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Better Alienware Aurora graphics card.
im planning on ordering an Alienware Aurora desktop soon, an im trying to decide on which graphics card i want. This is my system so far.
| Intel® Core™ i7 960 (3.2GHz, 8MB Cache) | ||
| Genuine Windows® 7 Home Premium, 64bit, English | ||
| 1 Year Basic Service Plan | ||
| Single 1.8GB NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 295 | ||
| 9GB Triple Channel 1333Mhz DDR3 | ||
| 1TB - SATA-II, 3Gb/s, 7,200RPM, 32MB Cache HDD |
i dont really want to get into Cross fire or SLI, but is the Geforce GTX 295 a good fit for my system?
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Posted March 9th, 2010 10:00
Sure. Just disable SLI or CrossfireX and remove the bridge. Then all the ports can be configured.
Where is that disabled? In the OS or in the controller configuration?
How many monitors can be configured in a Dual 5870 w/ CrossfireX enabled configuration? I'm assuming 3, which is the max on a single card?
Tech Support tells me that Dual 5870's w/ CrossfireX enabled can support a total of four (4) monitors ... but I just don't see how that is possible.
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Posted March 9th, 2010 11:00
Thanks Chris! I'll give this a shot!
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Posted March 9th, 2010 13:00
It's a shame you can't put a 1Kw power supply in the Aurora to support dual 5970's.
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Posted March 11th, 2010 20:00
I didn't want to make a point of it but I ordered elsewhere. Still like to give input here thought till my rig arrives.
What did you finally go with?
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Posted March 12th, 2010 06:00
Velocity Micro. Ordered it March 1 (week ago Monday), they finished the build in five days (Friday). Shipped it Monday, will receive it today (Friday). Total turnaround was just 12 days. Their timeline projection when I ordered was met exactly. Prices are very comparable with Alienware. I hope Dell/Alienware turns things around because I was a happy customer in the past but things were not meant to be this time around.
Really? I priced out VM and found it to be quite a bit more expensive ... 10-15%.
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Posted March 12th, 2010 22:00
Awesome! Congratulations! Does anyone know if the bridge needs to be removed to disable CrossFireX and get access to the other video ports? Or can you just disable it in Catalyst software and be done with it? Also, the other ports have plastic guards on them, I'm guessing they can just be popped off?
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Posted March 13th, 2010 22:00
What video card is that?
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Posted March 14th, 2010 14:00
I have a pair, but I had to disable CrossFireX. The 5970's are a bit quicker, but the 5870 seems more than capable of running just about everything out there.
As long as they run Starcraft 2 and Diablo 3, I'll be happy.
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Posted March 8th, 2010 16:00
Chris,
Is it possible to run more than 2 monitors (3 or 4) with Dual cards in an SLI or Crossfire configuration? Both the 295 and 5770/5870/5970 have multiple ports.