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  • Himself
    Super MURCer
    • Aug 1999
    • 1308

    #1

    The Beast :)


    3dfx has had a difficult time of it recently, losing their frame rate crown to arch-rival NVIDIA last year, and then fa…


    Review says it's bitching fast.


    [This message has been edited by Himself (edited 05 September 2000).]
  • agallag
    Super MURCer
    • Aug 1999
    • 3201

    #2
    Ok, that's just plain stoopid. Kind of like the guy who put a second V8 in the trunk of his cadillac. Of course it's going to be fast, but it's not fast because of any new technology, it's just brute force.

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    • dZeus
      Moderator
      • Aug 2000
      • 4622

      #3
      what's wrong with plain bvrute force?

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      • Himself
        Super MURCer
        • Aug 1999
        • 1308

        #4
        There are two v's in bvvrute.

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        • Sisyfos
          MURCer
          • May 2000
          • 970

          #5
          dZeus was corrected by himself.

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          • Alec
            MURCer
            • Oct 1999
            • 960

            #6
            That oversized chocolate bar maybe fast, but it sure is ridiculous.

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            • Snake-Eyes
              Super MURCer
              • Sep 1999
              • 1187

              #7
              Unfortunately for us overclockers, that card'll limit the options somewhat. I mean, it's gonna have to block any and all airflow, causing heat buildup in parts of the case, unless we run it without the cover. And even then, it'll still be warmer than a reasonably scaled card with the case on (keep in mind that most computer cases are designed with optimal airflow with the covers on, not off).

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              • agallag
                Super MURCer
                • Aug 1999
                • 3201

                #8
                Easy solution to that one Ace. Take off all four fans, drill a 1/2" hole through the centre of all 4 chips, remount the fans. There's your airflow back, and some extra to boot

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                • dZeus
                  Moderator
                  • Aug 2000
                  • 4622

                  #9
                  if you can afford to buy a V5-6K, why not move to the North Pole too?

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                  • DarkSyd
                    MURCer
                    • Aug 1999
                    • 392

                    #10
                    Please tell me the black box isn't an external power supply.

                    What happens when everything but that is plugged into a UPS, and the power goess out? Just curious.

                    I wish those guys at 3dfx would start going vertical rather than horizontal....I've got more room above my agp slot than behind it

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                    • Schorsch

                      #11
                      The black box IS an external power supply - those four chips need so much current that the power supply from the motherboard won't suffice (at least that's what I read in a magazine some time ago). Now that's what I call a great design - you can grill a chicken on that card when you're hungry after a long FPS session...

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                      • Himself
                        Super MURCer
                        • Aug 1999
                        • 1308

                        #12
                        Is the card coming as a surprise to anybody, I thought everybody knew all this about the card 8 months ago.

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