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Howdy all. Just wandered by to say Howdy all!

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Nice, AMD Threadripper is out now. I can't justify the cost but if you need computing power, this looks to be the cat's meow.

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Philip wrote:It's volatile storage by definition, excuse the pun

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Pricing on the Ryzen is getting better and better. Fry's has them on sale every few weeks, $40 - $50 off with promo codes. I just wish ram wasn't so damn volatile. It seems every time I want to upgrade, ram prices soar.

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Intel most likely have had next generation processors ready and have been holding back. There just wasn't any need to due to the lack of competition. Case in point, Intel's previous strategy was "Tick/Tock", now it is "Tick/Tock/Tock".

Additionally, Intel is able to pretty much price their ...

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From the reviews I've read so far, performance is as I expected. Almost as good as Intel but just slightly lagging. Price versus performance is where it beats Intel and that is where the big victory is. You will have to plunk down big money for Intel to get 8/16 cores/threads. What's nice is, unlike ...

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I was thinking more from a physical core comparison. About a grand for Intel to play in that arena. But performance wise comparison, yes the i7-6800K would be correct.

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A 1700x or 1800x almost anyone can afford. What Intel wants for their i7 8-core processor line is insane.

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Hey Chris, how's it going?

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Not bad, have not been building much, my main box is several generations old. The new Ryzen processors have peaked my interest, I may be picking a 1700x up mid year. What's happening here?

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Not sure if there's anyone left who knows/knew me.

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Greeting All,

I got an email advising of a anniversary party so I thought I'd pop in and say "Howdy".

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I know you guys have traded up for the latest and greatest and have these old phones laying around. Sell me yours for the right price.

Note: If it looks like Old Yeller's been chewing on it, I'll pass.

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I'll pass. I don't want to sign in to resume your download.

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Hi Rick,

I can use the 2 s478 mobos. Let me know where to Paypal you. Thanks.

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rickoic wrote:Hey Goobee

What PPD avg are you getting out of that 285?

Tks
Rick

Disappointing

goobee

No, but I'm willing to give it a go. How do you use that command?

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I cranked up the overclock on the shader, it helped a little. Not a lot though.

I will turn off one of the SMP clients and see what the results look like.

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Super disappointing at the moment. Fahmonitor shows it at 6218.37 PPD. WTF??

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My 8-core Xeon e5430 box. I've been running 2 SMP clients and 1 GPU client on a 8800GTS on this box. Let's see what kind of boost I get with the GTX285.

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Taking a cue from Rick, I sold one of my 8800GTS the other day......

My GTX 285 arrives in a few days . :p

If anyone is looking for a good deal for a GTX 285, TigerDirect is selling one for $349.99 + $2.99 shipping. If you used "Live Cash", you get $35 back in cash which brings the deal in at $317 ...

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Oops. ~16000 is what I meant to say.

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Got my replacement card in from evga today. Modest upgrade, they sent me a 7900GT. I guess I'll put it into my HTPC.

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Wow, that's sucks monkey balls, big ones!

I'm going to stick with my 3 GTS's. When I see a GTX 285 at a good price, I'll pick one up. I read some guy was getting ~1600PPD on one card which is more than all of my clients put together.

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Definitely solves the overheating problem with multiple GPUs.

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What do you think about one of these?

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... 20skeleton

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I have an old Asus A7M-266D I used to Fold with. I'll have to test it first as it's been sitting in the closet for a while. How about $35 shipped Paypal cash? LMK if interested.

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morbidpete wrote:you could easily swap that out with a cap yourself in 3 mins. ive done a bunch for motherboards and video cards alike

You obviously over estimate my soldering skills.

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I got a RMA # off evga's automated RMA request and sent the card in today.

Maybe they'll replace it with something faster.

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I heard a pop in my 8-core Xeon box and much to my chagrin, found this:

http://goobee.info/pics/caps.jpg

The caps on the 7600GT blew out. :irate: Not sure why, it was running at stock speed and voltage.

I pulled out one of my 8800GTS to replace it.

No 3 GPU cruncher rig for the time being. On ...

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OK, I'll give it a go and report back.

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Not sure, I didn't check the temps with any programs, I just used the finger on the heatsink test. Two were OK, the other one I said "OW!!!" after touching it.

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I've already got a 120mm case fan (you can barely see it in the pic) blowing air directly across the cards and it's not helping that much.

I'm still thinking about getting a card with a smaller heatsink, maybe a 9600GSO which should run cooler. I'll put the 8800GTS into my Xeon box.

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Hmm? Not good. My two cards are sitting too close together. The upper one has little to no air flow. :(

I put my finger on it and it's getting hotter than the other two. I'm not going to chance it, I need to pick up a single slot version GPU to allow for more air flow.

http://goobee.info/pics ...

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What GPU clients are you using? I'm using 6.20 and they aren't crunching much in results.

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Wow, 4 x vid cards should rock!

Make sure you have a nice big case with good air flow. It's gonna be hot in there.

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Finally heard from the dillweed today. Said he was busy with finals. That is hogwash. He has time to sell the card but no time to ship??!!

Swap the cards around Rick, hopefully it's something simple like a partially seated card.

I'll let you know how mine works out if and when I get my overdue ...

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Nope, still waiting for one card to arrive. I may have to leave negative Heatware for somebody.

I've had 2 going since Sunday night.

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Some video cards come with it. I got mine from my local Fry's.

http://shop3.frys.com/product/4734999?s ... IN_RSLT_PG

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Howdy

Popped in to say hello

So, where's this anniversary party?

Looking for T-mobile HTC G2 or Mytouch 3G Slide Phone

Check out the newest addition to the family....

Rick is a bad influence!!!

Hey Rick....

So much for "high quality" caps....