> > From: "William Robb" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: 2008/07/01 Tue PM 02:15:50 GMT > To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: Stupid Compter Question > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "mike wilson" > Subject: Re: Stupid Compter Question > > > > >> Hi, > >> My graphics card (Asus 8600GTS) says it has a DVI maximum resolution of > >> 1920x1200x60Hz. > >> Is this total resolution, split between 2 panels, or is that resolution > >> per panel? > >> Also, is there any advantage to a non gamer for going the SLI route if he > >> wants to run a pair > >> of > >> fairly large flat panel screens? > > > > Per panel. That is (I think) the same card as mine and mine has two DVI > > outputs. Why would > > you need the extra video processing power for still image editing? The > > bottleneck in that > > application has been (for a long time) read/write speed. It's possible, I > > suppose, that you > > may create another one with two big screens to drive. As I understand > > it..... > > Hence my question about SLI, on the theory that I could ameliorate that > potential bottleneck. I > have tried to debottleneck read write speeds by incorporating a total of 8 > hard drives into my > computer, all of them paired with another, two as a RAID 1 (file storage), > and 6 as 3 RAID 0 > drives (I keep my OS, programs and Windows swap on one, and use the other two > for Photoshop > swaps.) > Unfortunately, I seem to have created a very power hungry little box. The 650 > watt power supply > that I thought would be ample is not sufficient, and I periodically get a > notification that the > video card is throttling back performance because it can't get enough power. > I have an 850 watt Zahlman power supply on the way to replace the 650 watt > Mushkin.
That's what I put in in the first place. Only wish I had bought the modular one, so I didn't have all these extra wires hanging about. Just have to put drives on the end of them, I suppose...... > By the time I get this little project done to my satisfaction, I am certain > that I will be able > to build a nice computer from the spare parts that didn't quite cut it in the > present box. > > William Robb > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. > ----------------------------------------- Email sent from www.virginmedia.com/email Virus-checked using McAfee(R) Software and scanned for spam -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
