- last post: 01.01.0001 12:00 AM PDT
I dont think u can mix the both video. u have to disable one (i.e. the one integrated into the mobo because it sucks) and use the geforce one.
BTW if u r thinking in upgrading your grafics card u should buy the biggest bang for the buck right now, nvidia 6800 128mb -around 270$ and 290$ in new egg, the eVGA 6800 128mb(the one im getting for 282$) includes a copy of far cry ( faster and cheaper than the 9800XT 256mb, and can get overcloked to GT speeds!!!)
And about the fans, it does matter the size, but u also need to consider the speed the fans use, (i.e. 5000 , this is an average good speed) because if they cool at 2000 rpm( i think the speed is measured in rpm, just like the hds, correct me if im wrong) u wont get too much cooling no matter if u have like 3 fans. Number of fans is also something u need to consider, i.e. the case im getting is a TT case with good air flow that uses 2x90mm fans (one in the front for taking in some air and one in the back for taking the air out), one 80mm fan in the side pannel ( this one cools the mobo and the pc/vga cards), this are 3 fans with good size and to this we add the fan in the eVGA 6800 128mb and the fan for the AMD 64 3400. This makes a total of 4 fans moving air in the PC, good air overflow is what this pc im getting will have. If you want to know the consecuences of having only 1small fan ( the one in the cpu) in a PC with almost no air circulation, that is the pc im using right now( a slightly old 2 year p4 pc with high temp because i use for gaming every singly byte of speed it has for gaming, beacuse this pc is NOT for gaming so it goes hrad when i game with it. Well, the consecuences are, i lose 2 P4 one was a 1.4GHZ the other was a 1.5GHZ and te one im using now is an 1.6GHZ, so what happened to them, its pretty funny, the melted!!!!...so if u wnat your pc to work at its best and have anyproblem in doing that, U NEED GOOD VENTILATION; GOOD AIR OVERFLOW; GOOD COOLING!!!!!!!
This is somethin i learned by loosing almost 300$ in replacing ucking P4 a series ( this cpu ar NOT for gaming, hey suck in everything, thats why when i finish building my gaming rig, i will buy a p4 series b 1.8ghz for this pc and maybe a better grafics card than the one it has because it uses an nvidia TNT2 ( this SCUKS really bad)....and i will also upgrade from 256mb ram to 512mb ram.
Conclusion: if you dont want to cry beause your cpu melted, use good cooling this means as many fast fans as possible. And dont waste your money buying a video card that sucks, get the nvidia 6800 128mb ( 256mb, not necessesary, because no game asks for 256mb and the price bvetween the 6800 128mb and the one with 256mb is a lot, like 100$.
[Edited on 10/16/2004 4:59:47 AM]