Nvidia question

person135 · 01-29-2008, 09:46 PM

Nvidia says their GeForce 7 series have intellisample 4.0 and Ultrashadow II. Does that mean that all Geforce 7 cards, even those made by other companies like MSI have them too?

Also, are heatsinks bad? I have a 250W power supply and have a card that has a heatsink no fan. Does my card risk overheating?

Also, if a card requires two slots, and my computer only has 1 PCI-E slot but 3 other PCI slots, will it fit my computer?

diduknowthat · 01-29-2008, 09:56 PM

1) Yes, the other companies are just slapping on a heatsink, extra memory or other not-so-important parts onto a nvidia manufactured card. So every 7 series card will have the ultrashadow II and stuff.

2) Heatsinks aren't bad, just about every single card has a heatsink, and most of them have fans. If your card is low end then you probably don't need a fan.

3) The card needs two slots because it has a 2 slotted cooler, it has nothing to do with the actual PCI-E or PCI expansion slot.

Kesava · 01-29-2008, 10:43 PM

yeah so it just means that the card takes up 2 slots. doesnt actually need to plug into the second one...

are 2 slot coolers a lot better?
most HD3850's are 2 slot right?
my friend is getting one with a single slot cooler. will that affect it much?

sniperchang · 01-29-2008, 11:24 PM

The other companies which you speak of, use the Nvidia GPUs to make the actual card. So Nvidia makes the graphics cores, or GPU (Graphical Processing Unit), which has them feature you speak of, and they ship it off to other companies that make the circuit board, and add memory, and the heatsinks and can also overclock the core to make a bit more money. The features are all present on all 7 series as Nvidia said.

person135 · 01-30-2008, 03:22 AM

Well I'm just not sure if there is enough space to put in a card that takes up two slot spaces. So it doesn't require two PCIE slots, but it still uses up the space over the slot right? Do you think there is enough room to put it in?

01-29-2008, 09:46 PM	#1 (permalink)
person135 Bronze Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Posts: 27	Nvidia question Nvidia says their GeForce 7 series have intellisample 4.0 and Ultrashadow II. Does that mean that all Geforce 7 cards, even those made by other companies like MSI have them too? Also, are heatsinks bad? I have a 250W power supply and have a card that has a heatsink no fan. Does my card risk overheating? Also, if a card requires two slots, and my computer only has 1 PCI-E slot but 3 other PCI slots, will it fit my computer?

01-29-2008, 09:56 PM	#2 (permalink)
diduknowthat formerly liuliuboy Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Massachusetts Age: 17 Posts: 6,485	1) Yes, the other companies are just slapping on a heatsink, extra memory or other not-so-important parts onto a nvidia manufactured card. So every 7 series card will have the ultrashadow II and stuff. 2) Heatsinks aren't bad, just about every single card has a heatsink, and most of them have fans. If your card is low end then you probably don't need a fan. 3) The card needs two slots because it has a 2 slotted cooler, it has nothing to do with the actual PCI-E or PCI expansion slot. __________________ Dell Latitude XT Convertible Tablet Intel Core 2 Duo U7600 1.2ghz CPU 3GB DDR2 677 Memory 120GB 1.8" PATA Hard Drive ATI Radeon Xpress 1250 Graphics 12.1" WXGA LED Touch Screen N-Trig Capacitive Touch/Active Digitizer

01-29-2008, 10:43 PM	#3 (permalink)
Kesava Diamond Member Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: India Age: 17 Posts: 3,352	yeah so it just means that the card takes up 2 slots. doesnt actually need to plug into the second one... are 2 slot coolers a lot better? most HD3850's are 2 slot right? my friend is getting one with a single slot cooler. will that affect it much? __________________ Following my advice will harm your computer. Cpu:Intel Q6600 2.4Ghz @ 3.4Ghz Hsf:Zalman CNPS 9700 LED Ram:Generic 2 Gb 800 Mhz Gpu:XFX 8800 GT 512mb @ 700/1750/2000 Mobo:Gigabyte P31-DS3L OS:OSX 10.5.2 3dMark06:13518 MSN=kesava8@hotmail.com AIM=kesava8

01-29-2008, 11:24 PM	#4 (permalink)
sniperchang Diamond Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Canada Posts: 1,002	The other companies which you speak of, use the Nvidia GPUs to make the actual card. So Nvidia makes the graphics cores, or GPU (Graphical Processing Unit), which has them feature you speak of, and they ship it off to other companies that make the circuit board, and add memory, and the heatsinks and can also overclock the core to make a bit more money. The features are all present on all 7 series as Nvidia said. __________________ CPU: Athlon 64 X2 4800+ Skt939 Toledo @ 2.4Ghz Motherboard: Asus A8V-E SE VidCard(s): BFG 9800GTX 512MB PCI-E; eVGA 6200 PCI (Secondary) Mem: Corsair 2x1 gb TWINX C2 PT XMS HardDrive: Western Digital 8m Cache 250GB 7200RPM Monitor(s): 2x CRT 17" Phillips 107B5/107T6 and LCD 22"wide Samsung 226BW (Triple Display) Multiple Display 101

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01-30-2008, 03:22 AM	#5 (permalink)
person135 Bronze Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Posts: 27	Well I'm just not sure if there is enough space to put in a card that takes up two slot spaces. So it doesn't require two PCIE slots, but it still uses up the space over the slot right? Do you think there is enough room to put it in?

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