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    7280 with SLI Configuration

    Discussion in 'Sager and Clevo' started by 94viper, Oct 10, 2011.

  1. 94viper

    94viper Notebook Enthusiast

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    I am looking in the next month (waiting til LGA 2011 comes out) to build a 7280 from one of the vendors here, and when I go on their sites, when configuring dual video cards in SLI, there is an option for an extra AC adapter & a power converter.

    Is there any situation that I would need this if I am just playing games?

    Does this mean I am using twice as much electricity by plugging in 2 cords into the converter box?

    Thanks Don
     
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  2. Larry@LPC-Digital

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    ^^^^^ Many owners of this model are gaming well with one PSU. If you are an EXTREME gamer or Bencher then you may need 2.

    The 300W PSU does trip at about a 370W pull. This is why Clevo came out with the dual setup for the certain users that push the machine to it's limit... :)
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    94viper Notebook Enthusiast

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    I am by no way an extreme gamer. I am just looking to build a system that will be able to play the games coming out in the next couple of years without having to upgrade any parts. It sounds like it may be overkill having 2 video cards in here...
     
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    Yes that is true. There is no reason to have an SLI or a CrossfireX setup unless you demand the highest FPS and have everything on high settings and such.

    One 580M, or one 6990M may do the trick for you :)
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    This is right for now, but as your laptop will grow old,a sli will get more useful to keep it floating.
    My sager is 4 year old on his 5th and i can still play today "normal" game (not like metro2033) and this is because i have a sli.
    For the first 2 year i blame myself for making this choice, driver were poor, i often had to disable sli to get better performance.
    But as time passed i was very happy as without sli some games would run at 15fps and with sli i would double this and game was playable.

    Sure its a lot of money for little short term use but if you're going for a long time on your laptop, sli isnt so overkill in my opinion.
     
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    Thanks, that is what I was kinda thinking myself. This will be my first gaming laptop and if the extra $700 was not an issue for anyone, I wonder how many would do this. Also if games have 3-d rendering in the future, the 2 cards could handle it...
     
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