10,000 X1900's?

Post by **deject** » January 24th, 2006, 18:15

http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=29221

if this is true, nVidia might be in for some pain at retail...

Post by **deject** » January 24th, 2006, 18:18

Also, if they were able to make a card with 48 pixel pipelines just a few months after the released the not so good X1800 that has only 16, why did they not put more on the X1800? The decision to stick with 16 pipes was a big mistake in my opinion.

Post by **Dr. kitteny berk** » January 24th, 2006, 18:21

1) christmas
2) meet the new mid range card.
3) money

Post by **deject** » January 24th, 2006, 18:28

well they'd better star slashing prices, because the value of those X1800's just dropped a ton.

Also, for those not familiar with the X1900 series:
http://www.anandtech.com/video/showdoc.aspx?i=2679

Post by **Dr. kitteny berk** » January 24th, 2006, 18:31

deject, get out of your cave.

having a quick look today i'd say 30% off most x1800 prices

Post by **deject** » January 24th, 2006, 18:35

Dr. kitteny berk wrote:deject, stop doing things that are more important to look up videocard prices.

FIX'D

Post by **Dr. kitteny berk** » January 24th, 2006, 18:41

your data structures lab is very important, isn't it?

MOD FIX'D

Post by **deject** » January 24th, 2006, 20:12

I just checked, and the prices on X1800XT's are still about $500. the X1900XT is $550. According to my math, $50 is not 30%.

Post by **TezzRexx** » January 24th, 2006, 21:00

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spoodie · Post by **spoodie** » January 24th, 2006, 21:56

The thing that worries me about any new kit is how much noise it makes. I need to keep my box quiet and all new gfx cards look like roaring monsters, my current one is bad enough. How noisy will this one be?

Post by **deject** » January 24th, 2006, 22:00

spoodie wrote:The thing that worries me about any new kit is how much noise it makes. I need to keep my box quiet and all new gfx cards look like roaring monsters, my current one is bad enough. How noisy will this one be?

I haven't heard any news on the noise front. I'll probably find out sometime this week and then forget to share the info.

Post by **Dr. kitteny berk** » January 24th, 2006, 22:05

spoodie wrote:The thing that worries me about any new kit is how much noise it makes. I need to keep my box quiet and all new gfx cards look like roaring monsters, my current one is bad enough. How noisy will this one be?

pretty loud

wait for HIS to do one with an arctic cooling jobbie on it.

spoodie · Post by **spoodie** » January 24th, 2006, 22:31

Dr. kitteny berk wrote:wait for HIS to do one with an arctic cooling jobbie on it.

These arctic coolers are a new one on me, my next gadget type purchase I think. Thanks Berk

Post by **Dr. kitteny berk** » January 24th, 2006, 22:33

well worth the money, cut the volume and heat by half on my x800

Post by **TezzRexx** » January 24th, 2006, 23:19

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spoodie · Post by **spoodie** » February 27th, 2006, 18:24

spoodie wrote:These arctic coolers are a new one on me, my next gadget type purchase I think. Thanks Berk

Arctic Cooling purchased and installed on my nvidia 6800GT as of yesterday. No burning smell as yet and it seems to be running nice and cool.

Post by **Dr. kitteny berk** » February 27th, 2006, 18:27

hurrah!

i swear by them, and soo much quieter than most stock heatsinks.

spoodie · Post by **spoodie** » February 27th, 2006, 18:33

Only problem is that I still want more quiet. It seems all fans, no matter the quality, still make some noise and with 5 of them it adds up. Where to go from here ... ?

Post by **Dr. kitteny berk** » February 27th, 2006, 18:42

you really have 2 options -

either go extreme cooling (water or phase-change (think freezer)) (take a loan for this)

or you can go for sound management, changing to less noisy fans, using vibration damping mountings for fans, using sound dampening stuff from halfords (like the computer stuff, but not a rip off) and of course, it's directional, put your computer on the floor with some thick rubber or silicone feet (from a hi-fi shop (or make some using mastic))

also, stop the fans in your computer one by one (use your finger on the centre to stop it spinning for a few seconds)

most likely the noise comes from a smaller, or older fan that's dying.

look at a passive heatsink for your northbridge.

spoodie · Post by **spoodie** » February 27th, 2006, 19:07

I've already got/done most of what you said, apart from water/phase-changing cooling which I dismissed as being to costly and impractical. In fact I was thinking about writing it up in an article of all my adventures in my quest for a quiet PC and posting it.

A northbridge heatsink is out of the question as the new gfx cooler is right over the top of it. I forgot about that, so it's 6 fans in total.