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Old April 16th, 2005, 12:36 PM   Digg it!   #1
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Dell Inspiron 9300 Video card upgradablity?

I'm purchasing a dell inspiron 9300 and its going to come with a 16x Nvidia 6800 and i was wondering if this will be able to be upgradable ever? or is this going to be stuck in the laptop indefinatly?

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I think that all of the new pci express cards in laptops are upgradeable. If not, I know they are in the higher end systems like the 9300 and XPS. BTW nice choice, that laptop has a very fast video card.

On a side note, even though the card is upgradeable there arn't any cards to upgrade to yet so who knows if you will ever have any good options. Newer cards might produce more heat and or won't fit into that laptop. Although no one really knows, we'll just have to wait and see.

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I think that all of the new pci express cards in laptops are upgradeable. If not, I know they are in the higher end systems like the 9300 and XPS. BTW nice choice, that laptop has the fastest video card in a laptop yet!

yeah thats what i was thinking and hoping

i dont see why people buy the new xps laptops all you have to do is upgrade a 9300 and its the same thing and cheaper it just dosent look so sweet
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Sorry I was thinking about the XPS when I wrote my first reply. The card that comes with the XPS is MUCH faster than the one you get with the 9300. Even though the cards are the same the mobile card in the 9300 is extreamly underclocked. The ati x800 Mobile or the 6800 ultra in the XPS are MUCH faster. That is one reason for the huge price difference.
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