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post #41 of 44
12/14/09 at 4:17am
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Originally Posted by matchbox2022 View Post
Yeah wow, cheaper than a 7900, Thats impressive. How much did it end up being?
I got it for 200 bucks. It's not the cheapest thing ever, but those cards cost a lot more right now.

Of course, it would be best if the card had actually arrived :/ This sucks.
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post #42 of 44
12/15/09 at 8:44pm
So could the FAQ get updated to show the list of cpus it can take like it does for the GPUs?

I am not sure about what will work for me. I have a t2400 (intel core) and am not sure if i can change to the t7x00 (intel core 2). I have a e1705.
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post #43 of 44
12/15/09 at 11:59pm
You can put a T7200, T7400, or a T7600 in the E1705
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post #44 of 44
12/16/09 at 9:41am
Up to the T7600G will work, although you won't be able to overclock unless you could force the bios to become a m1710s. Which shouldn't be an issue...really...since the boards are damned identical. Be sure you get a FCPGA and not a FCBGA though, lest you want to be soldering it permanently. :P and it being a socket M too.

For Vcards..you can put from 7800-7950 go gtx in there, quadro 1500-3500, AND a quadro fx 1600M OR 3600M (Kinda).

The bios doesn't recognize the newer cards though, I heard that the 1600M works, but there was a whole thread here about the 3600M kicking ass but lacking a lot of controls, mainly the ability to turn on the inverter (dark as shit screens).

The 1600M 'would' kick the 7950 gtx's ass if it weren't so limited by a 128 bus.
Thus the best one really is a 7950 gtx or quadro fx 3500M, whatever's cheaper.
I might try making a manual brightness control switch in a couple years and upgrade to the 3600M though for shit n giggle.
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