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by **Steve Garrot** » Wed, 12 Jul 2000 04:00:00

Here I thought I was bad with 2-IDEs and 1-SCSI! Now down to 1-IDE and
1-SCSI (2 partitions). SCSI just makes it worst!

SLG

>> writes:

>> >Just put a machine together for my teammate with a V5 5500 in it. Nice
>> >card! Just make sure you have ample room in front of your AGP slot
>> >though, it's a *long* card! To put one in my case, I'd have to move 2
>> >of my 3 hard drives. Have fun!

>> *Three* hard drives?!? I thought I was bad having TWO... <g>
>> I considered adding another, but I already have 4 IDE devices. I don't feel
>> lucky enough to try adding another IDE interface.

>ROTFL!! Yep. I got an Abit BE6-2 for a mobo, so I have a primary &
>secondary IDE that support 2 devices each, along with a primary &
>secondary ATA-66 IDE that also support 2 devices each. On the ATA-66, I
>have a 15GB used for Win98, along with a 13GB on the primary master.
>Primary slave is an 8.1GB dedicated entirely to my Linux-Mandrake 7.1.
>Secondary master is my Creative Labs CD-RW, and secondary slave is my
>cheapo 24x CD-ROM. Love this mobo, there's plenty of room for more IDE
>toys! As long as the power supply keeps up, of course. <g>

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by **Eldre** » Thu, 13 Jul 2000 04:00:00

Garrotto) writes:
>Here I thought I was bad with 2-IDEs and 1-SCSI! Now down to 1-IDE and
>1-SCSI (2 partitions). SCSI just makes it worst!

>SLG

>>> writes:

>>> >Just put a machine together for my teammate with a V5 5500 in it. Nice
>>> >card! Just make sure you have ample room in front of your AGP slot
>>> >though, it's a *long* card! To put one in my case, I'd have to move 2
>>> >of my 3 hard drives. Have fun!

>>> *Three* hard drives?!? I thought I was bad having TWO... <g>
>>> I considered adding another, but I already have 4 IDE devices. I don't
>feel
>>> lucky enough to try adding another IDE interface.

27GB, 13GB, 48x CD, CD burner(all IDE). I need a bigger case, or larger hard
drives, or BOTH!<g>

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by **daxe** » Thu, 13 Jul 2000 04:00:00

(Steve
> Garrotto) writes:

> >Here I thought I was bad with 2-IDEs and 1-SCSI! Now down to 1-IDE and
> >1-SCSI (2 partitions). SCSI just makes it worst!

> >SLG

20.4g, 6.4g, 40x cd-rom, 6x DVD (all IDE). ~and~ a SCSI CD writer and JAZ
drive with a scanner*** off the back of the card. Let's not get into
the ***, front yard/driveway surveillance cam/camcorder/cable TV going
into the video cap card or the cassette recorder/line out from the effects
box/preamp for music recording purposes. Then there's the USB mouse and
Sandisk Compactflash reader, etc. etc. etc. It's a durn bag of snakes down
there.

~daxe

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by **Uncle Feste** » Fri, 14 Jul 2000 04:00:00

> 20.4g, 6.4g, 40x cd-rom, 6x DVD (all IDE). ~and~ a SCSI CD writer and JAZ
> drive with a scanner*** off the back of the card. Let's not get into
> the ***, front yard/driveway surveillance cam/camcorder/cable TV going
> into the video cap card or the cassette recorder/line out from the effects
> box/preamp for music recording purposes. Then there's the USB mouse and
> Sandisk Compactflash reader, etc. etc. etc. It's a durn bag of snakes down
> there.

Damn! You got all *sorts* of toys. :-p~~~

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by **Uncle Feste** » Fri, 14 Jul 2000 04:00:00

> 27GB, 13GB, 48x CD, CD burner(all IDE). I need a bigger case, or larger hard
> drives, or BOTH!<g>

I remember seeing a 60GB Maxtor 5400 rpm at Computer Geeks the other day
for $234. <g>

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by **Dave Henri** » Fri, 14 Jul 2000 04:00:00

Hey Uncle...better quit reading and get back to the tracks, guess who just
passed ya in gplrank?
dave henrie

by **Ronald Stoeh** » Fri, 14 Jul 2000 04:00:00

> Hi everyone,

> I bought a V5 5500 a couple of weeks ago. I tried
> to put it into my old PC (P3 500, 256mb, 20gb, AT
> case) and it wouldnt fit. I decided that I really
> wanted this card so GP3 would run good, so I went
> out and bought a new ATX case, K7 Pro motherboard
> and a 800mhx Athlon CPU.

> Right, got it all in, had to download the W2K
> beta drivers (12mb on 56k modem....it took ages)..

Hmm, you blamed everything in your system, but not the
most obvious one. Why are you using W2K on a *** PC?
There are lots of games that don't work under W2K
(unless they recently found a miracle cure for the prob).

Now I just hope the M$ fanboys don't jump on me stating
that it's the games fault... ;)

l8er
ronny

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by **daxe** » Fri, 14 Jul 2000 04:00:00

> Hi everyone,

bim?

~daxe (psd)

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by **Uncle Feste** » Fri, 14 Jul 2000 04:00:00

> Hey Uncle...better quit reading and get back to the tracks, guess who just
> passed ya in gplrank?

DOH!! Too much tech & not enough track does a Turtle make. <g>
BTW-Great job Dave!

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by **danvit..** » Sun, 16 Jul 2000 04:00:00

Ive tried 3 times to post here... god I must be doing something wrong..

Im running W2K for work, and Win98SE for ***..

The reason I posted about W2K in my initial post was that I had to
download the drivers cause they were not on the CD (as well as NT4,
which my other PC has..)

Do any of you think this card was rushed when released.. The card is
superb but the overall package is not great...

Thanks in advance for any info..

Dan

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by **Greg Cisk** » Sun, 16 Jul 2000 04:00:00

> Ive tried 3 times to post here... god I must be doing something wrong..

> Im running W2K for work, and Win98SE for ***..

> The reason I posted about W2K in my initial post was that I had to
> download the drivers cause they were not on the CD (as well as NT4,
> which my other PC has..)

> Do any of you think this card was rushed when released.. The card is
> superb but the overall package is not great...

You mean because it doesn't have NT or W2000 drivers? That is
what you are implying. It I understand correctly then I say no the
card was not rushed. It is a W998 *** card, not a NT ***
card.

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by **evente..** » Mon, 17 Jul 2000 04:00:00

And an awesome one at that. I think he has a point about the
packaging, though. The heatsinks, and the way in which they're applied
could have been a *lot* better. My V3-2000 has a bigger heatsink, for
pete's sake - and it's attached with a thermal pad (which contacts the
whole chip and has consistent thickness, which is more than I can say
for the V5's goop.)
Kind of sad - the V5 FSAA is fantastic, no card has better all-around
game support, and the 3dfx drivers just get better and better (nicer
than the 'driver-dance' nVidia owners with many different games seem to
have to go through).
3dfx should just contract with TennMax or something ;).
I've ***ed in several posts about the heatsinks, but don't take it as
a slam against the card - I have no regrets in picking up my V5. I've
always been willing to tweak my hardware, and I figured I'd just go
ahead and fix the heatsinks myself rather than return the card.
Note that in the V5 NG a 3dfx employee has hinted that steps are being
taken to improve the heatsink mounting - what that actually entails I
have no idea.

Kendt

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