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That Mac card is enormous! You'd have to get your buddy to help lift it in the case.
 
Originally posted by: Cooler
what is that other 1/2 for? converting from directx ........?
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Shouldnt need to since OSX is OpenGL.

I am curious also why the card is so long. What is the chip on the end? Could it be some kind of capture card as well?
 
Originally posted by: Genx87
Originally posted by: Cooler
what is that other 1/2 for? converting from directx ........?
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Shouldnt need to since OSX is OpenGL.

I am curious also why the card is so long. What is the chip on the end? Could it be some kind of capture card as well?
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what chip?

that black thing looks like a transformer to me, theres lots of caps, and what are those grey squares? they look like BGA memory modules...only grey
 
I believe it's all the extra stuff needed to drive those huge 30inch cinema displays... although it shouldn't take that muc... it could.
 
Originally posted by: crazySOB297
I believe it's all the extra stuff needed to drive those huge 30inch cinema displays... although it shouldn't take that muc... it could.
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Still doesn't explain why it needs a billion more capacitors for just another DVI link, the radeon can run the 30 inch display fine (or 30inch + another monitor), but it just can't run 2 30 inch displays
 
That's insane, i wonder what in the world all of that stuff on the back is, o well. You gotta love that bitchin fast 3D pic, i remember the good old days of glitch, that one and the "minimum pc" glitch were my favorites. Hilarious that they needed to PS such a long chip to fit 256 on it visibly, and now we've got 512 cards (that don't really offer anything).
 
I remember the review article on the 9600 PC+Mac edition metioned something about a Mac card has to provide power to drive the LCD or sth like that... maybe that's what those circuitries are for. But I don't remember that 9600 card to be that big... maybe nVidia is trying to cut cost by using vaccum tubes?
 
Originally posted by: mooncancook
I remember the review article on the 9600 PC+Mac edition metioned something about a Mac card has to provide power to drive the LCD or sth like that... maybe that's what those circuitries are for. But I don't remember that 9600 card to be that big... maybe nVidia is trying to cut cost by using vaccum tubes?
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ROFL 😛 😀
 
Evidently it's called the Geforce 6800 Ultra DDL (double double length? LOL) and here's the article it's from.

edit, dual dual-link. hehe. wow, 2 Cinema displays hehe. crazySOB297 said it above....
 
Originally posted by: OvErHeAtInG
Evidently it's called the Geforce 6800 Ultra DDL (double double length? LOL) and here's the article it's from.

edit, dual dual-link. hehe. wow, 2 Cinema displays hehe. crazySOB297 said it above....
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Yeah, the length is mainly tied to the fact that it can drive two 30inch cinema displays at native res. It was the first consumer card capable of doing that AFAIK, and it may just have been the result of some rushed engineering.
 
Originally posted by: Inappropriate4AT
lmao @ stupid ass Mac users, and I hated how long my Ti/FX Ultras were...
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WTF does being a Mac user have to do with the way nVidia chooses to manufacture/design their graphics cards for Macs?
 
Originally posted by: sparkyclarky
Originally posted by: Inappropriate4AT
lmao @ stupid ass Mac users, and I hated how long my Ti/FX Ultras were...
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WTF does being a Mac user have to do with the way nVidia chooses to manufacture/design their graphics cards for Macs?
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I agree... what the hell did this add to our discussion?
 
Originally posted by: sparkyclarky
Originally posted by: Inappropriate4AT
lmao @ stupid ass Mac users, and I hated how long my Ti/FX Ultras were...
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WTF does being a Mac user have to do with the way nVidia chooses to manufacture/design their graphics cards for Macs?
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Macs are very good computers. Just not any better than PC's these days and often falls short. I think that even though he put it in an assinine way, he was referring to the cult type user stereotype that has been associated with Mac forever.
That is one loooooooong a$$ card. Could the extra real estate just be for converting voltages? I don't see anything on the extra PCB besides cappies, resistors and voltage regulators. No ram, bridge or special "theatre" chips that I can see. I think its all power related or has to be made that way to meet Apple's requirements.

 
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