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    CrossFire possible ?

    Discussion in 'Alienware 17 and M17x' started by morathyl, Jul 5, 2012.

  1. morathyl

    morathyl Newbie

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    Hi,
    I'm planning to buy a new gaming laptop tonight or tomorrow and I still have a few questions. My first one with the m17x we have the option for the 7970M but only a single one. My question is : Is there any place to put a another 7970M and put them in crossfire ? The second one : does the gtx 680M worth the 200$ more comparing to the 7970M ?
    Thanks
     
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    sirana Notebook Deity

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    I can only answer the 2nd question.

    If you have the money, go for the 680M by all means. That is, if you are planning to go SLi.
    I have a 6970M Crossfire setup and having NOTHING but trouble with it, driver are just too crappy. Some games are fine, but most are microstuttering all over the place or you get immense texture flickering, in the case of Skyrim even 9 months after release.

    So if you go for a single GPU, the 7970M should be allright in the future when the drivers get better (if they will ever)... but as soon as you go multi GPU you really want Nvidia. You pay extra for having less issues.
     
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  3. morathyl

    morathyl Newbie

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    Thank for your quick anser but it is possible to put two s680M sli in the m17x ?
     
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    Alienware-L_Porras Company Representative

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    As of my understanding if you need the crossfire config you will need the m18x. Still the m17 is a beast!! :cool:
     
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  5. morathyl

    morathyl Newbie

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    yep I've seen in the config that m18x is the only one which offers crossfire/sli but can we do ourself the installation in a m17x ? is there the place ?
     
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    blust2 Notebook Enthusiast

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    No space for 2nd GPU on M17X R3 and R4. You have to buy M18X if you want the dual GPU configuration.

    That is brilliant marketing of Dell after they acquired Alienware. They created the new M18X for the high-end market and made M17X the main-stream product after cutting some corners to lower M17X prices.
     
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    morathyl Newbie

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    Thank you all for the quick answers. Do you think a the difference in price between m18x dual 680M sli or dual 7970M cross fire and m17x with 680M worth it ? will the m17x 680 M will be sufficient for years ?

    Sorry for the double post but I have an addition to do to my previous question, will it be possible to upgrade the m17x with future gpu ?
     
    morathyl, Jul 5, 2012
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