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\n> --- In IBM_T2X_LCD@yahoogroups.com, "fluppeteer" <yahoo@> wrote:
\n> >
\n> > --- In IBM_T2X_LCD@yahoogroups.com, "educationk12" <educationk12@>
\n> > wrote:
\n>
\n> > > It would be nice if was an overreaction or a real problem before
\n> > > investing so much money into a system.
\n> >
\n> > I'd thoroughly recomment finding someone who's running with that
\n> > much memory in their graphics cards. ISTR the Dell quad-SLI
\n
> > have that configuration (if you can get at all the cards in non-SLI
\n
> > mode), so someone may be out there.they
\n>
\n> I'll look again, but from what I read off Dell's website was that
\n
> only had dual PCI-Express X16 motherboards. Wouldn't Quad-SLI takeone
\n> four X16s?
\n>
\n> > If it makes you feel any better, we had similar
\n> > problems a couple of years ago when consumer dual-link cards
\n> > started to become available.
\n>
\n> Ha! No, it actually makes me more concerned. I'm nearly halfway
\n> through with reading every word in this forum and documenting it in
\n> Word. I have been reading the pain people have been going through,
\n> which has been enormously helpful but it does tell me that even if I
\n> weren't wanting multiple monitors that I'd still need to know this
\n> stuff to make an educated decision on which setup to get for even
\n
> monitor. Otherwise, I'd be just getting something for the sake ofthat
\n> series numbers. I like your posts about trying to figure out if that
\n> stupid 6800 series (Ultra, etc.) was dual dual-link, one dual-link,
\n> single-links...it has me laughing because I was trying to figure
\n
> junk out about the same time and I remember how difficult thatwas...I
\n
> called nVidia, Dell, you name it. I had to educate the people on the30"
\n> phone that there was indeed a difference between dual-DVI and
\n> dual-link DVI. Sigh! I was very close to getting that Apple 30", but
\n> with all the confusion and my desire to stick with the familiar
\n> (windows), well I threw in the towel and waited. Now I have a Dell
\n
> and a bunch of Viewsonics that I've yet to hook up beyond WXGA forthe
\n
> Dell and SXGA for the Viewsonics. lol1x
\n>
\n> The card that has my interests most is that NVS 440 card. Then the
\n> higher end Quatros, then 6800GTO/7800GTX stuff. But it's still too
\n> early to have a clue. I'd appreciate your thoughts on that NVS 440
\n> card. It also claims 31 watts, but I wonder if they are posting the
\n
> card and not the 16x one. Or would they be the same?
\n>
\n> > --
\n> > Fluppeteer
\n> >
\n>