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    Alienware M17x r2 Nvidia Geforce GTX 765m SLI problem.

    Discussion in 'Alienware 17 and M17x' started by edecrl76, Mar 15, 2014.

  1. edecrl76

    edecrl76 Newbie

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    Hello everyone, I purchased 2 Nvidia Geforce GTX 765m and an SLI cable from ebay for my alienware m17x r2. I installed both cards and the device manager recognized both cards as working normally. The problem I'm having is that SLI isn't working. I go into the Nvidia Control panel but SLI isn't an option. Any advice on how I can get SLI working if possible?
    Alienware M17x r2, i7-920xm cpu, 240w ps
     
    edecrl76, Mar 15, 2014
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  2. imglidinhere

    imglidinhere Notebook Deity

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    First off, welcome to NBR!

    Secondly, I have to say, you should have probably asked around first before buying such GPUs. Congrats on getting them both working in the R2, something I was wondering about myself, however SLI is NOT supported on anything after the GTX 285Ms. There was a mod that had to be done to get SLI to work with anything after that point and from what I understand it was fairly extensive and crazy buggy.

    I would have to recommend trying to just sell those GPUs off and get one high end GPU like the 7970M or the 680M and be done with it.
     
    imglidinhere, Mar 16, 2014
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