GA-K8NXP SLI. Why so hard to get?
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All SLI cards are in short order right now because of the memory and CPUs on them... patience.
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If you have a PCI Express slot get one of those.  Regardless go with NVIDIA or an NVIDIA line, they are better than any other company out there.  All my friends who work for CAD, Architecture, programming and for Disney, Dreamworks use Nvidia.  I would go with a 256MB Nvidia line that supports directX 9.  The higher the res it can max out at the better as well becaue if you play it at a lower res than the max supported your card works faster.  Also the Nvidia drivers are much easier to work with I had a 5500OC 256 card and was able to use the 5700 drivers for it without any problems.  If you want to change and upgrade your mobo, then upgrade to one that has PCI Express slots in them as PCI is going to be completely phased out  and soon AGP will be phased out as well.  Depending on how soon you plan to upgrade your mobo I'd wait and get one with a PCI Express slot then buy a PCI E card with the specs previously mentioned.
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If you're going to use Linux, you won't find any difference between a 754 socket processor and a 939 socket one. Many Linux distributions still don't recognize the 939 socket! Sli comes from Scalable Link Interface and it means that you can put two video cards of the exact type on the same motherboard! It doesn't mean it will double your pc performance, but it's pretty close! :). On Linux the SLI feature is disabled for now, as far as I know. nVidia is still working on this issue and I hope they will find a solution soon. Linux will run on a SLI system but will only use a single video card! :(. \nReasons for 939 socket:\n- 754 socket processors will dissapear soon!\n- you can't place a PCI express video card on a 754 socket processor!\n- 939 consums less energy.
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one the greatest you can find is silicon graphic workstation you can check it in www.sgi.com\nif you want configure your own you can use a doul core prossesor AMD (X2) with a quad sli support motherboard and 4 sli 512MB video card with at least 4-8GB ram , 4*SataII hdd configured as strip raid (from 250GB to 1TB)
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nvidia SLI (Scaleable Link Interface) is the next step in gpu tech.\nsli makes it possable to run two GPU's at the same time as one unit.\nwith two SLI supported graphic cards and the linkchip that comes with the hardware of either the motherboard or GPU you can seriously accelerate your graphics
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most used chipset is the Northbridge NVIDIA nForce4 SLI
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....a... i think you can only get that on ebay...because no p4 1.8 mother board is producing any more.
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Um, it IS available now.  Here's a link to 10 different GT's: http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductList.asp?N=2010380048+1067920129&Submit=ENE&SubCategory=48 and here's one to 10 different varieties of GTX's: http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductList.asp?N=2010380048+1067920130&Submit=ENE&SubCategory=48
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i wouldn't throw away the card, yet.\neven though it may not be listed on the official Vista compatibility list, cards like a 9550 are.\nchances ATI won't (eventually) release a driver that gives a X800 full access to the vista features :-o :-/\nnaaaa, they'll find a way.
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1.8GB Capacity, you might mean, or 1.8 GHz clock speed, more likely.\n\nIn either case, a 155MB (sure it's not 256MB?) may work.  It's not the memory that's the issue, ie, the numbers you mentioned don't have anything to do with compatibility.\n\nCompatibility is addressed by checking videocard connection type: PCI, PCI-Express (also called PCI-E), and AGP.  Note that AGP comes in different flavors such as 2x and 4x.  Some motherboards do 2x or 4x and some do both.
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Dont give up the ship matey! I would try the new processor once more but read the manual thuroughly and make sure you have the procssor fan plugged in properly! Take your time, relax, read the manual once more! Cards themselves are pretty hard to install improperly, the most important things to remember are following the exact details of processor installation, cooling fan, and memory! Once you get it goin, its only easier to do the next one!
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You haven't mentioned the most important part, the graphics card. If it is onboard graphics (part of the main motherboard) then it may well be that the graghics adapter does not support this feature, or there is not enough memory allocated to the graphics interface.
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If you are running with screen resolution of 1024x768 and using 32 bits of resolution, each frame requires 25,165,824 bits of storage.  Given 8 bits/byte, that allows about 80 frames to be buffered.  That would seem to be enough video memory.  \n\nYou say that your frame rate doubles when going from thirty two bit to sixteen bit quantization.  Well, that's half the bits and a direct linear relationship between speed and number of bits! That tells me that the bottleneck is the processing speed of the Graphics Processing Unit (GPU) itself.\n\nThe Geforce 6200 AGP has a passively cooled GPU.  From Overclocker Cafe, "Priced at $69, the Inno3D GeForce 6200A draws from two different audiences.  One of cost effectiveness and one out of want to get their HTPCs to operate as silently as humanly possible.  This is why we are able to recommend the GeForce 6200A to the AGP masses that constitute these two groups."\n\nMore system RAM certainly won't hurt and it is cheaper than a high end video card. But, I don't think it will do much to help your frame rate.  To do that, I think you'll need a higher-end video card.
