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When I was looking into eSATA, some of the info seem to suggest that eSATA ports must match (no eSATA to SATA), and you must use a certified cable. The interface seems to be designed for H/W like this: http://www.bjorn3d.com/read.php?cID=912 Or hopefully something like these...

Is that mobo compatible?

The readme included in the latest Nvidia video drivers mentions specific optimizations for 590 boards.

Mine's been great in its custom 'wind tunnel' (42-63C). Keep it cool!

Strange that we would have such different experiences. Besides the odd color banding around primary colors of overlay graphics (with hardware decoding) I have noticed more saturated colors with less noise, and a sharper image. Do you have hardware encoding enabled?

Is that the new Nvidia tuner or the old 'NVTV' card? There's a big difference.

Details here: http://members.dslextreme.com/users/bgsmith101/systems/systems.htm

No I use two DirecTV satellite boxes connected to the two tuners of the Nvidia DualTV via S-Video cables (the Hauppauge cards were connected the same way).

The problem I had with my Hauppauge cards was that if I enabled 'Hardware Encoding' in the DVD decoder software (which takes a big load off the CPU and hands it over to the video card-which is good if you have a high-quality DX9 card), there would be strange banding around primary colors...

Yes my Dell lappy uses a proprietary breakout box.

The Nvidia card is 'designed' for MCE, but comes with standard WDM drivers, and can work in single or dual-tuner mode in any Windows S/W. Do some research, all this info is available via the manual and reviews.

I had two Hauppauge 150's (like a single 500-same tuner), and the Nvidia DualTV I replaced them with has a MUCH better picture. The old NVTV card wasn't that good, but the new one is great. When checking reviews make sure you're seeing the NEW one.

I have heard of higher temps, but no failures. Ordinarily gravity is used to get the condensed liquid back to the hot side.

One GPU and its memory handle one frame (or part of a frame), and the second GPU and its memory handle the other.

http://www.anandtech.com/cpuchipsets/showdoc.aspx?i=2795&p=1

http://www.tigerdave.com/wgl/ http://www.widescreengamingforum.com/forum/viewforum.php?f=32

Oh yeah, 'Link Boost'.

Also according to the changelog in the latest Nvidia graphic driver there's an enhanced performance mode option that gets enabled in the 590's BIOS designed specifically for the driver, but only on the 590.

I would also uninstall all third-party added drivers before the switch, and obviously reinstall them after, but that probably is not necessary for all but the video driver.

No, just change the IDE controller's driver in the device manager to 'Standard Dual Channel IDE Controller'.

Thanks!

Their forum is very helpful.

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I cut through my memory pads with an Exacto.

If you get stuck in the email shuffle, just call their toll-free number, they'll get you going. BUT ask them if the issue is permanently fixed. You may need to practice more patience.

yes-identical pins, motherboards that support 1066 also support 800.

You're not the only one having trouble with that RAM. I hear Corsair PC-800 DDR2 is good. I'm not sure if this has anything to do with it, but I (and many others) had issues with OCZ PC1066 RDRAM. It turned out they had repackaged their PC800. Hopefully that's not what's going on.

It's taking a while to work out these 7900x issues. I haven't even looked to see if there's a final fix. So far only the 7950 seems to be free of issues. XFX has taken a different approach; they closed their forum ( http://www.xfxforce.com/web/forumsMessage.jspa ) and inform (or at least did)...

I'm sure the stock fan works fine in a well ventilated case, but mine's quiet and less tornado-like.

I used an internal 120mm fan and cardboard to help direct intake air to the card's fans. Using a 60mm fan on the case's vents above the cards and more cardboard I made a custom exhaust too. All my fans are on controllers tuned to be very quiet. In a completely closed P180 my 7950 peaks at 63C...

I use one port for my DSL, and the other for my network (crossover cable to my HTPC), so I don't need a router/switch. It's bridged for ICS.

I used an internal 120mm fan and cardboard to help direct intake air to the card's fans. Using a 60mm fan on the case's vents above the cards and more cardboard I made a custom exhaust too. All my fans are on controllers tuned to be very quiet. In a completely closed P180 my 7950 peaks at 63C...

I had multiple 7900GTX RMA's, but my 7950 has been perfectly stable.

Yes, but presumably they tested it already. And although they can't tell, even if you admit that you overclocked EVGA will honor their true lifetime warranty. Head over to their message board though. The current batches of all brands of reference 7900x cards are having troubles. I got caught...

I'm running a single 7950, and to reduce temps. I funneled the intake air of my P180 to the fan-end of the card (opposite DVI's) using an internal 120mm fan, and cardboard to force it at the 7950's intakes. To keep a lot of the card's heat out of the case I mounted a 60x25mm exhaust fan on the...

Well with 1GB VRAM it is great for flight sims and giant monitors, but doesn't make sense unless money is no object. But for people like me with an EVGA 7900GTX it's only a $100 upgrade. I went for it since I'm a flight simmer, and it would be nice to turn settings way up. Plus MS Flight Sim...

Unfortunately once a problem has occured the damage is done. My third 7900GTX responded to downclocked memory, but for only two days. Fortunately EVGA has their 'Step-Up' program, and for about $120 I was able to upgrade to a 7950 GX2, which uses significantly slower GPU and VRAM speeds...

After looking it up, what does the beep code tell you?

It's the Vertex Clock, and normally runs 50MHZ higher than the Core Clock.