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Yes! I'd love to compare with it on and off.

Silver's advantage over copper in terms of heat conduction is very small. That makes it a very expensive way to get very little, if any, extra cooling performance. The design of the waterblock is much more important that what it's made of. Even a well-made brass block will work better than a...

I agree 100%....look, it's certainly not useless, the video and content creation crowd will love it, but it certainly isn't meant for gamers (yet). It has to be a gimmick in order to push more procs.

Roffel. We all forget the basics every now and again :)

Does your board have diagnostic LEDs or are you getting POST beep codes? Those will help you troubleshoot. If you're getting long, continous beeps then yes, your memory is being maxed past its limits.

The physics simulations we see in games are simply fooling your eyes. They're designed to approximate reality by fudging enough parameters of "real" objects to give the illusion of true interaction. They're not simulating reality, they're enacting an artificial model with a limited set of...

good post! i'm wondering if sticking a ramsink on the VRM will help cure problems.

Dynamic procedural textures have the possibility to 1) save on content creation costs, 2) increase realism by randomizing texture appearance and 3) save my precious hard disk space :) Just taking a look at modern 64KB demos, gives one an idea of what can be accomplished in terms of...

How many reference cards do you reckon stay at reference clock speeds? And what about those hidden "nvidia/Ati speedup" settings that you find in many bioses...

Heh, yeah :o I read the quoted "bulletin" but not the text that followed. Certainly is possible This actually makes me wonder about a lot of the computing industry, and the wool that is pulled over our eyes in terms of what we think we are buying, and what brand we think we support.

I don't prefer either brand, if that's what you're implying. Nevertheless, you cannot argue with the stupidity of having to tick a checkbox in order to get proper colour....

Doesn't make sense to me. You telling me that nvidia is not only supplying the GPU, but also the supporting electrickery? Doesn't make sense to me at all. A voltage regulator isn't a new or especcially hi-tech or proprietary piece of equipment. It's a fucking voltage regulator. Theyv'e been...

I'd reuse the block. If it's silver solder, then there's no reason not to recombine the two halves. The silver alloy should be a pretty decent heat conductor. A simple nitric acid test will tell ya if it's silver alloy - the solder should eventually turn greenish if you scratch it and apply a...

"We shall defeat the mercenary AGP menace, yes, we are surrounding it and pounding it. The whole trend has changed and we are going to finalize this very soon. These AGP users, these childrens of pigs, we will push those crooks, those imperialists back into the swamp. In a few days, you will all...

The ICEQ2 X800 pro? I have the same card, and it's a screamer when overclocked (I get 590/610). You will benefit a LOT by going S939 and getting a cheap A64 (maybe a winnie 3200+ or Opty 144) and overclocking it. You can even keep your DDR. Your XP is doing very well at 2.6GHz, but you will...

One use I can think of is generating procedural textures. But you'd need a programmable graphics chip that can process the equavalent of shader programs, not just the fixed function, generic frame buffer + ROP + blitter hardware implementations you usually find.

thecoldanddarkone has hit the nail on the head with his vinegar suggestion. Ont the other hand, if this is your block, why don't you just dissassemble it and clean it manually? All you need is a phillips screwdriver....? Acetic (ethanoic) acid is a weak acid, especially when diluted...

I have an ATI card so my colour is great, out the box. I'd rather weep over the death of AGP :p

You'll probably find that when you eventually upgrade to 64-bit, you'll have to go AMD2 and DDR2. Not only that, it will probably have to be PCI-E too, neccessitating a video card upgrade, too. Do not discount the upcoming intel products, either. You possibly are loyal to AMD (as I am)...

Christ. Why does there need to be a setting "Switch off crap colour"? For fuck's sake. It should look great out the box. So they add a setting "Digital Vibrance" and call it a feature. :rolleyes:

Yes, I agree 100%, that's why I "quoted" it. My guess is that there are plenty of things AMD can do for budget processors on S939, like cripple the onboard memory controller, or watever.

They would move many more chips if they supported the AGP crowd too. The AGP install base is enormous. If an enterprising card maker like, say, HIS or PowerColor, slapped these GPU's on a board with that lil' AGP bridge thing, they'd be a hit. I know they would be a hit. I would buy one, even...

I suspect DDR S939 is going to become the "budget" platform....fast procs but "slow" ram. I certainly hope so. Now only if the fecken video card makers would bring me some X1900XTX in AGP goodness :(

Hm. Some obvious noob-like things you may have overlooked (as I have) 1) Windows XP sometimes downgrades the access mode (you can check in dev mngr) 2) Have you enabled Block mode in the BIOS? 3) Is the BIOS not set up to use PIO mode or summint? 4) Perhaps the raid block size has...

Yes, it's a laptop. You can see how the heatsink has a funny L-shape.

Considering the importance of Doom 3 and Quake 4 as performance benchmarks, I'm surprised ATI let this one out the door....

If they don't bring out an AGP version then I'm not particularly interested.

That IS a good way of looking at it! :D

Yup. If it's going to be passive cooled by convection and radiation, then black is what you need. But it has to be as thin a coat as possible, obviously, or the paint itself will act as an insulator.

Yes, I agree, their fans certainly don't make any compromises. Voltage control is most definitely indicated. :)

If it can improve the size of my e-penis, then I'm all for it. On the other hand, my opinion is that most people with integrated (but disabled) graphics chips aren't going to worry about the 2+ fps it's going to deliver, if any at all. The concept is interesting (i remember reading about...

Yup. At first I though it was a well-intentioned, but misguided first post. The thread has been duly reported for locking.

I think the killer PPU app would be a server app that simulates all the bullshit being thrown around on public computing fora. This in turn would reduce the need for expensive server farms and bandwidth infrastructure, reducing costs and eliminating the need for moderators, as the rules and BS...

AGP isn't dead, not by a long shot. But it definitely is being dragged kicking and screaming to its grave. It will be clawing at the casket and the dirt covering it until only bloody 32-bit stumps remain. Sad. It's a technology that started with 440LX back in 1995. It's served us well for...

Yeah, it looks like two tiny little angels each had a core dump.

The 9600XT should be noticably faster than Ti4200 (although it is a great card), but when you start cranking up the res and filtering, the differences will be very big. Even the Ti4600 struggles to keep up with the 9600*PRO* at hi res and quality settings. I'm sure if you looked for benchmarks...

I agree! I mean, you can't use the ZIF lever if the HS is attached, so why yank it? Obviously the HS has to be removed first. That's the process. So if it's difficult, take more time and care. Each hole in the zif socket has a little metal 'tab' which pushes into the pin to secure it when the...

Imagine a rectangular copper plate the size of the board, lying on top of it (maybe 2.5 - 3mm plate). Each component you want cooled, has a copper shim connecting it to the plate. I.e, you'd measure the height of the component to calculate the thickness of its shim. Make the shim as broad as...

Hah! You young'uns never struggled with the old FSIF (Fucking Stupendous Insertion Force) sockets back in the day of the 386 and 486. Getting those bastards out of the socket meant using a thin screwdriver to lever the thing out. One side of your cpu was GUARANTEED to have the pins slanting...

I guess the point the thread started is trying to make is that one does not need to have the latest hardware in order to play the latest games. Most modern games are designed with a lowest-common denominator in terms of platform performance. That's why you can play HL2 on a 9800, and play it...