Computer Trivia
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Computer Trivia
I've just did something to my computer and if you can guess right you can get a rep point. I know Preppy will get it so you guys better be quick. The answer is in the pictures if you can spot it.
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I guess that's close enough. I added a second video card but it is linked to the first video card in a SLI configuration.
Wreck you should see my computer as it is a "hot rod" of sorts (just can't find the camera). I've clocked my 2.4 ghz CPU to 2.8 ghz. I could do 3 ghz but I need a better cooler and I have to play with the voltage which I don't like to do. I can make more than trucks go fast! 
Scalable Link Interface (SLI) is a brand name for a multi-GPU solution developed by NVIDIA for linking two (or more) video cards together to produce a single output. SLI is an application of parallel processing for computer graphics, meant to increase the processing power available for graphics. With SLI, it is possible to theoretically double the power of your graphics solution just by adding a second video card with an identical GPU. The basic idea of SLI is to allow two (or more) graphics processing units (or GPUs) to share the work load when rendering a 3D scene. Ideally, two identical graphics cards are installed in a motherboard that contains two PCI-Express x16 slots, set up in a master-slave configuration. Both cards are given the same part of the game (scene) to render, but effectively half of the work load is sent to the slave card through a connector dubbed the SLI Bridge. For example, in some cases the slave card will work on the bottom half of the screen. The slave then sends its rendered output to the master card, where it is incorporated into the master card's own image (in the frame buffer) and sent to the screen.
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I've noticed a bit of a difference (3dmark is watchable) but I only have two 7600 GS cards which were midrange graphic cards. I tried out the Bioshock demo and I can run it at 1024x768 with detail on high.
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haha you can give dustin the rep point if he wants it... im the forienger around here...and i still dont know what a rep point is LOL
I wouldnt have known if it didnt say single video card right next to it
I wouldnt have known if it didnt say single video card right next to it
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oh and my type of games are the ones in the discount bin for $5 on boxing day LOL...last boxing day I spent $50 on 9 games and have only finished 1 of them... I like first person shotting games...army games mostly...007 type
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Originally Posted by wreckhaul
...and I still don't know what a rep point is LOL