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- Sat Sep 06, 2008 9:39 pm
- Forum: Video Cards & Monitors
- Topic: Sapphire HD4850 Dual Slot Fansink and Accelero S1?
- Replies: 35
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IIRC GDDR3 consumer more power than GDDR5, which means that 512MB of GDDR5 memory would consume less power than 512MB of GDDR3. Therefore it would be safe to assume that 1GB of GDDR3 also consumes more power than 512MB of GDDR5. All this however is contingent on the fact that GDDR3 consumes more pow...
- Sat Aug 30, 2008 12:56 pm
- Forum: Video Cards & Monitors
- Topic: What's that all about? [heavy Nvidia quality problems]
- Replies: 26
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- Thu Aug 28, 2008 10:51 am
- Forum: Video Cards & Monitors
- Topic: 4870x2 vs 4870
- Replies: 29
- Views: 13571
But you have two Ninja mini's on a 4870X2 for a total of 1.16 Kilograms(1160g). The card with stock heatsink weigh's in at about 2Kg. However, the stock heatsink has a metal bracket along the edges to prevent the PCB from bending under that enormous weight. The two ninja mini's would have no such br...
- Thu Aug 28, 2008 9:17 am
- Forum: Video Cards & Monitors
- Topic: 4870x2 vs 4870
- Replies: 29
- Views: 13571
- Mon Aug 11, 2008 8:41 pm
- Forum: System Advice / Troubleshooting
- Topic: Fileserver O/S. What to use?
- Replies: 6
- Views: 3243
- Sat Aug 09, 2008 1:06 pm
- Forum: System Advice / Troubleshooting
- Topic: Fileserver O/S. What to use?
- Replies: 6
- Views: 3243
Fileserver O/S. What to use?
I'm building a file server from some old components I have lying around. The specs: AMD Athlon X2 4200+ Asrock 939Dual-VSTA 512MB DDR 400 Leadtek 7900GT (3d is screwed up, but 2d is fine) 3 80 GB IDE drives in RAID 5. 3ware 7506-8 PCI 2.2 IDE RAID Controller RAID 0/1/5/10 JBOD TT 420Watt PSU (Cleane...
- Sat Aug 09, 2008 12:36 pm
- Forum: Video Cards & Monitors
- Topic: Which thermal [goop] to use?
- Replies: 4
- Views: 2660
- Sat Jul 26, 2008 9:48 pm
- Forum: Video Cards & Monitors
- Topic: all Nvidia g84 and g86 chips might collapse
- Replies: 4
- Views: 3004
- Sat Jul 26, 2008 7:47 am
- Forum: Video Cards & Monitors
- Topic: 4870x2 vs 4870
- Replies: 29
- Views: 13571
- Fri Jul 25, 2008 6:07 pm
- Forum: Video Cards & Monitors
- Topic: 4870x2 vs 4870
- Replies: 29
- Views: 13571
VF900 will definitely work.
Sapphire has a 4850 with the VF900 available.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... 6814102760
Sapphire has a 4850 with the VF900 available.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... 6814102760
- Sun Jul 20, 2008 10:46 am
- Forum: System Advice / Troubleshooting
- Topic: Failing Power Supply?
- Replies: 3
- Views: 2307
What is the wattage of the PSU? It sounds like the PSU may not have enough power. You said that when you added the two other HDDs you started experiencing slowdowns. It would be helpful if you can tell us everything in your PC, including fans. Also what is the wattage on the PSU. If you remove a HDD...
- Sat Jul 19, 2008 9:21 pm
- Forum: Video Cards & Monitors
- Topic: 4870x2 vs 4870
- Replies: 29
- Views: 13571
If I recall correctly, there were no aftermarket coolers made for the 3870X2. There may have been one or two water coolers made. So unless you want to invest in water cooling, the stock cooler is what you have to live with. If you put some Arctic silver 5 on the stock X2 cooler, you may be able to h...
- Fri Jul 18, 2008 3:40 pm
- Forum: Video Cards & Monitors
- Topic: 4870x2 vs 4870
- Replies: 29
- Views: 13571
For noise it depends where you used to be. My computer used to be running at 45+ decibels (which is freaking loud mind you, think vacuum cleaner). Now my loudest fan is 24dBa. I am quite sure I could live with 30-35dBa especially since I had the horrible stock cooler on my 8800GT for 6 months. I cou...
- Mon Jul 14, 2008 7:17 pm
- Forum: Video Cards & Monitors
- Topic: 4870 X2 Preview!
- Replies: 6
- Views: 3303
Um, the X2 exhausts the heat it generates out the back of the case, unless those pictures are fakes...spookmineer wrote: That's an awful lot of heat coming from a single part, putting it's heat inside your case...
So you might even see a slight drop in case temps as it is blowing that hot air out of the case.
- Sun Jul 13, 2008 8:54 pm
- Forum: Video Cards & Monitors
- Topic: 4870 X2 Preview!
- Replies: 6
- Views: 3303
4870 X2 Preview!
AnandTech has a 4870 X2 preview. This card is looking pretty good, especially for users like me with only one pci express slot. The load power was lower than two 4870's in crossfire (but not by much). Noise was no worse than a GTX 280 at load, but that was anecdotal. Temps were slightly better/same ...
