Recent content by luci5r

Actually VirtualLarry was on the right track. For anyone else in my situation: I found out the problem elsewhere. Windows 8 (standard edition) only supports up to 1 physical CPU. I need Windows 8 Pro or Enterprise, which have support for more then 1 physical CPU. I didn't realize this at...

Guys, I'm specifically looking for help from people who actually work on a system with Dual Xeon's, or have a good knowledge on the matter. I just finished building a Dual Ivy Bridge-EP Xeon E5-2650 V2 based Workstation. Each CPU supports 8 Cores / 16 Threads, giving a total of 16 Cores /...

It's interesting to read that there are other people here who saw one of the planes go into the tower live on tv. Most people I know saw & came to know of the events after, I was always the exception. I had just returned home from work; used to teach Web Development at a local Institute. Had...

Question: Does anyone here OWN a Galaxy GTX 780 HOF? If yes, is it possible for you to give me an EXACT measurement of the WIDTH of the card; not the length or height, but the exact amount of SLOT Space it's going to take. Most of these cards take 2 slots, but it looks like this one extends...

Question: Does anyone here OWN a Galaxy GTX 780 HOF? If yes, is it possible for you to give me an EXACT measurement of the WIDTH of the card; not the length or height, but the exact amount of SLOT Space it's going to take. Most of these cards take 2 slots, but it looks like this one extends...

That's a good point! The machine is *not* exclusively rendering only. There is some other stuff going on as well. Web design / development, Dreamweaver, Photoshop, Audio/Video Editing, Vegas, Premiere. Aside from this a lot of Excel & FoxPro. Also Gaming (RTS Only) - StarCraft2, CoH2...

So essentially the 10 Core / 20 Thread chip operating at a lower frequency will actually render faster then an 8 Core / 16 Thread chip operating at a faster frequency. First of all that's good to know - because I really didn't know if that was the case. That said, I'm not sure if ~5-8% is...

Guys, I have a question. I'm building a dual Xeon workstation based on the new E5-2600 V2 series processors that dropped today. Primary CPU task is rendering (CGI). The E5-2650 V2 supports 8 Cores / 16 Threads @ 2.6Ghz Base / 3.4Ghz Turbo. The E5-2660 V2 supports 10 Cores / 20 Threads @...

Just wanted to update: The Xeon E5-2600 V2 series dropped today, including the E5-2640 V2 chips I was going with; so at this point I've decided to go with the the Galaxy GTX 780 HOF, there's no point waiting any longer. I'm just deciding between the E5-2640 V2 & E5-2650 V2 who's prices have...

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Question: this is something that just occurred to me. At some point down the road I do plan to get a 2nd 780 & SLI them. Will I need the the EXACT same brand I have in place? Or can I get a different brand of the same model GPU? In other words, will I need to get another Galaxy 780 HOF or can...

Thanks for taking the time to look this up - I do appreciate it. That being the case; 780 HOF is my choice at the moment. I don't really see any reason to go with 7990 or Classified. The only one thing that's been thrown into this mix: I have all the components for my build sitting nice &...

Well, my question or choice wasn't really pertaining to the Brand; I was more concerned with the actual specifications & features of the card. I thought maybe the Classified was offering something more/better. As far as brand is concerned, I have no problems with Galaxy. They have been doing...

Time for the OP to chime in, LOL. Where do you see a GTX 790?? I don't see one anywhere. I didn't think they were out yet. From what I last saw - they were planning to launch those just around 99xx launch. Did they already release somewhere? Regarding the EVGA Classified w/ ACX ... I've...

After your 2nd post - I started to dig into this a little bit. I might not be using the right terms but I'm not getting much on Google. I do find it hard to believe that a $650 card can be bios-flashed to function like a $3,000 card, but if what you're saying is something that can be done, I'm...