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Gathering INFO on video card upgrades
I receive a lot of emails asking that I include what video cards are available as an upgrade. I have decided to create a web page on my web site that addresses this question. I have gathered together some of what I believe can be done. I would like anyone's input as to additions to my list and corrections to my list. I would even welcome links to video drivers that work better than Dell's for a particular combination.
Here is my "may not be accurate" list. Help me make it a complete and accurate list. All Dell notebook's are welcome adds to the list.
Links to pictures of the video cards would also be appreciated.
I9100
ATI 9700
XPS
ATI 9700
I4150
ati radeon 32mb
I8000
32Mb GeForce2 Go
ATI-M4 32mg
GeForce4 Go 64mb video board part number - 5J149
ATI Mobility Radeon 9000 video board part numbers - 4U284, 5U427, and 5X659
I8100
Nvidia Quadro4 700GoGL
Radeon 7500
I8200
geforce2 go 32mb
ATI Mobility Radeon 9000 64MB M9, Part #4U284 not with SXGA+
SXGA+ nVIDIA GeForce 4 440 GO 64MB
64MB Quadro4 700 gl go, which is for all intents and purposes a 4200go - is part number 6X935 from Dell.
64mb NVIDIA Quadro4 700 Go Gl
I8500
Geforce4 4200
I8600
128 nvidia 5650 go
128MB ATI Mobility Radeon 9600 Pro Turbom, M10
GeForce FX Go5200
D600/Inspiron 600m
Mobility Radeon 9000 64MB DDR
No upgrade: Although the 600m has dedicated video memory on a video card, not integrated graphics.... unlike other systems such as the i8600 or i5150 this card is attached to the board and cannot be upgraded.
I5100
ATI Radeon Mobility 7500 (32MB)
ATI Radeon Mobility 7500 (64MB)
64 MB ATI Mobility 9000 is the only upgrade available after a Bios upgrade.
I5150
ATI mobility Radeon 9000 M9 32Mb
ATI mobility Radeon 9000 M9 64Mb
NVidia GeForce FX Go5200 32MB
NVidia GeForce FX Go5200 64MB
64mb m9000 overheats when playing games, and the screen flickers blue lines all over it. It also reports that it has 32mb of video ram now and a few games have become unplayable, but maybe I was just unlucky.
Latitude C840
SXGA+ nVIDIA GeForce 4 440 GO 64MB
Message Edited by Bay Wolf on 03-02-2004 08:07 PM
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Posted March 3rd, 2004 00:00
Great idea, Bay Wolf.
The I8200 and the I8600 look complete to me.785
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Posted March 3rd, 2004 11:00
Bay Wolf,
I thought that I had heard that some people had gotten the NVidia GeForce FX Go5200 64MB card to work in the 5100 as well. Have you heard or confirmed otherwise? This is good to know, since I did buy the Radeon ATI 9000 mobility card and was thinking of upgrading to Nvidia if they ever fixed the limitations that Dell put on the card. Thank you in advance, Robert
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Posted March 3rd, 2004 13:00
add the M/9 to the 8100, and the radeon 9600 will work in the 8500 if someone is willing to do the mod to cooling surface for it.785
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Posted March 3rd, 2004 19:00
On the 5150 info:
> 64mb m9000 overheats when playing games, and the screen flickers blue lines all over it.
> It also reports that it has 32mb of video ram now and a few games have become unplayable,
> but maybe I was just unlucky.
This is a known failure with some 64mb 9000 boards. The second tech support person I talked
to at Dell found it in their knowledge base. I had this problem two weeks ago and they had
me send my 5150 back and they replaced the video board. I just have standard return to depot
warranty coverage, but they sent me a box to ship the 5150 in, and it came back *two days*
later with the new video board installed. Thank you Dell for the quick turn-around!
So have your video board replaced. It's not simply an overheating problem, the video board is
actually failing.785
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Posted March 3rd, 2004 22:00
About the ATI 9000 64mb.... I have not seen this problem myself (overheating). Drivers for both the 32mb and 64mb ATI 9000's can be had at www.omegacorner.com I have found that 2.5.14 works very well but 2.5.22 (the latest) causes artifacts- so just get 2.5.14. Also ATI tool or Radlinker can be used to set the clock speeds higher and enable other features. I have done alot of "fiddling" with the speeds and have found that 295 core and 240 memory (actually 480 mhz due to DDR) works extremely well. I have no artifacts, major FRPS improvement and quality is 10X better. Omega+ descent clock speeds will make a HUGE difference. I play games ALOT and have played for HOURS with no problems. As far as heat I used I8KFANGUI and have the setting on gaming- temps MAY get to 68 after playing games for hours (this is alot lower than w/o fan control). I also use the compressed air trick every couple weeks. Just my input on the ATI cards..
I experimented with a Nvidia 5200FX 64mb and found that 53.03 with pieters modded .inf worked OK and coolbits plus allowed for my to up the clock settings a little. There was an improvement but I didnt fiddle too much. I believe Nvidia has now come out with something newer than 53.03 though...
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Posted March 4th, 2004 00:00
Here is the web page that I have put together so far. Any suggestions or additions, corrections are welcomed.
http://www.bay-wolf.com/videoupgrade.htm
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Posted March 4th, 2004 01:00
I have a Inspiron 5150, not a 5100- I don't want you to give misleading infoIt was my fault though for not clarifying..
785
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Posted March 4th, 2004 02:00
Updated. Thank you for the clarification.
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Posted March 10th, 2004 03:00
Bay Wolf, I have ATI M4 32 Mb in my i8000 --> 05E441 REV A00
:-(
Anyone who has 64MB Quadro4 700 in their i8000 ???
ATI Mobility Radeon 7500 in i8000, anyone ???
If so, please post here in this thread, including part number please.
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Graphics card part numbers in general:
Obtained from this forum:
-4MB Quadro4 700 gl go, which is for all intents and purposes a 4200go - is part number 6X935 from Dell.
-From johnallg's signature:
GeForce2 Go video board part number - 4D597
GeForce4 Go 64mb video board part number - 5J149
GeForce FX Go5200 32mb video board part number - Y1871
GeForce FX Go5200 64mb video board part number - M1325
ATI Radeon 9600 128mb video board part number -H3251 or F3515 (8600)
ATI Radeon 9600 128mb video board part number - F3515 (8600)
ATI Radeon 9000 32mb video board part number - Y0707 (5150)
ATI Radeon 9000 64mb video board part number - Y0708 (5150)
ATI Radeon 7500 video board part numbers - 9J057 and 9J066 (both same part)
ATI Mobility Radeon 9000 video board part numbers - 4U284, 5U427, and 5X659 - ~$129 (8200)
From bay-wolf:
http://www.bay-wolf.com/partslist.htm
4U284 ATI Radeon Mobility 9000 64MB
5J149 Nvidia Geforce 4 440 Go 64MB
7J067 Nvidia Geforce 4 440 Go 32MB
4D597 Nvidia Geforce 2 Go
9J057 ATI Radeon Mobility 7500 64MB
9J066 ATI Radeon Mobility 7500 64MB
_Message Edited by blackblackhammer on 03-10-2004 03:29 PM
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