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Dan 2003-09-09 14:34
I plan on running 4 video cards/8 monitors. 1 AGP and 3 PCI. Here are the cards:PNY nvidia geforce4 ti 4600(AGP),PNY Geforce fx 5200 DDR(pci), Two Geforce2 mx-400 family(PCI). These all are dual-mon cards.
I bought a Dell 450 Precision Workstation last week, and added these cards, only to have what I think are possible motherboard and PSU (350) shortfalls causing crashes of program to often. Also, the PCI area is like a can of sardines(never seen PCI's this close before!I would say almost rendering the card fans useless) so small and the card area heats up fast and gets hot in minutes, with no cooling set-up or space for fans to add.
I am not a gamer...Equities Trader....
ANY and all suggestion would be great, I can send this baby back no problem, they will take it.
This is the only site that I was very impressed by the knowledge of multi-mon!
Here are my PC specs: Note: I pulled the ATI.
2.40GHZ,XEON/533,WS450,MOD,512K CACHE
2ND P,2.40GHZ,XEON/533,MOD,WS450
1GB,DDR266 SDRAM,ECC,4X256,WS450
ENTRY LEVEL KYBD,PS/2,NO HOT KEYS,PWS
MONITOR OPTION-NONE
ATI,RADEON VE,VGA,1 OR 2 MONITOR,WS450
40GB,IDE (ATA-100),1INCH,7200RPM,WS450
3.5,1.44MB,FLOPPY DRIVE,PWS FACT INSTALL
WINDOWS XP PRO SP1,NTFS,W/MEDIA,PWS,ENG
DELL PS/2 2-BUTTON MOUSE (NO SCROLL)
DELL V.92 PCI D/F CTRLER-LESS MODEM,PWS
48X CD-ROM, PWS 340/350/450/650
HARMAN KARDON 206,SPEAKER,GRAY,PWS,FACT
READYWARE INSTALLATION FEE
HYPER-THREADING PRESET TO ON,WS450/650
NBD,WS,UNY,INIT (AVAL,EARTH)
NBD,WS,UNY,2YR EXT (AVAL,EARTH)
Dan
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Dan 2003-09-09 14:36
When I refered to crashes I ment, things like explorer and others like that. Not blue screen.
Dan
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ecarlson 2003-09-10 03:19
Definately sounds like you need a motherboard with more PCI slots so you can space the cards for better airflow. You could also replace 2 of the cards with one 4-output card to get better airflow.
Another option might be to try to underclock the video cards to get the heat down. Maybe some of the overclocking utilities can also underclock the video cards.
Also, have you installed the latest NVidia drivers? You only need to install one set of drivers since you have all NVidia based cards.
And finally, you could cut a hole in the side of the case, and put a fan there, but you wouldn't want to void your warranty.
- Eric www.InvisibleRobot.com
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ecarlson 2003-09-10 03:22
Also, if you have dual CPU's and 4 video cards, a 350.W PS might not cut it. Maybe you could install a high quality, multi-fan 450.W unit.
- Eric www.InvisibleRobot.com
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