The Nvidia GTX 980 was not validated by Dell on either the X51-R1 or X51-R2. The Nvidia reference GTX 980 is too big, 10.5" x 4.3". The X51 cannot use a video card bigger than 9.5" x 4.3". The Nvidia reference GTX 980 uses 165w. The X51 video card wattage cannot exceed 150w.
DELL-Chris M
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November 13th, 2014 10:00
If you mean two video cards, no. There is only one PCIe x16 slot on the motherboard. The X51 was only designed to run one video card.
mf9
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November 13th, 2014 13:00
However one GTX 980 will handle pretty much anything you can throw at it, unless your seriously into achieving 4K at 60fps for all your games.
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November 15th, 2014 09:00
The Nvidia GTX 980 was not validated by Dell on either the X51-R1 or X51-R2. The Nvidia reference GTX 980 is too big, 10.5" x 4.3". The X51 cannot use a video card bigger than 9.5" x 4.3". The Nvidia reference GTX 980 uses 165w. The X51 video card wattage cannot exceed 150w.
www.geforce.com/.../specifications
mf9
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November 15th, 2014 12:00
Grant you yes you do have to swap the 20mm to a 10mm fan to get the 980 to fit, or remove the fan altogether, but it does fit.
Regarding the can 150w cap, well I currently run a 760 GTX and Dell bundle that too and Nvidia states that requires 170w
www.geforce.co.uk/.../specifications
Check out these 2 links also.
www.alienowners.com/.../page4
http://youtu.be/ItmaGNzkF9Y
As with any GPU purchase always make sure you buy it from a source where you can return it if it doesn't work.