Recent content by labonn

Gee, I'm learning, aren't I?

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Oh, Forget it-I'm too dumb to use this forum, but thanks for everyones ideas, suggestions, experiences, etc.

Finally! ISP was down all weekend! OK-Temps are 40-46C while running the game, as reported by nVidia drivers. Artifacts are there upon cold (really cold) boot anyway. Some one suggested "underclocking" it. Well, if I can figure out how, I may give that a try, but not sure what it will mean...

Somehow, a little furry feline friend caused a reboot while I was running a game. Now all (& only) 3D games exhibit artifacts. The artifacts appear as a pattern of small (20x5 pixels maybe?) areas that are visible only while panning. Upon close observation, I can see that these areas are...

Aw, go ahead and try it-just let us know what happens!

We're getting there:confused:..., but I still don't understand which rail supplies the PCIE Slot with power. (Remember, my 6600 card does not have an extra power connector) Actually, it's a 24-pin ATX...

Per my Antec NeoPower Manual: 12V1 Rail- Supplies the 24-pin ATX connector; 4-pin Molexes to "...drives and other periperals"(inc. floppy); SATA connectors; and the 6-pin PCI Express connector. 12V2 Rail- Supplies the 4-pin Motherboard connector. They must assume I know which rail...

oops, wrong button...

I'd sure like for some one to clarify this issue also. How can you pull >100W off a slot only designed for 75W? BFG says my PCIE 6600GTOC needs 105W, but does not provide an extra power connector on the card. I'm getting "Insufficient power" warnings from the card at Bootup. BFG doesn't...

Speaking of Power Consumption...My Video Card manufacturer says my PCIE card consumes up to 105W. But, can't PCIE only supply a maximum of 75W to the card? Oh, you say, thats what the extra power connector is for. Well, there is no extra power connector on this card. So where's the extra...

I'm trying to read through this thread (and many others) to help decide on what Video card to purchase for a soon-to-be-built system, so I am not "damaged" at all "by this". Perhaps the majority of the people reading/posting to this forum upgrade continually, but I need to purchase...

I'd like one card for CAD, and the other for HDPC (or HTPC...). Would two different PCIE cards in the two x16 slots work for this if SLI weren't enabled? Thanks...