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That's awesome brian,I have been dying to see what kepler GTX680s will do against our beloved GTX 580s.I can't wait for you to post your findings and I imagine beyond the FPS and general better performance I understand the new 680ms are more efficient and add better overclocking etc.It's hard to know since no one I know has a 680 in an M18XR1.Great work man!

Long story short,I replaced new sli whole kit,came with everything including sli cable and x brackets tim everthing.Anyway it wouldn't work I tried all help available bios,drivers,different gpus etc just code 43 on 2nd card then new mobo and done.Now it all worked out for the best Im getting a fully upgraded sli580gtx new m18x ssd in raid pretty loaded,so Dell does help they hooked me up.Just wanted to let you guy's know Dell was awesome and after 1 call to my rep and new exc no BS 1 and done.Thanks Brian K for your replies.

Brian K,Hey I just got off the line with a great rep and real nice guy,he said he was sending me a new mobo,sli580gtx,and a new ssd to replace my 560gtx single.I am very happy! It took a while, but I will be ecstatic if all goes as promised.I am curious since I have only a single gpu560 and getting sli580,is there any issues like vbios or something,or is it a pnp type upgrade?I appreciate your previous help and advice,I know you changed gpus so you might know what to expect.I am changing parts myself,I have done many repairs on others,so I feel confident in doing it,but just curious since my 1st laptop sli upgrade.Thanks, Joe.

Yeah I know its alot of patience and most get good results,I started out with a fully loaded xps14 dell discontinued and couldnt fix,so thats how it all began.It's over a year now so patience is a non issue,I just want what they promised Brian,They told me a free warranty and an m18x.After about 3 months and latest runaround I didnt get warranty but they gave me an m18x,thats great but the single 560 bothers me.If they gave me the sli they said I would be very happy even after a year of h@@l!Thanks again for replying Brian.Ill let ya know what happens after the call.Thanks for your advice also.

Thank you Brian! I am waiting for a direct call since its over a year of BS. Sorry for rant but Thanks for reply,I saw a few of your posts about the return ecxhanges and sounded very familiar,I am on my 20th repair or exchange its beyond crazy now.Btw This forum rocks! thanks for helping those in need.

I tried posting Brian Im new so bear with me,your post was 6990 lands,I had an xps15 then 4 replacements and 5 m14x replacements and 300 emails and a year of calls and they gave me a single 560 m18x.Its nice Im not greedy but I use my 50 inch with sibeam and the 560 is just ok at those resolutions and new games.My rep emailed me and said he cant promise sli but will make sure my problems are taken care of?I just want the same specs and sli.Thats the m18s whole draw is sli great performance.Imho. Added after 5 minutes: My rep is calling tomorrow because I literaly have to many emails to send so he said he wanted to speak about my many issues,there are alot Brian,but now im upset he seemed ok with sli upgrade then email says I can't promise sli or 580gtx but I will get you running well.I am just so unhappy and it is a great machine I just wouldve never gotten this monster without sli.I show all top upgrades on all my previous buys.What do you think since you had a single 560 right?then got 6990 then 580s,that seems common.Thanks

Hey brian,thanks for the warm welcome and your post was about the issues with replacements and 15x I read it a few months ago I hope I didnt get the wrong name It was brian k I believe,I just got an email from upper level social support I've been dealing with them for months I had 10 replacements between xps 15 and m14x,In the email the rep said he cant guarranty sli but he will do whatever I need to make my m18x perform the way it should.It cost me alot of time reguardless if dell count that or not,It's over 300 emails back & forth and all the issue and broken promises.I didnt know the m18x was a single 560 or I never would have taken it,but after a year I was tired of dealing with them.I could tell you for hours what happened,missed deliverys lies etc.I get ok performance with the single 560 on Batman and BF3 but at the m18x hi res and the new games I just know the 580 sli will destroy it.And after all I went through and Dell upper support acknowledges my hardships but after that email 5 minutes ago,Im confused how are they going to make a 560 perform like an sli 580?I am just so frustrated and was without a working pc for 7 months while paying for it to be a door stop.Sorry for rant just sick of dell bs.

Hey everyone! I am new here and saw Brians post and it hit home for me,I have a replacement single gpu 560m m18x and I had alot of issues and 8 replacements on another laptop so I was limited on m18x upgrades or I wouldve never taken a single 560 m18x.The whole purpose i think of having the beast is the sli right? Anyway I'm trying now to get them to upgrade me to sli580s I had issues for a year so they were pretty good,I'm waiting to hear back from my rep who i met from Bill b also.Support 1st tried telling me sli 580gtx doesn't make a big difference in games like bf3 etc?!?!LOL I tried to explain scaling and new games and there are benchmarks everywhere showing sometimes over 100% better performance.Congrats Brian k your the reason I posted here.What do you guys think?Thanks.

Sorry wrong thread.posted at owners