Rastalovich
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El cheapo purchase. Card is going to replace a Palit GTX 285 that's in a diy workstation:
Unit does hdmi to TV (using XBMC via remote), DVI to a 22" HP monitor (to monitor the work it does), handles downloading, fileserver, media encoding and so on. No games.
Currently the cuda cores do work from time to time, but in the majority, hdmi is what the card's trained to do. Not currently happy that the U3S6 partially covers one of the 285 fans.
I have another project which is to replace my exisiting Hackintosh running Lion:
No problem with the setup, but as per usual I've done some clearing out in some areas and have some kit redundant.
Proposed new Lion build:
Baby !
The GTX 550 Ti is about the level of a 5770, and probably 48 cuda cores less than the 285, but I'll oc the thing a little and it'll be adequate. Bonus also that the single fan won't be obstructed, and of course only a single 6 pin pcie power.
About £160 outlay altogether.
Pics for the sake of it !
The reasoning behind a bunch of the non-gaming kit that I buy, is not just looking at the rig it's going in now, but one it could go in - either if it has to or as a knock-on when other things are bought.
The bits that are currently being used as a Mac are going in a spare HTPC case I have, to be sold off. Ergo, recovering some of the outlay further.
(remind me to take the plastic off the card! left the plastic on a 8800GT for... maybe 6 months!)
Abit X48 GT3, Q9450 @ 3.33 iirc, 8G 1600 DDR3.
*currently* GTX 285..
ASUS U3S6 card
2x Generic 2x SATA2 cards
1x Satelite card, Haupauge I think
Corsair 750W
11x 2TB WD drives, mostly green
1x Generic IR receiver usb
1x Intel Pro 1000MT
*proposed BlackMagic HDMI capture card*
BR/DVDRW
Unit does hdmi to TV (using XBMC via remote), DVI to a 22" HP monitor (to monitor the work it does), handles downloading, fileserver, media encoding and so on. No games.
Currently the cuda cores do work from time to time, but in the majority, hdmi is what the card's trained to do. Not currently happy that the U3S6 partially covers one of the 285 fans.
I have another project which is to replace my exisiting Hackintosh running Lion:
GA-G31M-ES2L matx *something*, E8500 @ 3.25 iirc, 4G 800 DDR2
Quadro FX580 (about the equiv of a 9400GT/9500GT)
Intel 330 80 SSD, and a 500G 2.5" laptop harddrive
DVDRW
No problem with the setup, but as per usual I've done some clearing out in some areas and have some kit redundant.
Proposed new Lion build:
(New £40) GA-G41MT-D3V, (Old) QX9650 @ ~3.6+, depending on the mobo
(New £40) Corsair Vengance 8G (2x4G) 1600 DDR3 (this will have to run @ 1333 - hey it was cheap!)
Probably the drives from above, maybe swap a spare 2TB for the 500g.
The Palit GTX 285 from above (nVidia do perfect Mac drivers, including cuda)
DVDRW
Baby !
The GTX 550 Ti is about the level of a 5770, and probably 48 cuda cores less than the 285, but I'll oc the thing a little and it'll be adequate. Bonus also that the single fan won't be obstructed, and of course only a single 6 pin pcie power.
About £160 outlay altogether.
Pics for the sake of it !
The reasoning behind a bunch of the non-gaming kit that I buy, is not just looking at the rig it's going in now, but one it could go in - either if it has to or as a knock-on when other things are bought.
The bits that are currently being used as a Mac are going in a spare HTPC case I have, to be sold off. Ergo, recovering some of the outlay further.
(remind me to take the plastic off the card! left the plastic on a 8800GT for... maybe 6 months!)
