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Off Topic / Re: Graphics card questions...

« on: July 23, 2013, 09:20:30 PM »

It depends partly on your motherboard as well, since most new cards tend to be PCIe 3.0, and a older motherboard might not accept it or be as fast without a PCIe 3.0 port. I'd do some research on your motherboard and what it can take before just buying a new graphics card.

PCIe 3.0 is not actually fully used yet.

3.0 cards are backward compatible with 2.0 slot motherboards.
and 3.0 slot motherboards are backward compatible with 2.0 cards.

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Off Topic / Re: Graphics card questions...

« on: July 23, 2013, 09:17:17 PM »

Can you put in any graphics card if there is a slot and space? or is it just certain ones for certain models?

What do you mean? For Crossfire/SLI? As the last several replies conclude, not unless they are the same card. (2 digit family for AMD cards)

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Off Topic / Re: Graphics card questions...

« on: July 23, 2013, 09:09:19 PM »

well now that that is out of the way...

I also have a desktop... if there are more slots for the Graphics cards, and I put in a new card, will the computer use both the old and new?

For crossfire two GPU's that have the first two digits can be crossfired, like HD 7750 and HD 7770. You can't pair an HD 5850 with an HD 7850.
For SLI you can't have two GPU's unless they are the same card, you can have different brands/vram but in some occasions there are two cards with different names but they are the same card overall. Like an GTX 9800+ and GTS 250 you can SLI, same card, different name.

But both cards will downclock themselves so it matches the weakest card out of the two. Same goes for VRAM, if one card is 1GB and one card is 512mb, overall you can only use 512mb.

Someone correct me if I'm wrong.

and how does one bridge them?

Most cards that you buy that are SLI/Crossfire capable come with a small cable that looks like this;

Which you can put on the cards like this;

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Off Topic / Re: Graphics card questions...

« on: July 23, 2013, 08:30:11 PM »

and why's that

Well video through USB is possible, but for 3D gaming it's not happening because the frames would be stuff, keep in mind USB has a very low bandwidth level compared to PCIe express. Data would transfer across too slow.

Also powering up a GPU through USB is not happening, let alone render with it. If the GPU has 6pin/8pin connectors you would need a separate PSU to power that up.

Anyone confirm that you can hook up an external GPU through USB?

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Off Topic / Re: Graphics card questions...

« on: July 23, 2013, 08:22:42 PM »

I have one of those "high speed" USB thingies on my laptop.

USB 3.0?
Still not happening.

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Off Topic / Re: Graphics card questions...

« on: July 23, 2013, 08:20:27 PM »

Are you talking about this?

http://www.hwtools.net/Adapter/PE4H.html

Also you can't hook up an external GPU using USB. USB's aren't powerful enough.

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Off Topic / Re: Post what scares you V.1

« on: July 23, 2013, 07:25:05 PM »

Alot.

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Off Topic / Re: Blockland Profile Pics - Animated/Stable (Photos/Gifs)

« on: July 23, 2013, 07:23:10 PM »

By the way I really hope no one trusts OP.
It sounds sketchy, he is probably a banned user trying to scam people. My guess would be Eepos.

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Drama / Re: Proposed New Rule - /Support bans

« on: July 23, 2013, 07:17:01 PM »

like i said, a well-written op will have everything said anyway, so anything beyond agreeing with it is typically redundant

Why are you on your alt?

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Off Topic / Re: Blockland Profile Pics - Animated/Stable (Photos/Gifs)

« on: July 23, 2013, 07:15:53 PM »

Free.

What's with the jagged ass edges?

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Off Topic / Re: Tomorrow I am donating x.x

« on: July 23, 2013, 05:30:44 PM »

maybe lol. i cant really use my right arm. but the left i think will be flexable.

Lol loveual harassment. Sue them.

Walk in millionaire, walk out billionaire.
It's how life works.

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Off Topic / Re: Tomorrow I am donating x.x

« on: July 23, 2013, 05:28:19 PM »

well if i have to pee, i cant walk away from the machine. 2 hot nurses will help me stand at this urinal thing they roll up to my chair/bed thing.
i am going to avoid that at all costs...

Do they touch your snake?

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Off Topic / Re: Tomorrow I am donating x.x

« on: July 23, 2013, 05:26:30 PM »

call a taxi mr millionaire

But get better soon, Bisjac needs to be a man, bang the hot nurses before leaving.

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Off Topic / Re: Post what scares you V.1

« on: July 23, 2013, 05:23:01 PM »

Are you willing to sleep under a massive web covered in black widows and brown recluses?

No one is willing to touch or be near any harmful spiders.
That's why we fear them, we don't know if they will harm us or not.

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Off Topic / Re: post your extensions!

« on: July 23, 2013, 05:16:51 PM »