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Information on my gfx card

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Hi, i have an alienware aurora r3

the gfx card is a gtx 460 and thats about all i know, as dell dont tell you anything.

is there a good program i can use that will give me the model, clock speeds etc so i can gather some information on what could be compatiable to use in sli.

i've been trying to find info on this for ages, around the dell forums and they are not much use.

its either i sli x2 gtx 460's or i just upgrade as my other thread that nobody is answering :)

many thanks

my bad i found a program

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Gpu-z as u have found will tell u pretty much everything about ur card, only thing missing really is the voltage which u can use either Nvidia Inspector or Msi Afterburner to find out.
 
this is now with overclock.
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im just wondering if i could get a card to match and run in sli as i've heard dell cards are clocked at 650mhz as you can see in my first pic.

and all the cards i see are 675mhz so running in sli wont work as you have to match them for clock speed right?
 
SLI and Crossfire cards work at the speed of the slowest part iirc. I.E. one card at 650MHz core then both will be.

The motherboard is more important to whether you can SLI two of them. Find out the model of the board and have a look at slot location to see if there is enough room
 
d_brennen said:
SLI and Crossfire cards work at the speed of the slowest part iirc. I.E. one card at 650MHz core then both will be.

The motherboard is more important to whether you can SLI two of them. Find out the model of the board and have a look at slot location to see if there is enough room
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thats a tricky one as its an alienware and everytime i look at stats of it the brand is just "alienware" so im unsure really.
 
Have you looked at the motherboard? Have a look round the edges and next to the CPU slot. Should be some identification. Does it have two PCIe slots?
 
Sli is the same, if u use the syncronise function in Afterburner they will run at the spec of the primary card.
 
i do have two PCIe slots one is obscured by the mini wifi card but im going to take that out eventually when i move pc. but it will be a tight fit. i'll post some pics of the inside see if anyone can tell me if i can fit some of the bigger cards in there.
 
Looks like it should fit, but its not ideal, the top card will be sucking hot air directly from the second card, which in turn looks like its not going to see much cool air by sucking from what I presume is the HDD caddy? I think 4xx series were hot runners anyway, but this will make things worse unfortunately. IMO you have two options, first one is buy a new (larger) case and SLI with 460's. Second is keep the case, sell the 460 and buy a better 'single' card solution.

Dell obviously didn't build this thing with any form of upgrade in mind.
 
As everyone has said without the model of the motherboard we don't even know if it's SLI compatible.

Try downloading CPU-Z and clicking on the mainboard tab to see if it gives you a make and model.

Having said that SLI cards would be very toasty indeed and probably not a good idea.

The top card will get hot beacause the bottom card will be right next to it with no gap for cool air.

The bottom card will get hot because it will be up against that metal plate at the bottom of the case. It might get a touch of freash air if the fan lines up with that hole with the wiring but then the fan might also catch on the wiring.
 
these machines come with the option of sli or xfire. there is a sort of air cooler that fits over the top of the cards to circulate air. but it doesnt seem much room so i dont know how alienware do it.

yeah dell are fecktards and have screwed the alienware brand over completely look at the support for alienware and its next to none.
i should have opted for i5 cpu and put the rest towards the alx case instead of an i7
oh well i doubt this machine will last its two year life cycle before i buy another.

after owning an alienware i can offically say all the pretty lights just are not worth it £1300 which i could have just built my own better rig.

never mind i'll prob build another in 6 months time :D

thanks for replies
 
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after owning an alienware i can offically say all the pretty lights just are not worth it £1300 which i could have just built my own better rig.
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Thats, well, insane, £1300 :eek:

Note to self, never take the lazy route with a gaming PC.
 
pgi947 said:
Thats, well, insane, £1300 :eek:

Note to self, never take the lazy route with a gaming PC.
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to be honest i'd priced most parts up via here, and the full cost was around the £1200 mark so really i didnt lose out much.

next time however i'll just build myself a rig as its been too long and i miss doing it.

im running
i7 3.4Ghz w/overclock to 4ghz
16Gb ddr3 1600mhz
nvidia gtx 460
60Gb Ssd
1TB storage
1TB backup
 
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