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    Xr5 (9262) Sli Upgrade Instructions

    Discussion in 'Sager and Clevo' started by NavyDad6, Mar 23, 2008.

  1. NavyDad6

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    awesome thats very useful
     
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    Argh... it doesn't seem to be easy... at first they said it was a matter of five minutes...by looking at this I'd say 1 hour for someone like me who isn't very good at this sort of manipulation... I hope I'll be able to do this :confused:
     
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    I thought the same thing. I have been putting computers together for almost 30 years, so no big deal. However, I think this install is a little more that what the average user would be expected to do. I wonder if PCMW will honor their warranty on damaged systems due to users upgrading their SLI.
     
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    I would consider myself moderately handy. I had no problems installing the 2nd video card. The only thing I had to do was re-enable raid in the bios. I ran a quick 3dMark 06. My score was 12765. With one card it was just over 10000. I am using the drivers they sent 167.46 in XP. Unfortunately it is Easter and I'm not sure when I will get a chance to check it out further. My processor is the Q6700. I was hoping for more but time will tell.
     
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    I was hoping for MUCH more....

    The real test of course will be gaming performance.
     
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    I ran it a second time. A scan was going on I thought I had stopped. This time the score was 13756. If my wife doesn't kill me, which game test would be best?
     
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  8. Vedya

    Vedya There Is No Substitute...

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    cysis would be good
     
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    Can someone post the bios from his second card please
     
    GanGstaOne, Mar 23, 2008
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    crysis score wont look any different than the xps m1730 test a game with quad core support if you can, UT3 should be a good test, or lost planet and set multi thread support if you can.
     
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    You`d be maxxing out UT3 without a problem. :D
     
    eleron911, Mar 24, 2008
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