I'm using the 174.74 as well and they work great for me
HL2 Even on the hardest setting it wasn't difficult and when I got done, it was a "Thats it?" moment. Having to put up with those "loading"...
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650i only have 2 8x PCIe slots when SLI don't they?
I've got the Corsair air flow memory cooler that came packaged with my memory, works great.
I stashed away enough money to buy 2- 9800 GTX's but looks like I'll only have to get one :approval:
It's not "special", the prices quoted on the July 22 price drops ($266 for Q6600) do refer to what the retailers pay for 1,000 pieces...
Try Rivatuner once, see if it gives you the same temps...that is a awfully high idle temp.
I would try getting some of that canned air and blowing out the fan.
I would say those are a bit high. Mine idles at 50C* to 51C* and under load will hit 64C* and thats with the card set at 600/900.
Could also be a bios limitation, I know my old 7800GT was the same way until I updated the Bios on it.
odd... I don't have this problem. 1280 x 1024 desktop rez..fire up anything @ 1600 x 1200 still works just fine.
You can use any brand you want to yes. Mixing memory is not recommended though. I think there's a way to get it to work with Riva Tuner but I...
No idea why it would do that but wow, that system is total overkill for that card....Upgrade man!!!
Me, originally had the 320MB version, this 640MB performs much better @ 1600 x 1200 especially when AA and AF are applied.
Yeah, that's a nice load temp. Personally....I'm not really sure why any of us are even concerned with the idle temps if the load temps are in line.
A lot of that also has to do with the ambient temperature of your room. You could hook a 50000 rpm fan thats 8' in diameter up to it and it wont...
Orthos will push your CPU considerably higher than say a regular old game. Stalker @ 1600 x 1200 with the Dynamic lighting and all settings maxed...
Your getting those load temps running the CPU Stress test on Orthos?
if you're not building until the end of the year, you really should wait. Not just to see what the initial Barcelona performance will be but what...
