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Enough of that though, that discussion has already taken place like two times on these boards... more importantly... someone know of a good, reliable (even when not SUPER cooled) gfx card in the price-range of max a 7600GT?
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Post by Thoraf »

These look interesting..

The Gigabyte's Silent-Pipe II 7600GT cards btw.

Because silence is golden
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Nice... will have to research them some, when I get home... first silent card I found (listed above) turned out to require a very well ventilated cabinet, which I am not sure I can provide... but I do wants the silence!
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Ghengiss wrote:Only issue with dual core and 64 bit core is *BLING* Windows XP was not meant to support either. You need to get a patch to fix various issues which include frequent lockups, speed throttling issues and *gasp* software crashes
Errr I dunno what crap system you were having trouble with but my 64bit 3200+ had win XP pro installed on it over a year ago and it running fine with no throttling, no lockups, and OMG no patches.

It must have something to do with the fact that I don't use service pack 2 EVER, cos it's such a piece of shit. :)

Oh and the cards referred to by Thor are the cards previously mentioned, Huge heatsink, no fan, fk that.
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It's specifically the 64 bit processing of the dual core.. Mayhap I missposted - what I meant to say is that it doesn't support true 64 bit processing - and dual core causes major issues. You need to patch to fix various issues that XP has with being installed on a dual core system.
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Ummm (scratches arse) of course it doesn't do 64 bit programs.

Who here remember the dual processor MB's that cames out a few years back. Name me 10 programs that were written to take advantage of that fact. I dare you :)

(Hmm maybe I should make that a Mum question. Nah she would wuss out)
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Post by Thoraf »

Do some research into passively cooled fans in a decent case and get back to me. It's just a huge heatsink ya spastic.
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Thoraf wrote:Do some research into passively cooled fans in a decent case and get back to me. It's just a huge heatsink ya spastic.
Hmm now why would a fan want to be passively cooled?
Yes I realise its just a huge heatsink, I'll presume I'm sposed to be the spastic you retard :)
I still take the stance that either they have have come up with some technological breakthro allowing a decent video not to require a heatsink with it's own fan, or it's not a decent vid card so why bother.
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Why on earth would you cool the fan...

Extreme overclockers use liquid Nitrogen coolers that you clamp to your CPU, you can buy them for GPU too I think, or I'm sure you could customise one to fit.

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Yeah righto. passively cooled card.. it's NOT jsut a heatsink.

Blah. don't post in a hurry at work :)
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Keep your PC in the freezer!

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Can I get a rasberry one Mel? :)
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Hmm, Raspberry Ripple flavour PC....
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My head hurts.. All this computer talk confuses me.
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There there little boy, you can have a chocolate one. :)
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Returned from my vacation with my mind set on spending the night, ordering my new computer parts... instead I found a bill in the mail for roughly 6000 AU$, because my school fucked up big time. So, new comp postponed until I sort that shit out. Hopefully tomorrow :p
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Wish I still had the link - I found a computer case that was cooled internally by a mini air conditioning unit.... not only is it great for cooling your computer parts - but you could probably put a 6 pack in it to!!!! :orcgrin:
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