Orchid XP v8 escreveu:
> Mmm. *Clearly* I must now open the box... ;-)

That sounds reasonable. :)

Now you need Crysis to test it. :P

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nemesis wrote:

> Now you need Crysis to test it. :P

COME PLAY MY GAME, I'LL TEST YA!!! >:-D

COOOOOOOOOOOOOM PLAAAAAAAAY MYYYYYYY GAAAAAAAAAAME!!!

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"Powering your XFX graphics card"

"XFX does not support the use of two 4-pin to one 6-pin power cable 
converter for these graphics cards."

So, uh, why did you supply just such a converter IN THE BOX WITH THE CARD???

Is it just me?! o_O

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OMG, WTF?? o_O

Seriously, this thing is both larger and heavier than a harddrive!

Usually when you buy a graphics card, you get... a PCB. It weighs 
nothing, and it's pretty small. My last graphics card was a PCB with a 
small fan on it, so it was slightly larger.

THIS mutha... is... a solid metal brick, 265 mm by 110 mm by 40 mm. 
There is no PCB visible; the entire thing is solid metal (and 
elaborately printed with lush graphics in glossy paint too). About a 
quarter of the object is made up of the massive exhaust fan! o_O

Jesus, I've got an SLI motherboard, but I don't think I could physically 
*fit* two of these suckers in there even if I had the money! The card is 
about 3 bays wide!! It weighs a tonne too...

Bugger me, this is gonna be good! :-D

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Orchid XP v8 wrote:
> (Anybody remember back when YOUR ENTIRE COMPUTER had drastically less 
> than 896 MB of RAM?

I remember when 896 MB of removable storage was an inconceivable amount. :-)

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Hahahaha...

"Minimum power supply: 500 W. Recommended power supply: 630 W or more."

Er, yeah. I'm pretty sure my power supply is 250 W. ;-)

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Orchid XP v8 <voi### [at] devnull> wrote:
> Hahahaha...

> "Minimum power supply: 500 W. Recommended power supply: 630 W or more."

> Er, yeah. I'm pretty sure my power supply is 250 W. ;-)

  "I'm pretty sure"? You don't know? Nor can check?

  It should be rather common knowledge that newer graphics cards require
more powerful PSUs. If you are going to heavily upgrade your graphics
card, you'll usually have to upgrade your PSU as well. Luckily those
are not very expensive.

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Warp wrote:
> more powerful PSUs. 

When did it get common to tack a "U" on the end of "Power Supply"? Nobody 
calls it a Power Supply Unit. :-)

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Warp wrote:

>   "I'm pretty sure"? You don't know? Nor can check?

Nope. Apparently there's no technical data printed on the PSU. I just 
checked. (And I didn't buy it online, so I don't have an invoice to 
check either.)

> Luckily those are not very expensive.

Well, that's the main thing, yes. ;-)

(Otherwise, right now you'd see my sitting in the corner crying.)

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Darren New wrote:

> When did it get common to tack a "U" on the end of "Power Supply"? 
> Nobody calls it a Power Supply Unit. :-)

Er... I do?

I've always seen it referred to as PSU. (When it's referred to by a 
specific term, at any rate. Typically it's something that just comes 
with the case...)

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