Recent content by JohnAf

I read up on the Accelero and my only concern is that it may not fit the Gigabit Radeon 4890. Also, the text says to add the dual cooling fans to it, which makes it not "silent" anymore. Although any noise reduction from what came with the card would be welcomed. My last concern is that since...

Thanks. Mine is stuck at 100%. Changing the speed using the ATI software seems to have no effect (I can't hear it slow down). I wonder what's wrong with my set up compared to yours :( For $25 I' willing to try the Accelero S2 Thank you.

Thank you. Unless that means something different (maybe with a product number or a link) I'm off to fill my bathtub and put the PC in there :D

Hi All, I just built a new system and chose an ATI Radeon 4890 by Gigabit which I am very happy with except that the cooling fan that came with it is the noisiest thing in the new PC. I tried downloading the ATI contol panel for adjusting the fan speed and can't get it to work (Windows7...

Thank you for the replies. I love unanimous votes! Hope this will breathe new life into my old system. Is there a thread for a qucik how-to on swapping video cards? tnx

Hi, I am currently running an NVIDIA GeForce4 Ti 4200 with AGP8X on my Asus P4G8X motherboard (AGP 8X/4X, socket 478, E7205 chipset). I am looking for recommendations for a new video card that would work on this motherboard and have 3D and pixel shader 1.4 or above support (for 3D gaming -...

Hi, please help me understand video card vs monitor resolution. I currently use an NVIDIA GeForce 6800 and a 20" Dell Ultrasharp monitor. In the settings tab of display properties, the maximum resolution allowed is 1280X1024. Is this the maximum possible output by this video card, or...