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On 11/19/06, james <wireless@×××××××××××.com> wrote: |
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> Well the nvidia 8800 comes with water cooling, which should be quieter. |
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> Anyone have any issues with water cooling under gentoo? Is this able |
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> to be monitored via ACPI or specialized software that works with Gentoo? |
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An $800 graphics card!?! wtf!? That's more than I spent on my both |
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my CPU and MB! |
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One problem is that the 8800 GPU does not appear to be supported on |
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linux yet by nvidia: |
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http://download.nvidia.com/XFree86/Linux-x86/1.0-9629/README/appendix-a.html. |
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The beta 9742 drivers don't list support for the 8800 either. |
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Anyway, the nvidia-settings utility can be used to monitor GPU temps. |
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No idea about the cooling system. |
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~ > nvidia-settings -q GPUCoreTemp | grep Attribute |
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Attribute 'GPUCoreTemp' (tacklebox:0.0): 52. |
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> card as either working or being a problem. At $800.00 I would |
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> hope that performance under gentoo (xorg 7.1) is flawless? |
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I'd probably look more at the 7800-GPUs. You should be able to pickup |
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two really good 7800 boards for less than $800 and use SLI. But you |
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might also want to ask here: |
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http://www.nvnews.net/vbulletin/forumdisplay.php?s=72a5597ccc7a13fb2fa9eff7b9575193&f=14 |
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-Richard |
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