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xps 1530 graphics card
Just wondering if it is possible to upgrade to any graphics card past the 256mb 8600gt which is what i currently have. Right now it is doing the job just fine, allowing me to play games like crysis at medium detail, but i noticed that the website doesnt offer anything more powerful when you build a system, so if i wanted to upgrade, is it possible? and if not, what would be the best thing to do to get more performance out of it? i have a t7500 duo core processor at 2.20ghz, 3 gigs RAM, and a 120gb 7200rpm hardrive, so if i couldnt upgrade the GPUwhat could i upgrade to help increase performance?
ejn63
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January 4th, 2008 13:00
Not sure when it's due out and can't remember the name off the top of my head.
With laptops there's rarely a graphics upgrade path so you really have to pick one you'll be happy with from the outset.
I was tempted by the xps 1730 due to it's 2 powerful graphics cards and Aegia physics card but the battery life and size of it put me off. I believe Nvidia have now made the 8800 for laptops so should start seeing those soon and I hopefully by the time I upgrade they'll be in systems with decent battery life and with 15" screens or less.
My 1530 had 2gigs of ram but Vista automatically assigned 750mb of my system ram to the graphics card so it had a gig but this made system performance on just the 1 remaining gig poorer than I'd hoped. I got a 2gig readyboost ready memory stick (from Argos was on sale for £17) and performance has improved a lot. It's more stable - don't get the turning circle and pauses when opening new folders or apps and games run slightly better. Seeing as you have 3gig of ram you might not need this but every little helps and for £17 it's a nice cheap upgrade.
The main problem I have with the Dell laptops is the Ram. There is no option to upgrade it to faster than the standard 667mhz. With other companies you can get 1ghz+ ram which makes a significant difference. My windows vista experience score confirms my suspicion when it showed my ram as being the weakest component on my system scoring 4.8 compared to the 5.5 and 5.9 my graphics card gets (3D/2D).
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January 4th, 2008 18:00
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ejn63
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January 4th, 2008 19:00
It doesn't upgrade your video - it basically turns your notebook into a desktop system with an external video card.
I doubt the first run of 8800 notebook cards will fit into slim chassis like the 1530 - just as there were no machines of this size to take any of the 7950 cards, etc. They simply consume too much power and produce too much heat for a slimline chassis.
Message Edited by ejn63 on 01-04-2008 04:04 PM
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January 4th, 2008 19:00
http://www.asus.com/news_show.aspx?id=5369
so they're clearly having engineering issues with such a device (or have concluded the market is too small to warrant further development - rumor had it that it was going to cost about $600 with a reasonably low-end video card -- the market for a $1,000 upgrade device using an 8800 card is probably smaller than warrants the cost of development of the device).
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January 4th, 2008 22:00
I'll ask them to chase Asus for an expected release date when I get in on Monday. It would be great as I could then finally sell/get rid off my desktop.
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