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Inside MSI's Grand Hyatt showroom the company displayed a prototype of the dual MXM for desktop called 8600M Germinium.

Inside MSI's Grand Hyatt showroom the company displayed a prototype of the dual MXM for desktop called 8600M Germinium.

Inside MSI’s Grand Hyatt showroom the company displayed a prototype of the dual MXM for desktop called 8600M Germinium.

From the top you can see both MXM connections on MSI's 8600M Germinium.

From the top you can see both MXM connections on MSI's 8600M Germinium.

From the top you can see both MXM connections on MSI’s 8600M Germinium.

Heat does not seem to be an issue for the 8600M Germinium as each graphics processor has a simple cooler.

Heat does not seem to be an issue for the 8600M Germinium as each graphics processor has a simple cooler.

Heat does not seem to be an issue for the 8600M Germinium as each graphics processor has a simple cooler.

Here you can see the 8600M Germinium mounted in a typical motherboard layout.

Here you can see the 8600M Germinium mounted in a typical motherboard layout.

Here you can see the 8600M Germinium mounted in a typical motherboard layout.

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