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Anyone running a 6600 PCI-X card in their 4700/8400?
Just curious as to whether anyone's successfully running an nVidia/Leadtek/XFX 6600 PCI-X 16 video card in their Dimension 4700/8400, and whether any issues have been noticed/resolved...I understand there have been some issues with the 6600 GT, but I'm wondering if these issues also affect the (non GT) 6600 I'm considering.
Thanks!
ofelas
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December 13th, 2004 14:00
glenrich
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December 13th, 2004 14:00
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December 13th, 2004 17:00
Sorry, the only success I have seen on this board was the 6200.
ofelas
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December 13th, 2004 20:00
Dream Master
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December 14th, 2004 13:00
I know you said NON-GT, but, so you know, the MSI NVidia 6600GT comes overclocked and has NO issues with my 8400. Flawless execution, no blue screens, no monitor issues.
http://www.msicomputers.com
ofelas
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December 14th, 2004 14:00
glenrich
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December 14th, 2004 14:00
I had some very minor progress with my PNY 6600GT.
It seems that latest BIOS from 12/13 detects the Leaktek 6600GT as x16 but the card still exhibits artifacts all over the screen from its first failed sorte. After the Leaktek card was detected I swapped boards and the PNY card booted up once in x16 mode. I ran some benchmarks and it seemed to work well. After powering of the machine it was back to x1 mode again.
But at least I could tell that once this BIOS is able to detect the PNY card it works well.
I took both cards back and I have an MSI 6800 card (non-GT) on the way. It costs abit more but I'm hoping it will work w/o the hassle.
Does anyone know or have a list of video cards that we know will work on this 4700? If there are going to be some incompatibilities for a while it would be nice to document the ones that work to save me the from the trial and error routing.
DJRobXX
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December 14th, 2004 15:00
I have one eVGA 6600GT that's working great in a 4700 (that card works in either of my two 4700's). However, I have fried two XFX 6600GTs and another eVGA 6600GT, all have died with just a little bit of stress testing. That's a painful failure rate. Makes me want to underclock them or something.
-- Rob
pt6a28
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December 14th, 2004 19:00
I too tried a leadtek 6600gt and fried it very quickly, I am now running an ATI x700pro, comparible to the 6600 and it's working great, its a little more dough and mine didnt come with any games but it's nice not having any hassles
DJRobXX
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December 14th, 2004 21:00
Yep, same here. The store had one x700 pro left in stock, so I decided rather than risk frying another 6600GT, I'd take it instead. Works just like it should, no problems at all.
Dream Master
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December 15th, 2004 02:00
Yes, no NMI issues, no fan issues, running BIOS A03. Card runs quiet, has a powerful fan, runs cool compared to some. Graphic intensive web sites jump on the LCD monitor fast as lightening with just 128 meg ram card, 8 pipelines.
I am well satisfied.
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December 30th, 2004 16:00
Dream Master
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December 31st, 2004 00:00
No issues at all! I love this card and MSI sent a ton of software along with it!
DJRobXX
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December 31st, 2004 22:00
Message Edited by DJRobXX on 12-31-2004 06:30 PM
Dream Master
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December 31st, 2004 23:00
MSI sends out an overclocked card which may explain why it is geared NOT to fry from overheating?
http://www.msicomputers.com