I've got an HD3450 connected to my 1366x768 LCD TV. It has 1360x768 as a valid resolution. Windows desktop looks better than 1280x720, but still blurry text. I don't see any options to set custom resolutions. :( I was going to try power strip, probably next week when I'm installing my blu-ray drive...

I'm fighting hard drive heat myself now. Finally got around to attempting to decouple my Cuda IV, which would eliminate the final source of noise in my quiet little PC. I've got to figure out a way to strap some heatsinks to the side of the drive so that it can stay a little cooler. I'm not comforta...

azanon wrote:That one only has 8 pipes enabled though, compared to the normal 12 pipes that other geforces have.

Perhaps you're thinking of the 6600 series, which are 8-pipe.

6800 = 12-pipe
6800GT/Ultra = 16-pipe

Either way, a passive 6800 sounds bitchin'

- M4H

/dusts off his SPCR account I'd like to blame Ralf Hutter for dragging me back into this by posting a link to this thread on AT. :P Now doing the PSU limbo in my house is the HTPC: IBM 75W SFF PSU - P3 733MHz - Radisys SC815E motherboard - 2x256MB PC133 - FireGL T2-64s - occasionally gF4MX 440 - Sea...

mynci wrote:are any of the tv-out equiped cards mentioned so far half height?

Don't know if it's been mentioned yet, but the Powercolor Radeons are half-height and TV equipped. IIRC, there's a 7500, 9200SE, and 9600SE available in low-profile format. Check Newegg.

- M4H

WTH, diamond-mounting an 80mm onto an SK-6+, because "an SK-6+ is plenty"?

OCGhetto more like.

- M4H

Why do you even need more heatsink than what came on that 7500? I use the fanless versions of the 7500 in many of my builds and they run just fine with that small factory heatsink on them and no additional cooling at all. *confirmed* I run a passive 9000, and IIRC there's even a fanless 9600 . I do...

God only knows how low that thing's clocked at. Keep in mind that since it's an OEM part it can go way, way down. A certain manufacturer runs their FX5200s at 250/180 - like they weren't neutered enough already.

- M4H

Rusty075 wrote:Although I do own a lovely Quantum Bigfoot.

You remember bigfoots right? The harddrive that is everything a barracuda isn't. Slow, Loud, and Big. (Big only in physical size, not capacity)

Remember it? I used to have one for its best purpose - a doorstop.

- M4H

Rusty075 wrote:Oh you beat me.

Not because you have an 85w PSU (The 180 is the weakest thing I've got)

But because you still own a Quantum fireball.

Two, actually. My Fireball EL is just homeless at the moment.

- M4H

Rusty075 wrote:Anyone care to go lower than that?

(It's like a PSU limbo contest!)

Oh, it's on.

"GhettoTech" 85W PSU

Intel GS810
Celeron 500
2x128MB
Quantum Fireball CX 10.2A
Intel i810 32MB shared
Teac CD-244E
No fans

/waits for an EPIA 55W DC-DC PSU user to come in and 0wn us both

- M4H

"Other, modded"

IBM 185W, 92mm fan on rubber mounts.

- M4H

You powerhogs! You're the ones depleting the ozone and killing the fish in the seas! </sarcasm> IBM 185W PSU MSI MS-6318 motherboard 1.3GHz Tualatin Celeron 1x256MB PC133 Radeon 9000 (passive) Seagate Barracuda IV 40GB Samsung 48X CD NEC 4x4 CD-changer 3com NIC USB KB/mouse/FF gamepad (powered off s...