Please Dell! Listen to the people! The people know what they want! I have a dream! A dream of my Dell Inspiron 8200 knocking the socks off of my friends custom built rigs at a LAN Party! A dream of making them feel sorry they carried there 100 pound computers to the party when mine ways 10. A dream of someone telling someonelse to buy a Dell laptop instead of an Alienware laptop! Seriously tho, I was thinkin of selling this Inspiron 8200 for an Alienware. Those things use 128mb graphics cards.....why can't we? And to tell you the truth, 2400 dollars for an alienware sounds pretty darn good considerin what your getting. Think about it Dell! Give us 128mb graphics cards for our Inspiron 8200's and whatever else we're using! Don't make us drop our Dells and go gather round Alienware!
To be honest, I was shocked when I called Dell to order a vid. card upgrade and they told me there wasn't one!!!
I have used Dell in both a professional, and a personal role for years. I have never really had a complaint with them useing thier corporate services, but when they offer high end personal laptops, with removable videocards, sold under the pre-tense of being "mobile desktops", I am in the opinion they should offer upgrades to enhance the mobile desk-top concept. A videocard upgrade is an essential part of this concept. When I ordered my i8100, Dell sold it to as a mobile gaming platform, upgradable videocards is again a vital part of the mobile gaming concept. 3d gaming relies on the ability to upgrade. (lets be honest, you do not need a 2.4ghz CPU, and 128MB of video memory to run MS word.) Since the insperion line of laptops is not sold as a mobile 3d workstation (for mobile 3d development, or auto-cad type uses), it's only intended use is that of gaming; after all, offering a 64mb 3d card is only viable in a gaming role. To that end, Dell has sold mobile gaming platforms, but is failing to follow though with upgrades to these platforms.
I would ask, nay, Insist that Dell offers these upgrades, failure to do so is a failure to properly support the intent, and purpose, and viability of thier products.
Would love to have an option to upgrade the vid card on the Inspiron 5100. The 64 MB Mobility Radeon 7500 is quite okay, but it's getting seriously outdated. An M9 chipset would be totally awesome. This laptop is great in every other way.
@KKundaje wrote:
Would love to have an option to upgrade the vid card on the Inspiron 5100. The 64 MB Mobility Radeon 7500 is quite okay, but it's getting seriously outdated. An M9 chipset would be totally awesome. This laptop is great in every other way.
I would also very much like the opportunity to upgrade the video card in my Inspiron 8200. It would make the initial investment in a laptop seem slightly more reasonable. I would imagine that more people would purchase a dell laptop if they knew they could upgrade things like the video card at a later date. One of the reasons that I bought the Inspiron 8200 was because it had offered the ATI Radeon 9000 Mobile. If I had the option for something better at the the time I would have bought that. However, seeing that Murphy's law seems to go about 3 times faster for graphics hardware as opposed to processors, I think it only makes sense to provide video card upgrades. Since it's not an issue with CPU or memory. Todays graphics cards are practically self contained. The only thing I would be slightly concerned about would be the added power consumption a newer card might add. However, 95% of the time I run my laptop on AC and the rest of the time I have two batteries in!
On a slightly related note, how would people feel about a dell trade-up program. Maybe something similar to ATI's video card trade-up program. Just a thought.
I would love to see upgradable graphics in Dell laptops. I have always tried to use Dell systems as I like to have one relationship to maintain with my suppliers but the lack of video performance with Dell's current GPU options has forced me to look in other directions for laptop purchases. Upgradable components would allow the replacement of underperforming components with more acceptable future options and allow us more flexibility in purchasing.
I would like to buy a Geforce 2 Go for my INSPIRON 4100. I know it fits and I know I am capable of replacing the old ATI M6. Just sell me the card, not the mainboard/vga-card combo as you always would like to urge me to.
Count me in....as a seven year professional environment Dell user and a new i8600 owner I could really use that 9600 when I'm not in a professional environment.
Message Edited by jettisoned on 11-09-2003 02:37 PM
You can count me in! I am all for it. I've upgraded my Harddrive from a 4200rpm 20gig to a 5400rpm 60gig, Ram increased from 128 to 512mb. Thats $700.00 Just on upgraded Hardware. In other words about $2700.00 total investment on my 8100. DELL! Hello! what does that tell you! I spend money on Upgrades! This is as far as I can upgrade with my 2-1/2 year old 8100. I should have done my homework on this card because gf2g will not stop freezing up, and no Video Drivers that work... But, who knew. I am not (yet)confident enough to modify inf files to use the N-vidia Det Drivers. I want to upgrade my video card to something that works. I can't upgrade to something I want with the motherboard and type of screen I have. At the rate that vidio gaming and other software is changing I see only one option Dell has to stay in competion and I hope they decide to do it. If they don't New and old customers will go elseware. I've learned a lesson.
atla5
Dual boot OS Red Hat 9, Windows XP Home, Pentium III 1.13GHz 60 GB 5200rpm HDD upgraded, MiniPCI 56K+10/100 15" Super XGA+, 512MB Ram Upgraded. 16MB DDR 4X AGP Nvidia GeForce 2 , 2964 Video Driver, A15 Bios, Fixed DVD- ROM Drive Toshiba SD-C2502 Removable Bay 16X CDRW Mod Drive Teac CD-W216E, 3.5 Floppy Disk Drive. Texas Instruments IEEE 1394 Firewire.
i have a 600m and i woiuld love to have a video upgrade. But i heard it is impossible because the motherboards are specially designed for the gfx card that it comes with. And i duno if Dell personells will take this into consideration.
hotshot8867
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November 7th, 2003 23:00
Feld
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November 7th, 2003 23:00
Ron Henderson
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November 8th, 2003 01:00
To be honest, I was shocked when I called Dell to order a vid. card upgrade and they told me there wasn't one!!!
