ASUS G50vt - X5 SLI Support?

[xmaicox]

Hi,

I have an Asus G50VT-x5, I want to upgrade my video card to an 8800 GTX, 8800 GTX is sli ready, does my laptop motherboard support 2 gpus?

Any advice would be appreciated....

Thanks

 

[WR2]

Hello xmaicox;

Your Asus G50VT-X5 does not support dual video cards. It was never an option for that model.

Why 8800GTX and not 9800GT? I think they're the same in performance.

 

[xmaicox]

Maybe I could do that, I am having second thoughts also, between 8800M GTX and GTX 260M

 

[WR2]

Nvidia GeForce 9800M GT review

Nvidia GeForce 8800M GTX review

You have the 9800M GS installed, correct?
Nvidia GeForce 9800M GS review

3DMark 06 scores
9800M GS = 8507
9800M GT = 9416

That's less than a 12% performance improvement. And that's not enough of an increase to make it worthwhile for you.

 

[WR2]

NVidia GeForce GTX 260M review

3DMark 06 score = 10177. That's about a 20% improvement in performance. Have you found a price for a GTX 260M yet?

 

[xmaicox]

Found it on ebay. Thanks a lot to all of you.