Tell me if this makes sense......please.

ok, so the old m9750 laptop is 17 inches, with T7200, and 7950 GTX meaning its more of a power hog. Well the new laptop has a 8800m gtx, T7600, and is smaller 15.4 inches, either way alienware gives me bull saying that my computer is not powerful enough (watts) to power the new stuff, while all of them take a fraction of the power, my card takes 40, and 8800m is 35, regardless im wondering should i just buy it and install myself?Tell me if this makes sense......please.
Alienware has always been know as a company that wants your money no matter what, though I have no idea with laptops. If what they say is true then you would have wasted money but it probibly could be fixed by switching one part.Tell me if this makes sense......please.
ya thats whati was thinking lol they were saying o no u can upgrade then they were like ummm no not compatible, i believe they are riding the m15x hype train. cuz both cards are mxm III
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Alienware after your money? *Shock, horror*
no i know they are after my money lol but im saying is am i right or are they right, can i upgrade?
[QUOTE=''TrooperManaic'']Alienware has always been know as a company that wants your money no matter what, though I have no idea with laptops. If what they say is true then you would have wasted money but it probibly could be fixed by switching one part.[/QUOTE] [QUOTE=''death1505921'']Alienware after your money? *Shock, horror*[/QUOTE]Dell want your money, nvidia want your money Ati want your money newegg want your money no matter what.... two very dumb posts from guys who usually talk alot of sense... and btw to TC your new one is more of a powerhog.. FYI the 8800mgtx is not 35 watts by a long shot...

[QUOTE=''yoyo462001''][QUOTE=''TrooperManaic'']Alienware has always been know as a company that wants your money no matter what, though I have no idea with laptops. If what they say is true then you would have wasted money but it probibly could be fixed by switching one part.[/QUOTE] [QUOTE=''death1505921'']Alienware after your money? *Shock, horror*[/QUOTE]Dell want your money, nvidia want your money Ati want your money newegg want your money no matter what.... two very dumb posts from guys who usually talk alot of sense... and btw to TC your new one is more of a powerhog.. FYI the 8800mgtx is not 35 watts by a long shot...
[/QUOTE]While the numbers maybe wrong, the 8800m GTX uses less power than the 7950 GTX, at least according to AnandTech.''The 8800M GTX ends up using slightly less power than the last-gen Go 7950 GTX,'' It says that right below the charts.
[QUOTE=''ch5richards''][QUOTE=''yoyo462001''][QUOTE=''TrooperManaic'']Alienware has always been know as a company that wants your money no matter what, though I have no idea with laptops. If what they say is true then you would have wasted money but it probibly could be fixed by switching one part.[/QUOTE] [QUOTE=''death1505921'']Alienware after your money? *Shock, horror*[/QUOTE]Dell want your money, nvidia want your money Ati want your money newegg want your money no matter what.... two very dumb posts from guys who usually talk alot of sense... and btw to TC your new one is more of a powerhog.. FYI the 8800mgtx is not 35 watts by a long shot...
[/QUOTE]While the numbers maybe wrong, the 8800m GTX uses less power than the 7950 GTX, at least according to AnandTech.''The 8800M GTX ends up using slightly less power than the last-gen Go 7950 GTX,'' It says that right below the charts. [/QUOTE]Ya lol i know, thats why i was like ummmm wtf????? Lol it takes less to power it why cant u upgrade it? Thats mxm III same as mine
Sounds like Alienware is either full of BS, or has someone who knows nothing about the laptop answering your question.I guess it is possible it won't physically fit, or there is some sort of compatibility issues, but it seem as though power would not be a problem.
[QUOTE=''ch5richards'']Sounds like Alienware is either full of BS, or has someone who knows nothing about the laptop answering your question.I guess it is possible it won't physically fit, or there is some sort of compatibility issues, but it seem as though power would not be a problem.[/QUOTE]why would it not fit, i believe its the exact same ''chip'' size etc.....
[QUOTE=''xfactor19990''][QUOTE=''ch5richards'']Sounds like Alienware is either full of BS, or has someone who knows nothing about the laptop answering your question.I guess it is possible it won't physically fit, or there is some sort of compatibility issues, but it seem as though power would not be a problem.[/QUOTE]why would it not fit, i believe its the exact same ''chip'' size etc.....[/QUOTE]I have no idea really, I don't know what they look like or how big they are, just making random guesses.
[QUOTE=''ch5richards''][QUOTE=''xfactor19990''][QUOTE=''ch5richards''] Sounds like Alienware is either full of BS, or has someone who knows nothing about the laptop answering your question.I guess it is possible it won't physically fit, or there is some sort of compatibility issues, but it seem as though power would not be a problem.[/QUOTE]why would it not fit, i believe its the exact same ''chip'' size etc.....[/QUOTE]I have no idea really, I don't know what they look like or how big they are, just making random guesses.[/QUOTE]http://images.google.com/images?svnum=10%26um=1%26hl=en%26q=8800m%26ie=UTF-8%26sa=N%26tab=wi
inorder to change the GPU your going to have to spend quite alot of money hiring someone who knoes about this stuff, because its soldered onto the motherboard, you will not be able to do it yourself.
[QUOTE=''yoyo462001'']inorder to change the GPU your going to have to spend quite alot of money hiring someone who knoes about this stuff, because its soldered onto the motherboard, you will not be able to do it yourself.[/QUOTE]it is NOT soddered. there is this thing called MXM and its like PCI-E for notebooks tho, see the 7950 GTX is MXM III, as is the 8800m gtx
[QUOTE=''yoyo462001'']inorder to change the GPU your going to have to spend quite alot of money hiring someone who knoes about this stuff, because its soldered onto the motherboard, you will not be able to do it yourself.[/QUOTE] Yeah, its not that easy at all. You need an expert that you feel he can do this job. I dun think you want someone to destroy yout toy or do yo ?
lol but im 100% sure its not soddered. I can open it and even add another 7950GTX etc right now assuming i get card and cables
[QUOTE=''xfactor19990''][QUOTE=''yoyo462001'']inorder to change the GPU your going to have to spend quite alot of money hiring someone who knoes about this stuff, because its soldered onto the motherboard, you will not be able to do it yourself.[/QUOTE]it is NOT soddered. there is this thing called MXM and its like PCI-E for notebooks tho, see the 7950 GTX is MXM III, as is the 8800m gtx[/QUOTE]ok, where are you going to get the GTX module from? because they are hardly anywhere on the market and second of all you have to take into account that MXM is mainly for manufacturers to easily change GPU and i guesing you dont know much about the different heat dispersion each module has... to be honest it is really not worth it at all.

im not saying i want to do it, however, i think its complete BS that they wont upgrade it, all i want is to pay for my new card and get it installed
[QUOTE=''xfactor19990'']im not saying i want to do it, however, i think its complete BS that they wont upgrade it, all i want is to pay for my new card and get it installed[/QUOTE] well this is only for uk but they can be bought seprately http://www.nvidia.co.uk/page/geforce_8800m.html