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Old August 4th 06, 10:34 PM posted to alt.comp.periphs.videocards.nvidia
johns
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Default Did you know this? I sure did not.



category your GTO belongs to is anybody's guess.


I wish they'd stop it with the guessing games. This
driver control of cooling and keeping the thing quiet
is the difference between buying the card, and not
buying the card. An uncontrolled 7900 is a nightmare,
and yet this is one of the top cards out there. I
even called BFG on my BFG 7900 GTO, and the tech
guy basically laughed in my face, and dared me
to void my warranty by installing a quiet fan. Now, I
learn that the proper driver for the thing does a nice
job of quieting it down. You'd think that BFG tech
support would know that. They don't. I'm glad I have
my Zalmon cooler, but maybe I could have just
downloaded a decent driver for free. The other thing
is, if BFG is building cards that are not very smart,
then maybe it is time for them to "smarten" up.
Also, I have yet to see these Dell Dimensions
fail to do their job, and respond to any challenge
I have set them against. Somebody over there is
getting the job done.

johns