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HCCA wrote:Came across this just now:
The Sapphire Eyefinity 6 Edition card, like all Eyefinity Edition HD 5870s does not come with any DisplayPort active adapters. Instead, the card ships with two mini-DP to DVI adapters, two mini-DP to HDMI adapters and a mini-DP to DP connector. The important thing to notice is that all of these adapters are passive adapters and connecting more than two passive adapters to this card will prove problematic.
So what’s the difference between an active DisplayPort adapter and a Passive one is that the active adapter requires additional power beyond that of a passive adapter. The problem is the DVI or HDMI connector uses up to 5V of power to operate through the TMDS protocol, while the DisplayPort requires 3.3V. So when a DisplayPort connector senses a HDMI signal is required it sends a 3.3V TMDS signal to the port and the passive dongle shifts the voltage level up. The active DP adapter adds voltage through the use of a USB cable which has 500mA of power additional. The active DisplayPort adapter costs around $115 each so four of them will run you around $500 in addition to the cost of the monitors and $500 for the Eyefinity video card with six Display Ports.
Taken from here: http://www.motherboards.org/reviews/har ... 057_3.html
That card is trouble yes, too much additional cost to run Eyefiinity.
Waiting on a pic of the mini DP to HDMI cable too.
WTF!!!! why am I only now seeing that???jm3 wrote:http://www.amazon.com/Intel-2-5-Inch-Solid-State-Version-SSDSC2MH120A2K5/dp/B004OR0GRC/ref=sr_1_9?ie=UTF8&qid=1300981407&sr=8-9
this one
Duane 3NE 2NR wrote:grrrr
For Sale: BNIB
Intel X25 120GB SSD SATA II
TT$1500, unless customs charges me duty and VAT on a HDD
shame on you knowing there is better out there i can even name a few. Also that other drive is like 300+ with no reviews yet i wouldnt chance something nobody mash up yet a few people already reporting that it fail after 3 days of use go figureVirus wrote:Duane 3NE 2NR wrote:grrrr
For Sale: BNIB
Intel X25 120GB SSD SATA II
TT$1500, unless customs charges me duty and VAT on a HDD
Young man why did you buy an Intel SSD
jm3 wrote:i must say though that after building an i7 machine amd has lost a long standing customer even the socket is much higher quality i was like wtf a steel case and no pins lol
jm3 wrote:Virus wrote:Duane 3NE 2NR wrote:grrrr
For Sale: BNIB
Intel X25 120GB SSD SATA II
TT$1500, unless customs charges me duty and VAT on a HDD
Young man why did you buy an Intel SSD
thats the nice part about warrantys when you buy from a reputable company rather than a jokey trini computer store lol
jm3 wrote:lol so youd rather pay the massive mark up the fellas put on the items down here? than a little bit of shipping if there is a failure? plus how many of them will honour the warranty and how many of them have the specific item you want?
Virus wrote:jm3 wrote:lol so youd rather pay the massive mark up the fellas put on the items down here? than a little bit of shipping if there is a failure? plus how many of them will honour the warranty and how many of them have the specific item you want?
Depends on where you purchasing from yes there is a mark up but lets be real, recently when my SSD had failed the money i spent in getting it back to Intel then back to me, I purchased 2 so dont be quick to assume its cheaper, its just a better option and sometimes its not even better. My entire rig is from Amazon, Newegg, Buy.com etc but in terms of failure i pray each time i turn on my rig everything comes ON
jm3 wrote:Virus wrote:jm3 wrote:lol so youd rather pay the massive mark up the fellas put on the items down here? than a little bit of shipping if there is a failure? plus how many of them will honour the warranty and how many of them have the specific item you want?
Depends on where you purchasing from yes there is a mark up but lets be real, recently when my SSD had failed the money i spent in getting it back to Intel then back to me, I purchased 2 so dont be quick to assume its cheaper, its just a better option and sometimes its not even better. My entire rig is from Amazon, Newegg, Buy.com etc but in terms of failure i pray each time i turn on my rig everything comes ON
they didnt cover the shipping?
jm3 wrote:my shipping was covered lol but even so i have not seen any competitive pricing from trinidad stores on high end items if they have them, some things granted are worth while buying here like monitors i find there selling those at some fair prices now and they would be a high shipping cost.
jm3 wrote:how do you find the 460? thats the one with the power issues?
the Z68 is due in a month or two from nowgracen wrote:Is it wise to purchase an x58 mobo for gaming still? Rumours going around that there is gonna be a x68 chipset soon
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