bc-17
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- Birthday 04/17/1984
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--21" Samsung CRT
--Aspire X-SuperAlien Case (Silver) with 6 (80mm) blue led-UV reactive case fans
--Abit IC7-G (Socket 478) Motherboard
--On-Board Gigabit LAN
--WinXP Pro
--Creative Labs' SB Audigy LS (24-bit) Sound Card
--1 GB DDR400 RAM
--2-40GB 7200 RPM IBM Deskstars
--P4 3.2GHz (Presscott) 800 Mhz FSB (1024 KB L2 Cache) w/ CoolerMaster "Hyper 6" Heatsink
--ATI Radeon X850 XT 256MB Video RAM (AGP)
--Vantec Stealth 520W PS
--LG DVD-ROM
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ok ty.. Originally, yes it had heatsinks on the RAM and vgpu mainly because the GeForce cards are generally used for gaming and whatnot. So, yea I guess I could get away with leaving them off for a non-gaming station.
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took me about 13 hrs on hardest difficulty level the second time i beat it. the first time i played it on normal and it took me about 22 hrs b/c i messed around with the physics engine a lot.
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I have an old GeForce3 TI-500 (64mb) and I'm planning on using it in another computer such as a test station or a file server. So do you think cooling the video RAM would be as important? I think if I slap my Iceberq4 vgpu cooler on it would be just fine..tell me otherwise.
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Dude that's an awesome link! I haven't been able to do any studies yet but maybe after I get my degree I'll have some time to put into that...in the meantime it's just scribble scribble Again, thanks for posting that.
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Man, I don't think servers really count...that's like cheating Defineitely an MSI or Abit board, they're both good for OC'ing. Hell, maybe even a Tyan with a 3.2GHz Opteron setup -Max out the RAM, whatever the capacity (16 GB of DDR400 for the Tyan) -Definitely SCSI drives -3DLABS WILDCAT REALIZM 800 512MB GDDR3 PCIE 2XDVI W/VGA ADAPTER PC DUAL VPU -Chieftec Server case and the reason I pick a Chieftec is it's not a pre-manufactured modded case and is open for plenty of mods. -ENERMAX EG851AX-VH 660W PSU -All of course cooled by a compressor
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ahh..hmmm.. Hey this is a nice project. Remember, every project needs a good plan so since you're short on cash start doodling and try to figure out your wiring scheme..that's usually the monster that needs tackling. I don't have any old stuff, so good luck, mate.
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man that's a sweet concept.. I think it would be cool to get a retro server case and make a phatty rig outta it. And also that turbo bitton might be of some use, however, in a different way. *me thinks*
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I'm interested in creating a wire management system kind of like yours, fueler. I would like to know the general rule you used. I see that you used terminal strips for your system as well as forked ends for splitting your PSU. I guess the real question is: how were you able to determine what each line could hold in terms of load/draw? did you use the basic physics/electrical equations for that process? I think it would be a great tutorial for wire management since a lot of people are missing the concept of "airflow." I have a 520W Vantec PSU so it's pretty nice and it can hold a bit. It will do for the configuration I have so far and I don't think I'll add too much more. ty
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I haven't been following this thread at all, but here's my two cents. It's of course all about the money. Who (which company I mean) wants to put out a brand new technology, that only really exists theoretically (correct me if I'm wrong but I have only seen papers and conferences discussing its possibilities and mathematical approaches), when there's so much more money to be "mined" or "dredged" from the silicon structure? What if it's a "dud" technology at first and that company's shareholders lose all signs of hope, therefore causing the company to crash? Do you get my drift? Am I bs'ing? possibly...
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yea so I updated the chipset drivers and it's all in working order. I restarted the machine after doing so. When I went into the Catalyst program the AGP mode was, to my delight, automatically set to 8X! Wooo! :-D ty guys
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actually...my mistake. I did NOT install the latest chipset drivers. I will do that right now and see what goes. Also, I'm downloading 3dmark05 right now as well since my last card wasn't worthy of running it. :-P 283MB download..dang this feels like the old 14.4K days since the d/l is so big. i'll just listen to some tunes while I wait
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--Since I flashed my BIOS, the AGP 4X/8X modes option is no longer available via BIOS preferences. Now it's controlled within WinXP with CATALYST. I did set it to 4X and 8X before flashing the BIOS. --DirectX 9.0c was installed prior to video card installation --Already installed ati cat 5.3s --Latest chipset drivers installed prior to installation of video card So wait..are you saying to uninstall DX9.0c, ATI software, and chipset drivers? or just the ATI drivers?
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Yea, so my ATI Radeon X850 XT just won't go into either 4X nor 8X speed modes. So far here's what I've tried: -Updated/Flashed bios -Updated Video Drivers/Software -Downloaded and installed lastest WinXP updates I've tried to switch in to 4x/8x modes by using Smartgart via Catalyst Control Center and then the system goes through a routine retart after applying the changes...then I go in to the display settings again to check it and it's back to "Off" on the "AGP Speed" Setting!!!!! My system is entirely capable of handling this video card, but I just don't know what else to do. I can still play games but it's so "bottlenecked" that I get horrible FPS. EDIT: I'm a retard.. I forgot my specs... -------------My RIG--------- ;-) --21" Samsung CRT --Aspire X-SuperAlien Case (Silver) with 6 (80mm) blue led-UV reactive case fans --Abit IC7-G (Socket 478) Motherboard --On-Board Gigabit LAN --WinXP Pro --Creative Labs' SB Audigy LS (24-bit) Sound Card --1 GB DDR400 RAM --2-40GB 7200 RPM IBM Deskstars --P4 3.2GHz (Presscott) 800 Mhz FSB (1024 KB L2 Cache) w/ CoolerMaster "Hyper 6" Heatsink --ATI Radeon X850 XT 256MB Video RAM (AGP) --Vantec Stealth 520W PS --LG DVD-ROM