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Does anyone make fluid dynamic bearing case fans? I'm not finding anything with Google...
[extra info]I have a couple towers that I'd like to overhaul. One will go to water cooling. The other will be air. I'm getting new fans for the air-cooled one with the best CFM to dB ratio I can find...
Using RivaTuner, I was able to unlock one extra pixel shader. Unlocking the 4 extra vertex shaders resulted in nasty artifacts for 3D, not 2D. Normal for the 6800 NU is 12 vertex and 5 pixel, I am now at 12 and 6. I ran a few timedemos in Half-Life 2 on Coast just before the crane - sound on low...
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Athlon XP 2400
1gig PC2700 (Corsair XMS, 2x512, single channel)
BFG 6800 OC
crappy Shuttle mobo
SB Live! Platinum 5.1
HL2 @ 1024x768 with ALL video settings MAXED OUT plays completly smooth.
CPU is at 100% 98% of the time. Actual FPS numbers with next update...
I ended up getting the BFG GeForce 6800 OC at Best Buy. I was very hesitant because it only has 128 megs of RAM and that's what my Ti4200 had 2 years ago. That and the fact that I had to buy another copy of HL2 and wait for a $105 rebate.
Most I've ever spent on a vid card, so I should be...
I can only find one 6600 / 6600 GT card in AGP. It is from a company called XFX who I've never heard of.
9800 Pro
9600 XT
wait for X-series in AGP (when?)
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I normally do all this research myself, but I have been out of the loop and *trying* to look at benchmark charts on a modem...
AGP, $150-250, Half-Life 2.....
What's my best chipset option? I am also looking at 256MB. Other games are UT2004 and Far Cry. I haven't had a real video card for a year and a half since my mobo caps blew and fried my OC'd all copper cooling Ti4200 - moment of silence on my behalf, please :(...