NotebookForums.com › Forums › General Notebook Discussions › Notebook Forums - General › Why there is no (so far) i7 notebook with SLI?
New Posts  All Forums:Forum Nav:

Why there is no (so far) i7 notebook with SLI?

post #1 of 7
12/5/09 at 5:07pm
Thread Starter 
Ganzonomy and myself were at this and I thought this would be a cool theme to discuss among NBF members ... so

. Why is it that we have not seen an i7 notebook with SLI?

. We have seen C2D (extreme) with SLI, but i7 with SLI seem to be a not-possible marriage just yet.

We have looking into what maybe due to "heat" generated by i7+SLI, to the point of making liquid out of the casing?

Or is it power consumption?

Or is it business sense?

Or ....?

cheers ...
Reply
Reply
post #2 of 7
12/5/09 at 5:21pm
Agreed. Why not? it seems like an awesome concept to bring laptops that much closer to desktops. And the np9280 was at one point the np9262 and had a q9650 / 9800m GTX SLi option.... so a large desktop with SLi -style laptop can be done.
Reply
Reply
post #3 of 7
12/5/09 at 5:28pm
Maybe the manufacturers are waiting until the new graphics cards are released next year. There are rumors that ATI's mobile 5000 series lineup should be introduced at CES in January, so I would guess that i7 + Crossfire is likely to be debuted soon after that.
Reply
Reply
post #4 of 7
12/5/09 at 6:03pm
Thread Starter 
Speaking of Desktop-Style notebook, we are seeing DELL jumping ahead with the introduction of the Business/Professional M6500 that can sport the "most" powerful graphic cards out there from AMD and nVidia.

With his model Dell surely believes in the current concept of coupling i7 with a "single" powerful GPU makes more $ sense than having 2 GPUs running side by side that exposes the manufacturers to extra cost and support, does it not?

cheers ...
Reply
Reply
post #5 of 7
12/5/09 at 6:32pm
Quote:
Originally Posted by qhn View Post
Speaking of Desktop-Style notebook, we are seeing DELL jumping ahead with the introduction of the Business/Professional M6500 that can sport the "most" powerful graphic cards out there from AMD and nVidia.

With his model Dell surely believes in the current concept of coupling i7 with a "single" powerful GPU makes more $ sense than having 2 GPUs running side by side that exposes the manufacturers to extra cost and support, does it not?

cheers ...

ya, but don't tell M17x owners or np9850 owners that . They'll say that it helps boost framerates, and oddly enough, there is a market for SLi notebooks.
Reply
Reply
post #6 of 7
12/5/09 at 7:32pm
Just time to get SLI married to the PM55 chipset
Reply
Reply
post #7 of 7
12/6/09 at 6:47am
Thread Starter 
^^ Very tempting with the Max TDP of 3.5 watts

cheers ...
Reply
Reply
New Posts  All Forums:Forum Nav:
  Return Home
  Back to Forum: Notebook Forums - General
NotebookForums.com › Forums › General Notebook Discussions › Notebook Forums - General › Why there is no (so far) i7 notebook with SLI?