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    M17x with single 280m

    Discussion in 'Alienware' started by tuhintt, Nov 22, 2009.

  1. tuhintt

    tuhintt Notebook Enthusiast

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    Do anyone know is it possible to have customize configuration of alienware M17x with a single 280m card? or is alienware going to release i7 on m17x?
     
    tuhintt, Nov 22, 2009
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  2. BatBoy

    BatBoy Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    You would have to contact Dell Sales and ask a rep regarding the possibility of configuring it with only 1 card. My guess would be no, but it doesn't hurt to ask.

    In regards to the i7 question, yes - you would think so. It only seems like the next logical step. Only time will tell.

    See the Refresh Discussion thread.
    http://forum.notebookreview.com/showthread.php?t=420148
     
    BatBoy, Nov 22, 2009
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  3. tuhintt

    tuhintt Notebook Enthusiast

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    Thanks, ill try to contact Dell sales person.
     
    tuhintt, Nov 22, 2009
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  4. The_Moo™

    The_Moo™ Here we go again.....

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    it would be a waste of money


    the 280 is at best 10% fast in synthetic benchmarks and in real life gaming maybe 2-5 fps faster
     
    The_Moo™, Nov 22, 2009
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    i tried but they told me they couldn't.
     
    jivemofo, Nov 23, 2009
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    Good, it's a waste. It's only 10-15% faster than a single 260M, and dual 260Ms would absolutely destroy it.
     
    EviLCorsaiR, Nov 23, 2009
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    Most people are thinking this way if I can buy the 280 with the opt. to buy a secondary 280 I think they would of done it. For my old system I would of gone with single 9800gt then upgrade to a secondary 9800gt and had a better system. Save money vs waste hardware.

    But I had to order two 8600gt then upgrade to two 9800gt.

    But what it comes down to is. What do you want to do with this system.
     
    AtolSammeek, Nov 23, 2009
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  8. tuhintt

    tuhintt Notebook Enthusiast

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    Is it suppose to get double performance with two GPU then a single one? maybe for double ram, double pipeline, double shader......
     
    tuhintt, Nov 23, 2009
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    The_Moo™ Here we go again.....

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    its aboput a 40-45% boost in some games while its only 20-25%


    but yea its a huge improvement
     
    The_Moo™, Nov 23, 2009
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    Some games, like WoW, it is zero, since it isn't SLI/Xfire optimized, just aware.
     
    electrosoft, Nov 24, 2009
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  11. tuhintt

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    is it better to go for 280m SLI?
     
    tuhintt, Nov 25, 2009
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    Thank you.

     
    tuhintt, Nov 25, 2009
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    Sli or crossfire games tend to run better and higher fps. Becuse the action shared by 2 gpus. On alot of games you can tend to get 10 to 40% increase in fps.

    when I played Lord of the rings in dual 9800gt I was getting 90fps single core and 120fps in sli mode.
    With the same game with dual geforce 280 I would guess 105fps single core and 140 fps in sli mode.

    Give or take. I know the dual 9800gt It was at Game Optimal settings.

    I guessing the fps on the geforce 280.
     
    AtolSammeek, Nov 25, 2009
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