Went back to my initial choice when I found them still for sale: http://tw2005.giga-byte.com/VGA/Products/Products_GV-N66256DP.htm Hope it works on my 4x Tyan...
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David Neeley
dbneeley
Jun 8, 2006 12:27 am
Following up on the Linux thread, I just installed the new "Dapper Drake" final edition of Kubuntu Linux (Ubuntu with KDE). It was without question the...
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Marc van Gemert
gamert666
Jun 8, 2006 6:25 am
So and have you received the card? How does it perform compared to your Ti4200?...
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Chris Swinney
sinster70
Jun 8, 2006 7:33 am
Interesting. I tried this out some time ago and even the newer version 6. I have to say it was one of the most awful install I have come across in around 20...
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krustybarthomer
Jun 9, 2006 12:36 am
Ordered it, but still waiting for the GV-N66256DP. I'll post results. ... your...
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krustybarthomer
Jun 22, 2006 7:00 am
Unfortunately I have not received my card from pc4people.com. I have filed a claim against pc4people.com...
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james
jhassi
Jun 22, 2006 8:10 pm
stick with newegg.com ... __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around ...
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John Paterson
duroby
Jun 23, 2006 5:28 pm
While we are keeping this open mate... I saw an ad today for a Zalman VGA cooler. A VF900 that uses two heat pipes to bring the heat up where the fan is most...
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krustybarthomer
Jun 24, 2006 11:19 pm
Thanks. The VF900 gets pretty good reviews. I use a Zalman 3100 on my CPU. Usually shop Newegg, but they didn't carry the 6600 AGP at the time. ... Zalman VGA...
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krustybarthomer
Jun 25, 2006 3:54 am
While I wait for resolution of my video card problem, I posted in the 'Photos' to the left a simple schematic of a Fan Startup Mod. Sometimes fans will run at...
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krustybarthomer
Jul 2, 2006 1:56 am
Newest Nvidia Driver 91.xx claims an AGP 7600 GS is supported and rumors it will be released in 3Q2006 Supposed to be about 32w at full load. ...
http://www.msi.com.tw/program/products/vga/vga/pro_vga_detail.php?UID=755 I'm still seeing what other AGP 7600's arrive.......
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krustybarthomer
Aug 4, 2006 12:44 am
Nice to see the Fanless 7600 cards for AGP http://www.gigabyte.com.tw/Products/VGA/Products_Overview.aspx?ProductID=2334 ... ...
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krustybarthomer
Aug 4, 2006 1:34 am
I may hold out and see if anyone offers a Fanless AGP 7600GT . Idle 7600GT - 14.6W Idle 7600GS - 13.7W You can always rig up a fan to go to 12v when in 3D, and...
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krustybarthomer
Aug 4, 2006 1:45 am
http://www.xbitlabs.com/articles/cpu/display/amd-energy-efficient_6.html This would be a nice start for a Silent- Gaming PC...
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krustybarthomer
Aug 4, 2006 3:06 am
http://www.msi.com.tw/program/products/vga/vga/pro_vga_detail.php?UID=744 http://www.xbitlabs.com/articles/cpu/display/amd-energy-efficient_6.html Great start...
not sure if that'd really help because that's 11 watts at idle, you don't play games at idle. The Core 2 Duo E6300 did better than any of the 64x2's at CPU...
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John Paterson
duroby
Aug 4, 2006 5:08 am
Given that AMD has essentially obsolesced the 32-bit line and introduced a dual core line, this computer is now is entry level, not really a games machine...
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John Paterson
duroby
Aug 4, 2006 6:00 am
Thank you mate. When you look at the (particularly idle) power requirements you can see why AMD are going this way Rusty... but in my recent experience, cost...
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John Paterson
duroby
Aug 4, 2006 6:17 am
My answer to your criticism/question James is that most PCs spend the vast proportion of their time on idle. This was the reason that SETI@home requested that...
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krustybarthomer
Aug 4, 2006 11:33 pm
John Glad you see the point. Unless you're running a SETI type program, your computer is almost always running very near idle power. Agree this is not a...
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james
jhassi
Aug 11, 2006 6:47 pm
http://www.pbus-167.com/nhc/nhc.htm I got it for my laptop and liked it so much I decided to put it on my desktop. Now my CPU temps are 15 degrees C lower...
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ferrymanr
Aug 22, 2006 5:42 am
I want to upgrade to a dual core system for video editing as well as audio editing. I require low noise levels as this is a studio type of environment (voice...
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Ken Liu
kenneth_liu1
Aug 22, 2006 12:28 pm
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Ken Liu
kenneth_liu1
Aug 22, 2006 12:36 pm
Hi Richard - You would probably want to look at the latest generation of Intel desktop processors, the Core 2 Duo (aka Conroe). These offer lower power...
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Frederic Da Vitoria
davitof
Aug 28, 2006 1:35 pm
... As an alternative, I have been using SpeedSwitchXP (http://www.diefer.de/speedswitchxp/index.html) for years, on a Dell laptop (no, it did not explode, it...
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james
jhassi
Aug 28, 2006 5:30 pm
"TaskSwitchXP uses 5496 bytes in memory" I'm guessing you mean SpeedswitchXP and that's kBytes, not bytes. It uses 5528 k on the laptop, 4500 on the desktop...
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Mon Lee
Mon_Wah_Lee
Aug 30, 2006 3:19 pm
5528kB! That's 5.5 meg. That's a lot of memory isn't it? I think he/she does mean bytes and not kilobytes. ... ...
