Did someone just say that the D900F Phantom cannot do SLI GPU ???

Did someone just say that the D900F Phantom cannot do SLI GPU ???

Can some kind soul please confirm if this is the case ???



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indeed, it seems that the d900f will rely on a desktop i7 processor, but only a single GPU.

 

yes its probably will be with one GPU but until the Official info dont come out we cant be sure

 

but the in the photos you can see two gpu heat sinks. no one knows for sure yet. apart from clevo of course.

 

I don't know of any pictures of the D900F outside of Eurocom's marketing pictures, and it's usually agreed upon that they use the D901C's picture for it.

 

It's more than "usually agreed on", it's FACT that they used photos of the d900c

 

I wanted to be polite.

 

those pics were of the D901C.... AnandTech has updated their original post.... because of NBR.

the D900F only has a single videocard.

 

The D900F would be in direct competition with the M980NU and it`s not a good idea.
That` why it will have a desktop CPU i7+ mobile single GPU, whereas the M980NU will have a mobile CPU + SLI.
One`s better for rendering and more portable, the other one will probably become the fastest laptop on the planet.

 

hehehe more portable which one will be more portable 18.4 or 17
i think that D900F will not be more light than D901C and the M980NU will
be with same weight and largeer

 

The D900F should be very close in weight to the D900C, minus 1 GPU.
The M98NU should be heavier, considering the larger screen and therefore , bulkier overall size.

 

So this D900F is not going to have 2 gpus? I understand that it doesn't want to compete with the M980NU because the latter's sales might suffer a bit, but a D900F would have been awesome if it could. That would open the possibility of supporting BOTH SLi and Crossfire, which would have been great for a guy like me who doesn't like to be forced to stick with one multi-GPU platform...

 

they both are going to get clowned by the partially working w90vp if they don't include over clocking...
examples:...i can see it now.
"i got an i7/gtx280" other guy. so what i just over clocked my system and near caught up to your rendering score"
" i got 11,767 on one gpu" other guy "so what i got 20k with two"

"i got the direct competition laptop" other guy "so what your stuck in place just like the last d901c was..no system over clocking." " so you can't be the fastest laptop in the world."

they did say there maybe room for over clocking an extreme cpu only....we shall see....

and the list will go on....

also, i like the idea of being able to run either ati or nvidia. in the same rig. then i really cn get my benchmarks on!.. no middle man!..hahahaha

 

I posted this in another thread too, but the quote from the clevo reps make it sound like it will be able to handle sli. Heres the quote ""D901C can support to 2x 280 only w/ some modifications in cooling and power sections.However,I am not sure that we will offer even 1 card option,since it will hurt D900f and M980NU sales". Maybe its just me, but saying "I am not sure that we will offer even 1 card option" sounds like they will offer it in sli. Does it sound that way to anyone else? And they said its possible with modifications. I wouldn't doubt that someone will try it out, and probably succeed, in making these modifications.

 

He's talking about retrofitting the D901 C with GTX280Ms, and no, it sounds like exactly what he sait, they may not offer GTX280M's to d901 C owners, cause it could hurt d900 F sales.

Also modifications to cooling and power = new motherboard

 

My guess is that the thermal budget of the D900F (because of the i7) can't handle 2 video cards (at least right now). I wouldn't be surprised if a future refresh of the D900F would include a 2nd card (maybe even an ATI option). I feel confident Clevo could get it to work if they wanted to.

I could also see the M98NU supporting the i7 in future refreshes as well (and possibly seeing the D900F phased out as the price of the 18.4" screen drops).

 

The m98xNU won't see the desktop i7 (as is in the d900f) as that would need an entire rework of the mobo & probably chassis. It's successor will probably have mobile i7 when that comes out. (in the M98x?U)

 

gonna have to go with they probably wont....but if they don't sell to many of them the new laptops, they may have to come back and sell cards to make up for potential loses..(speculation of course)
so until they have one beating mine, i sure wont be buying one..that would be me going backward....

 

What's the point to have all this speculations? The only people that can answer this are the people who work for Clevo and there is a high probability that they also do not know yet. Until otherwise stated by the people from Clevo it is safe to assume that it does not support SLI.

PL