- Thu Jul 10, 2008 5:44 pm
- Forum: Video Cards & Monitors
- Topic: enough power for a 4870?
- Replies: 12
- Views: 7489
I know members here...me included (id like to think)...have a sensible view on psu requirements..."1000w+ psu" is a swear word :mrgreen: . But i would have suggested a higher watt psu...maybe a 600-800w. In most cases psu's are most efficient at 50% load. I just think 500w is cutting to close to th...
- Wed Jul 09, 2008 8:35 pm
- Forum: Video Cards & Monitors
- Topic: enough power for a 4870?
- Replies: 12
- Views: 7489
- Wed Jul 09, 2008 6:23 pm
- Forum: Video Cards & Monitors
- Topic: enough power for a 4870?
- Replies: 12
- Views: 7489
I saw some power requirements for 4870's in X-fire and it didn't look pretty. Granted it was total system power with a quad core, and wasn't DC power but AC... it was still high at about 450 Watts AC. I believe that is less in DC watts, but not by a whole lot. I only have a 500 W PSU which is 80% ef...
- Wed Jul 09, 2008 2:39 pm
- Forum: Video Cards & Monitors
- Topic: enough power for a 4870?
- Replies: 12
- Views: 7489
- Tue Jul 08, 2008 3:47 pm
- Forum: Video Cards & Monitors
- Topic: enough power for a 4870?
- Replies: 12
- Views: 7489
I have a related question. Would my 500 Watt Seasonic PSU w/ 34 amps on the 12 rail (combined, I did the math) be enough for the 4870 X2? If not, how is the quality on those Video card 5.25 inch drive bay PSU's? Also, my board (P35 chipset) is not PCI express 2.0, would that limit the 4870X2's perfo...
- Mon Jul 07, 2008 3:47 pm
- Forum: Video Cards & Monitors
- Topic: 4870 cooling within the following design
- Replies: 13
- Views: 6016
For the Motherboard, I recommend Gigabyte. I have the p35 and it works great. For about $110 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813128345 However, for $149 you have the option of getting a second 4870 down the road and crossfiring them. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?I...
- Mon Jul 07, 2008 3:35 pm
- Forum: Video Cards & Monitors
- Topic: 4870 cooling within the following design
- Replies: 13
- Views: 6016
- Mon Jul 07, 2008 3:26 pm
- Forum: Video Cards & Monitors
- Topic: 4870 cooling within the following design
- Replies: 13
- Views: 6016
Yes. However, it may not be noticeable. On my 8800GT's stock cooler, I could only hear the cooler after I raised the rpm to 50% from the default 30%. Even then, the noise was not bad. Yes I could tell it was my 8800GT, but it even at 50% it was not significantly louder than the rest of my fairly qui...
- Sat Jul 05, 2008 2:08 pm
- Forum: Video Cards & Monitors
- Topic: Price cuts for Nvidia 200's... 280 for $399 USD
- Replies: 9
- Views: 3980
Nvidia is really hurting their partners with this price war with ATI. These cuts only hurt their partners more. Over the past several days we have spent some time with several Nvidia’s partners in the Silicon Valley and in Taiwan, which made it obvious that there are tensions between GPU manufactu...
- Mon Jun 30, 2008 7:10 pm
- Forum: Video Cards & Monitors
- Topic: Bad V2 copper install? 8800GT now artifiacts
- Replies: 13
- Views: 4783
My old setup but still very similar to my current one: http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v386/soloman02/computerpics001.jpg I have since added card board to better direct the air. I also only use the bottom fan to suck in cold air to blow on the GPU. The top fan blows on my Thermalright si-128. http...
- Sun Jun 29, 2008 7:52 am
- Forum: Video Cards & Monitors
- Topic: Resolved: use stock coolers on nVidia cards
- Replies: 21
- Views: 9774
For my next build / major upgrade I am planning on getting this case by coolermaster:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... 6811119137
It has spots for 7 120mm fans.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... 6811119137
It has spots for 7 120mm fans.
- Sat Jun 28, 2008 12:22 pm
- Forum: Video Cards & Monitors
- Topic: Bad V2 copper install? 8800GT now artifiacts
- Replies: 13
- Views: 4783
- Fri Jun 27, 2008 9:24 pm
- Forum: Video Cards & Monitors
- Topic: Bad V2 copper install? 8800GT now artifiacts
- Replies: 13
- Views: 4783
I reinstalled the v2 and now everything is fine. I had to add four metal washers between the screws and the rubber washers (the rubber washer touches the PCB). Apparently even though the v2 is listed on thermalrights site as being compatible, it is not with out added hardware. There were small gaps ...
- Thu Jun 26, 2008 3:49 pm
- Forum: Video Cards & Monitors
- Topic: Bad V2 copper install? 8800GT now artifiacts
- Replies: 13
- Views: 4783
I let the card sit in the PCI ex slot all day while I was at work. Now The card works fine with no artifacts at stock settings while playing crysis. Temps are normal for my setup with the stock cooler (about 60C load w/AC unit running). I want to use the try the v2 again only with two screws diagona...
- Thu Jun 26, 2008 12:57 pm
- Forum: Video Cards & Monitors
- Topic: Bad V2 copper install? 8800GT now artifiacts
- Replies: 13
- Views: 4783