23 Jan
2007
23 Jan
'07
9:45 a.m.
Greetings:
Just a quick note to praise the nVidia 7600GS video card I put in the
AMD64 box yesterday. I bought a fanless model manufactured by Gigabyte,
I have a Gigabyte mobo so I figured the fit should be perfect. I had no
trouble with installing or configuring the card. Actually there was no
configuration step at all: I use nVidia's driver, which recognized the
card immediately. Btw, this card replaced an nVidia 7300GS-based card,
for which the driver was already installed.
There were some cheaper versions of the 7600GS but I decided to go for
one at about $130 (US). Since it's fanless there's absolutely no noise,
and at last I have a quiet machine.
Best,
dp
23 Jan
23 Jan
8 p.m.
New subject: [linux-audio-user] Re: video card redux
There were some cheaper versions of the 7600GS but I
decided to go for
one at about $130 (US). Since it's fanless there's absolutely no noise,
and at last I have a quiet machine.
Quiet machine! Quiet machine? Quiet machine??? I'm going to cry now.
This is my geek-opera's moistest dream.
Now how could I get a quiet laptop?
Carlo
PS: Congratulations!
8:14 p.m.
New subject: [linux-audio-user] Re: video card redux
Now how could I get a quiet laptop?
I got one of those lying around. It is so quiet you don't even know it is
on. There is a small problem however, and that is I was unable to get it to
post ever since it got this quiet last spring...
This laptop could be yours just for three easy payments <state your
currency>299.95 plus shipping and handling ;-).
Now let's hope this doesn't get caught by the spam filter.
Ico
24 Jan
24 Jan
10:18 a.m.
New subject: [linux-audio-user] Re: video card redux
I got one of those lying around. It is so quiet you
don't even know it is
on. There is a small problem however, and that is I was unable to get it to
post ever since it got this quiet last spring...
This laptop could be yours just for three easy payments <state your
currency>299.95 plus shipping and handling ;-).
Now let's hope this doesn't get caught by the spam filter.
What karma. I'm using sales pitches to 'motivate' freebob developers and
the head of the linux audio consortium personally tries to sell me a
dead laptop.
It really seems that justice is inherent in our very existence.
Carlo
6:11 p.m.
New subject: [linux-audio-user] Re: video card redux
Hallo,
Carlo Capocasa hat gesagt: // Carlo Capocasa wrote:
By buying one? Quiet laptops are not hard to find. Most Intel laptops
with Intel GFX cards (Centrino etc.) are very quiet. E.g. my MSI S260
Centrino 1.6Ghz is completely silent unless it's really under load,
then the fan kicks in (at 60°C) which is healthy. But normally I only
get this high load when I'm running complex Pd patches, and these are
loud anyways. ;)
Oh, and the DVD drive is very noisy, but I've never seen a silent DVD
drive and I can live with that.
Quiet PC graphics cards are easy as well. A favorite among audio
people is the Matrox G450 or G550, which starts at about 10 Euro on
auction sites including shipping, and has very good open source
drivers. (Kjetil doesn't like them, though, so the mileage may vary,
but I run only Gxxx cards for years now.)
Ciao
--
Frank Barknecht _ ______footils.org_ __goto10.org__
There were
some cheaper versions of the 7600GS but I decided to go for
one at about $130 (US). Since it's fanless there's absolutely no noise,
and at last I have a quiet machine.
Quiet machine! Quiet machine? Quiet machine??? I'm going to cry now.
This is my geek-opera's moistest dream.
Now how could I get a quiet laptop? 
25 Jan
25 Jan
12:30 a.m.
New subject: [linux-audio-user] Re: video card redux
Frank Barknecht wrote:
My Toshiba laptop (1.5GHz Celeron) is completely silent. Even the fan is
almost inaudible when it comes on, which generally only happens under
intense disk load or high CPU usage.
My wife's old Sony Viao Superslim Pro was incredibly quiet. It was
small, encased in a magnesium case that did a great job of functioning
as a heatsink, and had no CD or floppy drive to kick up any noise. It
had one small fan for the CPU, and I could never hear the fan at all.
Of course, the Superslim Pro line wasn't exactly cheap, then, and
probably isn't cheap now, either.
--
David
gnome(a)hawaii.rr.com
authenticity, honesty, community
Now how could
I get a quiet laptop?
By buying one? Quiet laptops are not hard to find. Most Intel laptops
with Intel GFX cards (Centrino etc.) are very quiet. E.g. my MSI S260
Centrino 1.6Ghz is completely silent unless it's really under load,
then the fan kicks in (at 60°C) which is healthy. But normally I only
get this high load when I'm running complex Pd patches, and these are
loud anyways. ;) 
4:31 a.m.
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El mié, 24-01-2007 a las 22:55 +0100, Frank Barknecht escribió:
but I run only Gxxx cards for years now
Me also and I am quite happy of their performance running Linux, even of
the older models like G200 or G400 who are very cheap on eBay.
Cordially, Ismael
10:36 a.m.
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On Thu, Jan 25, 2007 at 09:29:29AM +0100, Ismael Valladolid Torres wrote:
El mi??, 24-01-2007 a las 22:55 +0100, Frank Barknecht
escribi??:
+1, I only retired my G400 because I was upgrading my mainboard and
CPU and wanted a PCI-Express card, and I decided it was finally time to
get a decent frame rate in Quake 3 :-)
It was still working flawlessly after 5 years of service, and who
knows how many years before I bought it on ebay in the first place.
--
Paul Winkler
http://www.slinkp.com
but I run only Gxxx cards for years now
Me also and I am quite happy of their performance running Linux, even of
the older models like G200 or G400 who are very cheap on eBay.
11:58 a.m.
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On Thu, Jan 25, 2007 at 09:56:23AM -0500, Dave Phillips wrote:
Paul Winkler wrote:
Working, taking piano lessons, and occasionally still playing the best
online multiplayer game ever created :-) Everything else is way too
slow. I might give q4 a try one of these days, but Doom III was
pretty disappointing, and most of my quake friends still prefer to
play q3.
--
Paul Winkler
http://www.slinkp.com
I decided it was finally time to get a decent
frame rate in Quake 3 :-)
Quake *3* ?!
What have you been doing with your time ???
12:03 p.m.
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Paul Winkler wrote:
On Thu, Jan 25, 2007 at 09:56:23AM -0500, Dave Phillips
wrote:
:)
Paul Winkler wrote:
Working, taking piano lessons, and occasionally still playing the best
online multiplayer game ever created :-) Everything else is way too
slow.
I decided it was finally time to get a decent
frame rate in Quake 3 :-)
Quake *3* ?!
What have you been doing with your time ???
I might give q4 a try one of these days, but Doom III
was
pretty disappointing, and most of my quake friends still prefer to
play q3.
I bought the Arena box (aka "Quake In A Can"), it was pretty cool, but
at the time my machine was underpowered. I'll give it another try after
I figure out how to use OSC with Csound and IanniX. Might take a little
time...
Best,
dp
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