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    whats the point of a 8 pin pci express cable?

    nope, the 8 pin motherboard connector is different. it has 4 12v lines, and 4 grounds--and a different arrangement of pin shapes. in other news, i stopped my powersupply from squealing like nails on a chalkboard when rendering 3d content by enabling Vclear(vsync?). bizarre.
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    whats the point of a 8 pin pci express cable?

    looking at my gtx280, i need a 6 pin and 8 pin pci express connector. looks like the 6 pin has 3 12V leads, and 3 grounds. the 8 pin has 3 12V leads, exact same setup as the 6pin, and 5 grounds. 6pin: |12v|12v|12v| | G | G | G | 8 pin: |12v|12v|12v| G | | G | G | G | G | i also...
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    whats the deal with 6/8 pin PCI express power?

    EDIT: more appropriate as a general video card thread, moved here looking at my gtx280, i need a 6 pin and 8 pin pci express connector. looks like the 6 pin has 3 12V leads, and 3 grounds. the 8 pin has 3 12V leads, exact same setup as the 6pin, and 5 grounds. 6pin: |12v|12v|12v| | G...
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    Linux @ 1920x1200

    i do game, which is why i was surprised at the wine/ati thing. i dont want to dual boot, im done with windows on my home computer, but i also am a programmer and ive been itching to try out GPGPU. i ended up getting a BFGTech mildly OC'd 280 for $385, instead of the $505 ewiz.com 4870x2, which...
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    Linux @ 1920x1200

    damn, i'w not sure i can trust [H] anymore... did NOBODY know about wine not working with ATI drivers from 8.6 to 8.8?! so if i got the 4870, i wouldnt even be able to play 95% of the things i want? whoa. i'm not sure i can wait till that is fixed.
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    Linux @ 1920x1200

    I've read thru all the reviews, but i just can't seem to pull the trigger on a 4870x2. the low end FPS of the card just seems to fail at certain points compared to the 280. driver issues? how likely are these to be fixed before its time to buy a new card? (3 years for me) anyone have links...
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    Coder's Video Card?

    thanks myren. so nVidia looks like its holding top place, but ATI is accelerating towards linux faster. so the thing i wonder about is: if i get a 4870 or 4870x2, is firmware enough to be compatible with openGL3, openCL, and such, or are those hardware things? if no cards have those things...
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    Coder's Video Card?

    Lets see what you people come up with for me. I use ubuntu/linux almost exclusively, with a watercooled Q9300 and a quality 700W power supply. 24" LCD, 1920X1200 resolution. I program games, and want to start messing with graphics card programming, fluid simulations, particle systems, all...
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    Game Dev's Video card

    Thanks for all the responses. looks like there isnt a clear winner, ATI linux drivers, nVidia CUDA(does cuda work in linux||openGL?) both 4870 and the 280 seem ok, same with 4870X2, is there anything that can make up my mind for me? a deal breaker? i dont really want to go to windows to...
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    Game Dev's Video card

    I've got the money to drop on a new video card, but need help deciding based on interesting factors. Ive got a Q9300, 8GB ram, 1920x1200, watercooled(gratuitous techness, but oh well) and run 85% Ubuntu, 15% windows. I want to play with GPGPU, fluid simulation, and large amounts of particles...
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    Quick Question

    I have a BIP 240, and if its the same shroud as the stealth, I believe it has M6x32 screws. easiest thing to do is run over to truevalue/ace/home despot with the fan and radiator in your hand and try it out. the screws are about 6 cents apiece, you aint gunna break the bank... also, check out...
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    Useful or Not? (water cooled question)

    at some point its going to be worth it to just get another pump and make 2 loops. thats a lot of resistance for one pump to move around, you could put two pumps in series, but at some point it makes sense to make two loops-- put the CPU at the front of one loop, and the GPU then ram at the front...
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    Heater Core Hunting

    yep, same thing in '02 with an IBM deathstar 75GB. goodbye cruel world. Arcygenical, check your PM
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    New Loop / System / Case - Thoughts?

    buy some Y adapters and hook those rads up in parallel for less pressure drop. or split the 2 loops with a joined res before the pumps. also, for the non-CPU stuff, figure out which things you want to keep coolest(probably GPUs?) and put them earlier in the loop. also, if you werent going to do...
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    Heater Core Hunting

    my case is an 11" cube. that leaves 10.5" inside, so I either would need to go for a 120x120 rad, or I need to find a irregular sized heater core. next, thanks to 3D modeling, i know that a 2" heater core would be quite difficult to fit, plus a shroud, and a 120x25mm fan above the motherboard...
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