Dell Releases Dual 8800M GTX Upgrade Kit for XPS M1730

Dell is now offering the Dual NVIDIA GeForce 8800M GTX upgrade kit for existing XPS M1730 customers who have configured their notebooks with lower-performance GPUs, such as the 8700M GT.

The video card can be purchased from Dell.com, either as a stand-alone part, or with an installation service for users that don’t want to install the GPU themselves. For customers that want to do it temselves, Dell has provided a service manual, as well as a how-to video.

The stand-alone 8800M GTX SLI (dual) kit, with 1GB of GDDR3 memory, is priced at $1,099.99. The same product with the installation service costs $1,218.99.

Accroding to a post at Direct2Dell blog, the Dual GeForce 8800M GTX boosts performance over the older Dual 8700M GT cards by up to 49%.

How to Install an 8800M GTX in Dell XPS M1730 Laptop - Video:

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