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    M17x R4 680M SLI

    Discussion in 'Alienware 17 and M17x' started by cantevenidlecrysis, Jun 26, 2013.

  1. cantevenidlecrysis

    cantevenidlecrysis Notebook Guru

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    I recently became the owner of a lot of mobile GPUs, including a burnt out 660, a new 660, and 2 680Ms.

    After looking at the options, I've decided to build a laptop even my mom would be proud of.

    I've put desktops in SLI before and have seen tons of guides about it, but how does the process work in a laptop? I've looked for guides but haven't found a thread flushed out with results.

    I heard that I'll need to do some surgically attach 2 power bricks which won't be a problem. But how does the actual SLI process work?
     
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  2. SlickDude80

    SlickDude80 Notebook Prophet

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    M17's only have one video card slot...so no SLI for you.

    You need to move up to the m18 chassis if you want SLI
     
    SlickDude80, Jun 26, 2013
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  3. cantevenidlecrysis

    cantevenidlecrysis Notebook Guru

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    I saw an M17x R2 with 7970s in crossfire close just the other day though.

    Or is the R2 chassis's slots different from the R4?
     
    cantevenidlecrysis, Jun 26, 2013
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  4. widezu69

    widezu69 Goodbye Alienware

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    The R3 and R4 version went with single GPU configurations. They are significantly different than the R1 and R2.
     
    widezu69, Jun 26, 2013
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    omg WIDEZU! How are you doing mate?

    ya, widezu is 100% correct...R2's had dual vidcard slots...R3 and later only has one videocard slot. Like I said above: You need to go to m18x for SLI. You can confirm this easily enough...just go to the alienware website and configure a m17. Your only option is to upgrade to a single 780m. If you configure the m18, you have multiple choices, including SLI and/or crossfire if AMD cards are being offered
     
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  6. cantevenidlecrysis

    cantevenidlecrysis Notebook Guru

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    sounds like the R2 has the superior screen and SLI :(

    damn
     
    cantevenidlecrysis, Jun 26, 2013
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  7. TR2N

    TR2N Notebook Deity

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    Indeed :thumbsup:
     
    TR2N, Jun 26, 2013
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