This thing runs *unbelievably* hot. It's about 28C in my house at the moment
and this thing couldn't make it through a 3DMark 2001 benchmark run without
having graphic corruption in the last few tests. I underclocked the RAM down
to 620MHz and it made it through the tests OK. Not impressed. I still
haven't put the case cover back on my PC - my CPU usually runs a few degrees
warmer with it on. To put it in perspective, the heatsink on my XP 2000+
felt cold after touching the (massive) Leadtek heatsink. The CPU is about
50C btw. FWIW the 3D Mark I got was 10480. F12001 seems to be the only
current game (sim or otherwise) that really benefits from such a powerful
GPU.....sigh.
--
Damien Smith
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ICQ: 77028579
F12001 rank: +21.468
> Take it back. Save some bucks and get a Radeon 8500 instead.
Then go home and wait 400 years for some decent drivers.
Doug
"Damien Smith" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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> This thing runs *unbelievably* hot. It's about 28C in my house at themoment
> and this thing couldn't make it through a 3DMark 2001 benchmark runwithout
> having graphic corruption in the last few tests. I underclocked the RAMdown
> to 620MHz and it made it through the tests OK. Not impressed. I still
> haven't put the case cover back on my PC - my CPU usually runs a fewdegrees
> warmer with it on. To put it in perspective, the heatsink on my XP 2000+
> felt cold after touching the (massive) Leadtek heatsink. The CPU is about
> 50C btw. FWIW the 3D Mark I got was 10480. F12001 seems to be the only
> current game (sim or otherwise) that really benefits from such a powerful
> GPU.....sigh.
You know there is a distinct possibility that you got a bad card.
Nope, they're all too hot and just don't work. It was part of the design of
the card. The goal was to prevent sales and undermine success. I'm going
with an old S3 from now on, those things run real cold. ;0)
--
Joe Marques
"Kyle Roberts" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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>
> "Damien Smith" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
> news:a7n2ko$lncre$[email hidden]...
> > This thing runs *unbelievably* hot. It's about 28C in my house at the
> moment
> > and this thing couldn't make it through a 3DMark 2001 benchmark run
> without
> > having graphic corruption in the last few tests. I underclocked the RAM
> down
> > to 620MHz and it made it through the tests OK. Not impressed. I still
> > haven't put the case cover back on my PC - my CPU usually runs a few
> degrees
> > warmer with it on. To put it in perspective, the heatsink on my XP 2000+
> > felt cold after touching the (massive) Leadtek heatsink. The CPU is
about
> > 50C btw. FWIW the 3D Mark I got was 10480. F12001 seems to be the only
> > current game (sim or otherwise) that really benefits from such a
powerful
> > GPU.....sigh.
>
> You know there is a distinct possibility that you got a bad card.
>
>
>
>
"Joe Marques" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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> Nope, they're all too hot and just don't work. It was part of the designof
> the card. The goal was to prevent sales and undermine success. I'm going
> with an old S3 from now on, those things run real cold. ;0)
>
> --
> Joe Marques At LAST! a man who thinks like I do....:)
hahehahahehehehahaha :)
dave henrie
6.13.10.6052, wow has it been 400 years already?
"Douglas Ellison" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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> > > Take it back. Save some bucks and get a Radeon 8500 instead. > > Then go home and wait 400 years for some decent drivers. > > Doug > > >Joe Marques wrote:
> Nope, they're all too hot and just don't work. It was part of the design of
> the card. The goal was to prevent sales and undermine success. I'm going
> with an old S3 from now on, those things run real cold. ;0)
A Virge! The original video DE-celerator. :-)
--
Fester
"Beware the leader who bangs the drums of war in order to whip the
citizenry into a patriotic fervor, for patriotism is indeed a
double-edged sword. It both emboldens the blood, just as it narrows the
mind. And when the drums of war have reached a fever pitch and the
blood boils with hate and the mind has closed, the leader will have no
need in seizing the rights of the citizenry. Rather, the citizenry,
infused with fear and blinded by patriotism, will offer up all of their
rights unto the leader and gladly so. How do I know? For this is what I
have done. And I am Caesar." -- Julius Caesar
The few, the proud, the sarcastic. ;0)
--
Joe Marques
"Dave Henrie" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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>
> "Joe Marques" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
> news:jKIn8.83549$[email hidden]...
> > Nope, they're all too hot and just don't work. It was part of the
design
> of
> > the card. The goal was to prevent sales and undermine success. I'm
going
> > with an old S3 from now on, those things run real cold. ;0)
> >
> > --
> > Joe Marques
> At LAST! a man who thinks like I do....:)
> hahehahahehehehahaha :)
> dave henrie
>
>
>
Aptly named "virge" because it was on the verge of 3D. I think the code
name was 2D+1/2D.
--
Joe Marques
"Uncle Fester" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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> Joe Marques wrote:
> > Nope, they're all too hot and just don't work. It was part of the
design of
> > the card. The goal was to prevent sales and undermine success. I'm
going
> > with an old S3 from now on, those things run real cold. ;0)
>
>
> A Virge! The original video DE-celerator. :-)
>
> --
>
> Fester
>
> "Beware the leader who bangs the drums of war in order to whip the
> citizenry into a patriotic fervor, for patriotism is indeed a
> double-edged sword. It both emboldens the blood, just as it narrows the
> mind. And when the drums of war have reached a fever pitch and the
> blood boils with hate and the mind has closed, the leader will have no
> need in seizing the rights of the citizenry. Rather, the citizenry,
> infused with fear and blinded by patriotism, will offer up all of their
> rights unto the leader and gladly so. How do I know? For this is what I
> have done. And I am Caesar." -- Julius Caesar
>
"Joe Marques" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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> Aptly named "virge" because it was on the verge of 3D. I think the code
> name was 2D+1/2D.
>
Ah, yes... my first 3D card the S3 Virge (Diamond 3D 2000, IIRC). What a
POS... obsolete out of the box.
Dale.
"Joe Marques" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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> Aptly named "virge" because it was on the verge of 3D. I think the code
> name was 2D+1/2D.
>
Specially optimized for GP3...
Stephen
Stephen F. wrote:
Ouch!
--
Fester
"Beware the leader who bangs the drums of war in order to whip the
citizenry into a patriotic fervor, for patriotism is indeed a
double-edged sword. It both emboldens the blood, just as it narrows the
mind. And when the drums of war have reached a fever pitch and the
blood boils with hate and the mind has closed, the leader will have no
need in seizing the rights of the citizenry. Rather, the citizenry,
infused with fear and blinded by patriotism, will offer up all of their
rights unto the leader and gladly so. How do I know? For this is what I
have done. And I am Caesar." -- Julius Caesar
