 chipset. So, long story short (too late) I finally ordered mine. Now maybe I can get some sleep.

Thanks to everyone for the help!

 

if it would stay until middle of june i would get it

 

svideo out is fine

 

arghhh i have this just sitting in my cart mocking me

 

To buy, or not to buy

:X i don't think that a dual core will be enough even for gaming in the next year, santa rosa is slow, the battery time doesn't exists (ok i know it's a DTR but everyone likes battery time).

But this thing is very well built, incredible cheap...

Oh god :X

 

yeah .... im having the same problem.... pisses me off....in a good way

 

there's a part of me that wants this deal to go away so it'll stop taunting me lol. sucks for me but sucks even more for anyone who recently purchased a gaming notebook with similar specs.

 

yeah ....i really want to get it but i really want to wait for the the new laptops from AW

 

All else aside, the bang for the buck factor is quite nice. This new laptop from Alienware will probably be triple that price.

 

Thank goodness it's a 17 incher. It makes it easier for me to resist it!

 

do u guys know how crysis will run?

 

Not that this should even sway my decision, but does this include a webcam?

 

Yes. It has.

 

yeah i was hoping i would get home and the deal would be over hate to say that but then i would not have to decide another day

 

has anybody received email confirmation(not acknowledgment email) yet? confirmation email has order number and usually follows the first email (acknowledgment email).

 

i know someone who ordered and they did..

 

nomoredell, why do you keep saying it's for WoW? WoW is not even SLI optimized neither does it require a strong video card to run at max.

Also, what's the return policy on this? Will they charge a 15% restocking fee? Free shipping back if I have issues?

 

Wondering if anyone could shine more light on this.

Also, will the XPS be realistically bottlenecked by the Santa Rosa and DDR2 or only on rare occasions?

 

I got mine. I ordered over the phone. Estimated delivery date 6/12.

 

How did you get them to place the order? after more than an hour and 3 different CSR, I was not able to, each one of them seemed more interested in pushing the xps studio 16 and had an excuse for not being able to pull the system from my cart, finally after 1 hour my stupid iphone(hate that stupid phone) died and by time I could call again they were closed (I shall try again tomorrow). Did you give them the catalog ID or something? please master share your secret with this young padawan, thank you. LOL

 

when i called to check total pricing they had no issues i just didnt place the order at that time...

 

anybody able to get the 64bit vista instead of 32bit???

 

didnt ask i would just "get" the disc when you get the system and do a fresh install anyway i had a few 1730's and they all ran much better with a fresh vista install and the drivers. just use the key on the notebook it will activate both 32 and 64bit

 

why did you get rid of them?

 

ohokk..did not know that the key activate both 32 and 64 bit vistas...i will do the same...thanks