08-27-2008
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Best PCI-E p***ive cooling card (Single slot)
be going in an Asus P5Q Pro and running along side a quad 6600 of some description, but i'm not into gaming in a huge way but would like to get the best p***ively cooled card i can that takes up just a single slot, as i say not a huge gamer just want half decent card for new system. TIA |
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08-27-2008
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Re: Best PCI-E p***ive cooling card (Single slot)
> I'm putting a new system together and looking for a new Video card, it will > be going in an Asus P5Q Pro and running along side a quad 6600 of some Do you need 4 cores?? E8600 may suit you better than Q6600... -- @~@ Might, Courage, Vision, SINCERITY. / v \ Simplicity is Beauty! May the Force and Farce be with you! /( _ )\ (Xubuntu 8.04.1) Linux 2.6.26.2 ^ ^ 16:56:01 up 20 days 1:08 3 users load average: 1.16 1.17 1.10 ? ? (CSSA): http://www.swd.gov.hk/tc/index/site_...ub_addressesa/ |
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08-27-2008
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Re: Best PCI-E p***ive cooling card (Single slot)
"Man-wai Chang ToDie (33.6k)" <toylet.toylet@gmail.com> wrote in message news:48b516eb@127.0.0.1... > Jim wrote: >> I'm putting a new system together and looking for a new Video card, it >> will be going in an Asus P5Q Pro and running along side a quad 6600 of >> some > > Do you need 4 cores?? E8600 may suit you better than Q6600... > > -- Given i do a fair amout of video encoding (mpg to avi and DVD9 to DVD5's and avi's) then it would seem that quad is my best bet. |
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08-28-2008
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Re: Best PCI-E p***ive cooling card (Single slot)
>> Do you need 4 cores?? E8600 may suit you better than Q6600...
> Given i do a fair amout of video encoding (mpg to avi and DVD9 to DVD5's and > avi's) then it would seem that quad is my best bet. More cores don't always mean faster program execution. It does improve multi-tasking. I don't know how often you play with video or photos, but a higher FSB might be better than more cores. -- @~@ Might, Courage, Vision, SINCERITY. / v \ Simplicity is Beauty! May the Force and Farce be with you! /( _ )\ (Xubuntu 8.04.1) Linux 2.6.26.2 ^ ^ 16:52:01 up 21 days 1:04 3 users load average: 1.00 1.00 1.00 ? ? (CSSA): http://www.swd.gov.hk/tc/index/site_...ub_addressesa/ |
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