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>Seems like I have seen a lot of reviews in the years past that claim
\n> --- In IBM_T2X_LCD@yahoogroups.com, "educationk12" <educationk12@>
\n> wrote:
\n> If you include ATi's low-end dual-link cards, they're almost
\n> definitely quite frugal. Recall that AGP has a lower maximum
\n> power usage (IIRC, 40W through the slot, and 40W through a
\n> molex) than PCIe (75W down a 16-lane slot, 75W down the 6-pin
\n> connector). If you want to compare power consumption of an
\n> FX3000 or similar, you need to look back to a GeForce FX5950
\n> vintage card (I'm not sure of the correlation with the older
\n> cards), and that ran over AGP. A 3Dlabs Realizm 800 gets close
\n> to the 150W limit out of its PCI-e connections.
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> The Quad Royal has slot between each of its 16-lane slots,Wow, that's GREAT news! :o)
\n> so you could fit four double-width cards in (although you
\n> might want to check clearance in your case). It would probably
\n> be a good thing to run single-width cards if you can - it would
\n> also allow you to use the extra slots in between.
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> You certainly can (almost any high end card has at least 256MBYes, I wish there was a way to find out whether there really is an
\n> on it at the moment). 512MB is harder. Two T221s might need
\n> 512MB to do 3D graphics (9MP at 36MB triple-buffered, plus the
\n> frame buffer, x2 is more than 256MB), depending on the buffer
\n> arrangements, but that's probably not a luxury you're looking at
\n> - and there might be the address space problem.
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