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    Should I upgrade to the M17x-R3?

    Discussion in 'Alienware 17 and M17x' started by RED-XIV, Jan 11, 2011.

  1. RED-XIV

    RED-XIV Notebook Consultant

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    For my system specs you can see my signature, but I was looking at the R3, and saw a new videocard... the Nvidia GeForce GTX 460M, a 1.5 gig card. BUT it dose not come in SLI, (I cant get two of them in my machine... yet). Or should I wait till they (AW) put up on the site an M17x with an option for two 460m cards?
     
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  2. struselix

    struselix Notebook Consultant

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    The M17x R3 will not be configurable with SLI.
    Therefore it seems that Dell/AW will anounce an M18x soon.
     
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  3. RED-XIV

    RED-XIV Notebook Consultant

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    o_o no SLI for the R3? damn... well, what is better then? one Nvidia GeForce GTX 460M (1.5gigs), or two (SLI) Nvidia GeForce GTX 260M, cards?
     
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  4. JaiaV

    JaiaV Notebook Evangelist

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    260M SLI benchmark higher than a single 460M.
     
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    damn... well, I guess I will be waiting with my old R1 then... sigh... thanx for the help guys
     
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    I dont know, the price on the R3 is sooo nice. Even with 16gigs lol.
     
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    I've run a lot of crazy stuff on my R2, some of it all at the same time. I've never managed to break 4GB of usage, much less my full 8. I can't imagine actually having a non-industrial use for 18GB of RAM, at least for the next several years when Crysis 6 comes out or something.
     
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    Well....yesterday I ordered the new R3 with a 460GTX and the standard CPU (the upgrade prices in Germany are definetely not reasonable...). I think the 460GTX is enough for my requirements. We`ll see...
    If I do not like it, I fortunately can resend it within 14 day (nice german consumer protection... :) )
     
    struselix, Jan 11, 2011
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