I have used Dell in both a professional, and a personal role for years. I have never really had a complaint with them useing thier corporate services, but when they offer high end personal laptops, with removable videocards, sold under the pre-tense of being "mobile desktops", I am in the opinion they should offer upgrades to enhance the mobile desk-top concept. A videocard upgrade is an essential part of this concept. When I ordered my i8100, Dell sold it to as a mobile gaming platform, upgradable videocards is again a vital part of the mobile gaming concept. 3d gaming relies on the ability to upgrade. (lets be honest, you do not need a 2.4ghz CPU, and 128MB of video memory to run MS word.) Since the insperion line of laptops is not sold as a mobile 3d workstation (for mobile 3d development, or auto-cad type uses), it's only intended use is that of gaming; after all, offering a 64mb 3d card is only viable in a gaming role. To that end, Dell has sold mobile gaming platforms, but is failing to follow though with upgrades to these platforms.
I would ask, nay, Insist that Dell offers these upgrades, failure to do so is a failure to properly support the intent, and purpose, and viability of thier products.
Ron Henderson
KKundaje
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November 8th, 2003 02:00
zotive
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November 8th, 2003 03:00
AaronGamer
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November 8th, 2003 03:00
I agree 100%
m3ssy
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November 8th, 2003 08:00
*SIGNED!
Dell-Supported video upgrades is an excellent idea! Fingers crossed
DjMuzz UK
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November 8th, 2003 18:00
Count me in
chaos_51
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November 8th, 2003 23:00
I would also very much like the opportunity to upgrade the video card in my Inspiron 8200. It would make the initial investment in a laptop seem slightly more reasonable. I would imagine that more people would purchase a dell laptop if they knew they could upgrade things like the video card at a later date. One of the reasons that I bought the Inspiron 8200 was because it had offered the ATI Radeon 9000 Mobile. If I had the option for something better at the the time I would have bought that. However, seeing that Murphy's law seems to go about 3 times faster for graphics hardware as opposed to processors, I think it only makes sense to provide video card upgrades. Since it's not an issue with CPU or memory. Todays graphics cards are practically self contained. The only thing I would be slightly concerned about would be the added power consumption a newer card might add. However, 95% of the time I run my laptop on AC and the rest of the time I have two batteries in!
On a slightly related note, how would people feel about a dell trade-up program. Maybe something similar to ATI's video card trade-up program. Just a thought.
Thanks for allowing this discussion!
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Inspiron 8200, 2.0 Ghz, 512 RAM, 40GB HD, 64 MB ATI Radeon 9000 mobility!
Vakriel
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November 9th, 2003 01:00
I would love to see upgradable graphics in Dell laptops. I have always tried to use Dell systems as I like to have one relationship to maintain with my suppliers but the lack of video performance with Dell's current GPU options has forced me to look in other directions for laptop purchases. Upgradable components would allow the replacement of underperforming components with more acceptable future options and allow us more flexibility in purchasing.
nileshgh
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November 9th, 2003 12:00
silvertex
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November 9th, 2003 17:00
I would like to buy a Geforce 2 Go for my INSPIRON 4100. I know it fits and I know I am capable of replacing the old ATI M6. Just sell me the card, not the mainboard/vga-card combo as you always would like to urge me to.
Regards,
silver
jettisoned
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November 9th, 2003 20:00
Count me in....as a seven year professional environment Dell user and a new i8600 owner I could really use that 9600 when I'm not in a professional environment.
Message Edited by jettisoned on 11-09-2003 02:37 PM
atla5
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November 9th, 2003 20:00
Dell,
You can count me in! I am all for it. I've upgraded my Harddrive from a 4200rpm 20gig to a 5400rpm 60gig, Ram increased from 128 to 512mb. Thats $700.00 Just on upgraded Hardware. In other words about $2700.00 total investment on my 8100. DELL! Hello! what does that tell you! I spend money on Upgrades! This is as far as I can upgrade with my 2-1/2 year old 8100. I should have done my homework on this card because gf2g will not stop freezing up, and no Video Drivers that work... But, who knew. I am not (yet)confident enough to modify inf files to use the N-vidia Det Drivers. I want to upgrade my video card to something that works. I can't upgrade to something I want with the motherboard and type of screen I have. At the rate that vidio gaming and other software is changing I see only one option Dell has to stay in competion and I hope they decide to do it. If they don't New and old customers will go elseware. I've learned a lesson.
atla5
Dual boot OS Red Hat 9, Windows XP Home, Pentium III 1.13GHz
60 GB 5200rpm HDD upgraded, MiniPCI 56K+10/100
15" Super XGA+, 512MB Ram Upgraded.
16MB DDR 4X AGP Nvidia GeForce 2 ,
2964 Video Driver, A15 Bios,
Fixed DVD- ROM Drive Toshiba SD-C2502
Removable Bay 16X CDRW Mod Drive
Teac CD-W216E, 3.5 Floppy Disk Drive.
Texas Instruments IEEE 1394 Firewire.
Message Edited by atla5 on 11-10-2003 01:59 PM
Ancientmtk
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November 9th, 2003 21:00