The third link: http://en.community.dell.com/forums/p/19256129/19427660.aspx
Appears to discuss a different issue. Yes freeze/lockups, but not due to throttling. Rather it's pointing to bad RAM as the eventual culprit. The other two links discuss throttling.
Well AnandTech did test out Doom3 on Ultra Quality which is incredibly texture heavy on 1600x1200. On top of that resolution they enabled multisampling x4 which quadruples frame buffer usage. From that I'd make an educated guess that they shouldn't have any problems utilizing all the onboard memory. To me it looks like driver optimization issues.
Figured I'd say my bit here since most of the posts keep referring to how they have a 16ms response time or 25ms response time and there is no ghosting.
First off, I own two LCD monitors, a VG175 and a VP171b. The former was from back in the day when ghosting was prevalent and the VP171b is newer and definitely nice for gaming. The VG175 was ok for gaming, but would ghost now and then.
Before I went and purchased the second LCD I did a lot more research on the area. What I found surprised me. The specification for 'Response Time' is a marketing gimmick. It has no bearing on how well the monitor performs for playing back DVDs and games. That's the kicker...
Response time is measured as the time for the monitor to goto *full black* to *full white* and back to *full black*. Which you would guess is the proper way to do it. Unfortunately, many LCDs out there optimize the hell out of the black to white switching and leave the switching between colors incredibly slow. This can lead to ghosting.
So how do you figure out which is best? Research opinions on the net, but most of all, insist that you see the monitor in action before purchasing it. It's the only way to tell. There was a tech site that I went to that detailed the spectrum analysis of the VP171b and that's what got me to buy into it. Seeing it action made it real and so I bought it. There were a few others in contention that claimed to have lower or equivalent response times, but they couldn't handle the picture as well as the VP171b.
Granted, I purchased the VP171b almost a year ago now. So it's quite likely that there's something better out there. But my advice to you is to try before you buy.
...according to nVidia will need a 550-watt power supply!
Actually, if you read the article, it mentions that normal power conditions are capable of handling SLI for GeForceFX 6800 and 6800GT. The 550-watt specification is only for dual GeForceFX 6800 Ultras.
Sorry I'll clarify that. The IRIX market for Maya is minute compared to the Win/Linux/Mac markets. The benefits of releasing an IRIX PLE were too few for the associated development costs.
We didn't release a Maya PLE version for IRIX because of the low demand - the cost to make an IRIX version of PLE was too costly. However, we still ship commercial versions on IRIX.
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The third link: http://en.community.dell.com/forums/p/19256129/19427660.aspx Appears to discuss a different issue. Yes freeze/lockups, but not due to throttling. Rather it's pointing to bad RAM as the eventual culprit. The other two links discuss throttling.
If you goto the link in the article, which leads you to their review of the Savvio 15k, you'll notice a noise comparison on page 12:
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http://techreport.com/reviews/2004q4/seagate-savv
Well AnandTech did test out Doom3 on Ultra Quality which is incredibly texture heavy on 1600x1200. On top of that resolution they enabled multisampling x4 which quadruples frame buffer usage. From that I'd make an educated guess that they shouldn't have any problems utilizing all the onboard memory. To me it looks like driver optimization issues.
Figured I'd say my bit here since most of the posts keep referring to how they have a 16ms response time or 25ms response time and there is no ghosting.
First off, I own two LCD monitors, a VG175 and a VP171b. The former was from back in the day when ghosting was prevalent and the VP171b is newer and definitely nice for gaming. The VG175 was ok for gaming, but would ghost now and then.
Before I went and purchased the second LCD I did a lot more research on the area. What I found surprised me. The specification for 'Response Time' is a marketing gimmick. It has no bearing on how well the monitor performs for playing back DVDs and games. That's the kicker...
Response time is measured as the time for the monitor to goto *full black* to *full white* and back to *full black*. Which you would guess is the proper way to do it. Unfortunately, many LCDs out there optimize the hell out of the black to white switching and leave the switching between colors incredibly slow. This can lead to ghosting.
So how do you figure out which is best? Research opinions on the net, but most of all, insist that you see the monitor in action before purchasing it. It's the only way to tell. There was a tech site that I went to that detailed the spectrum analysis of the VP171b and that's what got me to buy into it. Seeing it action made it real and so I bought it. There were a few others in contention that claimed to have lower or equivalent response times, but they couldn't handle the picture as well as the VP171b.
Granted, I purchased the VP171b almost a year ago now. So it's quite likely that there's something better out there. But my advice to you is to try before you buy.
Hope this helps.
...according to nVidia will need a 550-watt power supply!
Actually, if you read the article, it mentions that normal power conditions are capable of handling SLI for GeForceFX 6800 and 6800GT. The 550-watt specification is only for dual GeForceFX 6800 Ultras.
Sorry I'll clarify that. The IRIX market for Maya is minute compared to the Win/Linux/Mac markets. The benefits of releasing an IRIX PLE were too few for the associated development costs.
We didn't release a Maya PLE version for IRIX because of the low demand - the cost to make an IRIX version of PLE was too costly. However, we still ship commercial versions on IRIX.