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    Anybody able to put in 2 x 6990Ms in their R2?

    Discussion in 'Alienware 17 and M17x' started by WhapAChow, Aug 15, 2011.

  1. WhapAChow

    WhapAChow Notebook Geek

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    Per title - just wondering...
     
    WhapAChow, Aug 15, 2011
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    that's pretty sick, won't you need the m18x power supply for this to work?
     
    hteng, Aug 15, 2011
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    not necessarily. lol check out the other topic for loads more info.
     
    aarpcard, Aug 15, 2011
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    DR650SE The Whiskey Barracuda

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    Yea, plenty of good reading in that thread. :D
     
    DR650SE, Aug 15, 2011
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    2 6990's with a 920-940xm processor...

    overkill?
     
    zoolian982, Aug 15, 2011
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    DR650SE The Whiskey Barracuda

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    Overkill? Whats that?? :p Can never have overkill.
     
    DR650SE, Aug 15, 2011
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  8. Greywolf22

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    What DR650 said....never heard of overkill when it comes to PC power :)
     
    Greywolf22, Aug 15, 2011
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    Desktops I can understand. Have a friend who has 3 nvidia quadro's sli'd, with
    32 screens and 2000 psu unit.

    But laptops? I could imagine the psu for the laptop crying in pain.
     
    zoolian982, Aug 15, 2011
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    DR650SE The Whiskey Barracuda

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    lol, Hence the reason we are exploring the option of running dual 240W PSU's in parallel, credit goes to aarpcard. So we can haz moar poooower! And haz moar benching!
     
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    Not if you have two PSU's, but seriously read the other topic.
     
    aarpcard, Aug 15, 2011
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    I would not want that electric bill.
     
    zoolian982, Aug 15, 2011
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    It's still a lot cheaper than running a desktop with a 800 or 1000watt PSU.
     
    aarpcard, Aug 15, 2011
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    What you are stating here isn't possible. Each quadro is capable of either 4 or 8 screens which would be a maximum of 24.
     
    LVNeptune, Aug 15, 2011
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    thanks for saying it, I never managed 4 per quadro to work properly. but it CAN be done with a craplaoad of USB video cards to run as final displays. I myself run Matrox Triplehead to Go's in conjunction with my Quadros and Fire Pros in both laptops and desktops
     
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    Alright all you hi-jackers, back to the OP! Kidding....

    But I was hoping that a few people who I suspect that have ordered their 6990Ms would have hopefully chimed in on their progress...
     
    WhapAChow, Aug 15, 2011
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    Yeah I think they are still waiting for delivery (at least those that I know are)
     
    Greywolf22, Aug 15, 2011
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    I'm not sure how many he had to be honest. Though he had 32 screens for sure.

    I know you can 3way sli...can you do more than that?
     
    zoolian982, Aug 15, 2011
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    I'm still waiting for my 6990s to come
     
    kenny27, Aug 15, 2011
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