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    Laptop GPU sli swappable

    Discussion in 'ASUS Gaming Notebook Forum' started by PennyRaider, Sep 21, 2011.

  1. PennyRaider

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    I am looking for a 17 or 18" laptop, preferably sager or asus, its fine if it is not, around 2k or under that is a Sli GPU swappable, I do not care about the weight, any ideas?
     
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    KCETech1 Notebook Prophet

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    if you want SLI you need to look at Clevo/Sager or Alienware, AFIK they are the only ones that do SLI or Xfire anymore.

    this should be in the WNSIB forum and with the form filled out though.
     
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  3. PennyRaider

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    but do Duo GPU sli laptops that allow you to switch out the graphic cards in the future exist? I know single ones that can be done, but not sure if there are 2 cards.
     
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    yes 2 physical MXM cards that can be swapped or upgraded as long a there is BIOS support for the new cards. the first one I ever did was in an Alienware M9750 about 2.5 years ago.
     
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    mharidas VLSI/FAB Engineer

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    Get the alienware M18X dual SLI deals on the outlet, will fit your budget and you could save some more with coupons.
     
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    Thanks for the advice guys, looks like i am going to get the sager 8180, only one more question though, Should I get a 120GB SSD drive as the primary and the 500GB (w/ 4GB SSD Memory) Seagate XT 7200RPM NCQ Hybrid as the secondary? Or, just two of the Seagates and RAID 0?
    Also should I get an OS so they can do the XOTIC PC Professional Monitor Color Calibration w/ Spyder 3 Elite for me? or should i just get it with no OS and install windows ultimate and do the calibration myself with some software?
    thanks in advance
     
    PennyRaider, Sep 21, 2011
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