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first of all, its nice to have a 8x card with PCI-EC but its just like having a AGP almost, and trust me... I've got a Pentium 3 comp., so  better enjoy it lol. anywho, but u can always have the kick @$$ 16x. reading up on things, if u have a card that does support two 16x then u can join up the two and get double the power, so in other words 16*16=256, now thats awesome. BUT... if u have only one card in there, then itll only support up to 8x. thats the sucky part. I'd say if u have the money to get the 16x and buy another one. another problem is the money. usually the ones that have the double cards cost around $300 - $500. soooooooooooooooooo thatll be.... about $600 - $1,000. yep... pretty pricey. but then again itll be worth it. \n\nanother thing is if ur computer will support it. ur on ur own on that one. u might have to look and dig for some info online. i was trying to find some online from gateway and googling it but my search wasnt too good. so again ur on ur own on that one...\n\nthe cards are not all the same, ur just gonna have to go on the word of each ones. of course ur gonna want to go with the two big guys: ATI and NVidia. nvidia has this thing called SLI. adapt the two suckers with a attachment to connect them together and vioala, uve got ur double cards going. ATI in the other hand says it does have a double cards connecting thing, they call it CrossFire, enabling multi-GPU's to go at it. THE DIFFERENCE: god knows what is. to tell u the truth theyre both amazing. i see nvidia's and ati's and damn, its damn right gorgeus. so either way ur gonna have to stick to one and only one manufacturer. u cant mix two types of PCI EC's lol. till then that raps it up for  PCI EC's, but there will always be more in the near future. till then keep ur eyes peeled...
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most manufacturers make a variety of interfaces for the same card, which is why some sites have a pcie version of the 6200, others will have the agp version, some the pci version etc etc.  Assuming theres only ONE kind of interface for a card is very unrealistic.\n\nAs for pci vid cards not being manufactured anymore?  Come on, it will always be a necessity.  Just because they are not in demand nearly as much as they were in the past, all OEMs like HP, Dell, Gateway, Emachines etc are STILL making systems that dont have an agp or pciE slot and rely on onboard video, thus halting production of PCI cards altogether is not realistic, would lead to total loss of an entire sector of the PC market, and is just not true.  \n\nhttp://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16814161050\n\nPCI x1300.  While not as powerful as an x1900 or nvidia 7900 (for obvious limitations on the pci bus that would not be able to handle the throughput of a higher clocked model like the x1900), its still a current PCI vid card.\n\nhttp://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16814139010\n\nGee that looks like a PCI version of the 6200 to me...as well as anyone with eyes that has the ability to read.\n\nPlease don't be so quick to be so elitist and snuff your nose at older technology. Many of us prefer to build our own machines but you are forgeting that the large majority of consumers are still buying systems we would consider "chump" from HP, Dell etc. and though PCI may be dead when it comes to graphics for the computer elite/power users, its still a reality and necessity for many more.  Hell, I even still use dos when I walk into a lot of the restaurant/hoel clientelle I deal with.  A few are still even running win95 heh
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Supposedly, they can..a recent driver update eliminated the need\nfor exact same model and manufacturer type.  However, physical limitations like the position of the SLI connectors can make some problems.\n\nHowever, even though they "can" work together, using a less powerful card next to a powerful card effectively makes the more powerful one work at the speed of the slower one.\n\nIt should work(as long as the SLI connecters line up) but you would end up with a 7800 gtx that is behaving like a 6800 ultra in terms of speed.  If the 2nd card also has less memory, then both will only use the amount on the 2nd card.  \n\nBecause of this, most people tend to use the same cards, because otherwise it as though you bought a 7600 GT at the price of a 7800gtx...  \n\nIf I were you, i'd hold on to the money anyways and just wait for a 8000 series card anyways.  A 7800 gtx will be more than enough for current gen games and you'll want to upgrade to the new DX10 cards to take full advantage of newer games like Crysis, etc. that run on DX10.  The newer cards that have now begun to appear are pretty expensive but perform about 2x better and have full hardware support of DX10 features like Geometry Shaders...\n\nIf money isn't an object then go ahead and get yourself a 8800gtx...or if it is an issue wait for the DX10 midrange cards (which should still outperform the DX9 highend).
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BFG GeForce 7800GS is about the best you will still find for AGP. It's time to start thinking of a PCI-e system.\n\nEdit:\nGalaxy brand?!? FX5500?!? Is this meant to be a joke?\n\nBFG has great product and customer support. The card I linked to is $213.77 shipped. Seriously though, it's time to start considering putting those funds towards a more current, ground up build.