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Mark1993

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July 7th, 2007 12:00

Video Card Upgrade in E1705

My E1705 curretly has ATi mobility radeon x1400 hypermemory card. Is there anything higher to uprade to that is compatilbe with the E1705? and exactly were in the laptop is the video card located?

ejn63

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July 7th, 2007 12:00

Under the keyboard; yes, there's an nVidia 7900GS card - it is, like almost all notebook card, proprietary so you must order it from Dell or a Dell parts reseller.

Cost for the 256M 7900GS is $400.

Dell Spare Parts 1-800-449-3355 ext 7269937

Mark1993

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July 7th, 2007 13:00

I chated with a dell tech support agent, he told me that the 256MB Nvidia GeForce GS OC GDDR3 APG Card (price runs $200 less than 7900 gs) is compatible with the E1705 and would be better for my system becasue the 7900 gs requires a little more system performance than i have. Is it true?
 
My specs:
 
Intel core 2 duo @ 2.0 GHz
160gb hardrive
2GB Ram @ 533MHz
Current vid card: Ati mobility radoen x1400 hypermemory
 
Also, I checked dell for the 7900 GS, but i only found the 7900 GT, what is the difference?
 
 


Message Edited by Mark1993 on 07-07-2007 09:24 AM

Message Edited by Mark1993 on 07-07-2007 09:28 AM

ejn63

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July 7th, 2007 14:00

Sounds like they looked up a desktop card, which won't fit in the 1705.

There's no option for anything AGP - you have a proprietary PCI Express socket, and the 7900GS is the only card from nVidia ever built for this model system.

Mark1993

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July 7th, 2007 15:00

I just want to make sure, Is this the 256mb Nvidia GeForce Go 7900 Gs you talking about?
 
I also see it has a s vidoe port, but on the back of the E1705 there are no s vidoe ports where the graphics card ports are.
 
 
If not can you give me a link to it
 
does it have to be form dell, this looks like it might fit, im not sure if it is a desktop or laptop card though.

 

Here is the link to the card the tech agent shoed me:

http://search.dell.com/results.aspx?s=dhs&c=us&l=en&cs=19&k=++GeForce+7800+GS+OC+256+MB+GDDR3+AGP+Graphics+Card++&cat=all&x=5&y=8




Message Edited by Mark1993 on 07-07-2007 11:43 AM

ejn63

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July 7th, 2007 16:00

What you've linked is a desktop card. You cannot use a card other than ones for an E1705/Inspiron 9400 notebook, and only Dell sells
them - or a Dell parts reseller.

There is a 7800 card - it's this one: http://www.impactcomputers.com/uf804.html

The 7900GS is likely available only from Dell Spare Parts; I have not see it elsewhere.

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