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From: Jerry McBride <mcbrides9@×××××××.net>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] nvidia w/ water cooling?
Date: Mon, 20 Nov 2006 23:18:16
Message-Id: 200611201807.26446.mcbrides9@comcast.net
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] nvidia w/ water cooling? by Richard Fish
1 On Monday 20 November 2006 15:49, Richard Fish wrote:
2 > On 11/19/06, james <wireless@×××××××××××.com> wrote:
3 > > Well the nvidia 8800 comes with water cooling, which should be quieter.
4 > > Anyone have any issues with water cooling under gentoo? Is this able
5 > > to be monitored via ACPI or specialized software that works with Gentoo?
6 >
7 > An $800 graphics card!?! wtf!? That's more than I spent on my both
8 > my CPU and MB!
9 >
10 > One problem is that the 8800 GPU does not appear to be supported on
11 > linux yet by nvidia:
12 > http://download.nvidia.com/XFree86/Linux-x86/1.0-9629/README/appendix-a.htm
13 >l. The beta 9742 drivers don't list support for the 8800 either.
14 >
15 > Anyway, the nvidia-settings utility can be used to monitor GPU temps.
16 > No idea about the cooling system.
17 >
18 > ~ > nvidia-settings -q GPUCoreTemp | grep Attribute
19 > Attribute 'GPUCoreTemp' (tacklebox:0.0): 52.
20 >
21 > > card as either working or being a problem. At $800.00 I would
22 > > hope that performance under gentoo (xorg 7.1) is flawless?
23 >
24 > I'd probably look more at the 7800-GPUs. You should be able to pickup
25 > two really good 7800 boards for less than $800 and use SLI. But you
26 > might also want to ask here:
27 >
28
29 Hey Rich,
30
31 Would you know if there are any gotcha's with using SLI video cards? It seems
32 this is getting harder and harder to avoid with current motherboards... From
33 what I understan (yuk yuk) the SLI video looks just like AGP cards. Sound
34 right?
35
36 Thank you, in advance.
37
38 Jerry
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Replies

Subject Author
Re: [gentoo-user] nvidia w/ water cooling? Richard Fish <bigfish@××××××××××.org>
[gentoo-user] Re: nvidia w/ water cooling? James <wireless@×××××××××××.com>
[gentoo-user] Re: nvidia w/ water cooling? James <wireless@×××××××××××.com>