OT - Video Card Question(s)

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"Jay Honeck" wrote:

I told him that I didn't feel "right" using Best Buy or Dell for such a
locally-oriented project. I then offered to put signs up in our
theater that say something along the lines of "The Kiwi -- Powered by
NeoComputers", in exchange for him building a "God Gaming System" for
me -- at his cost.

Sounds like a Win-Win situation.
You may be getting a bigger crowd on Tuesday nights from his customers
as word of mouth gets around.
Has the local press picked up on the KIWI yet?

Has the local press picked up on the KIWI yet?

Nah, I've kept this thing just in the aviation/movie crowd, thus far,
while I worked the kinks out.

Once I get this new system in, and the panel display added, I intend to
have an open house for it.
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

On 21 Nov 2006 07:09:20 -0800, "Jay Honeck" wrote:

For those who care, here are some of the specs:

...plus the usual floppy drive


Why?



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...plus the usual floppy drive
Why?

Despite their reported obsolescence, they are still exceedingly useful
for tranfer of small files from machine to machine, especially those
without USB connections and drivers for whatever brand of thumb somebody
has.

Jose
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"Jay Honeck" wrote in message
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[...]
I, of course, then proceeded to lose my mind further, and authorized
him to upgrade the components until the cost was still at my "mentally
accepted" price of $1500.

A "God Gaming System" without SLI?

I don't get it.

And at his cost, with a budget of $1500, not only should SLI be part of the
package, it seems to me that your other components aren't as high-end as
they could be either.

Anyway, congratulations on the product placement deal. Sounds like a real
win-win for you both.

Pete

A "God Gaming System" without SLI?

I don't get it.

Actually, the first iteration of my system had two video cards (which,
I presume, is what you mean by "SLI"?) -- but for the same money the
owner looked at the specs and decided to go with a better single video
card instead. Dunno why.

And at his cost, with a budget of $1500, not only should SLI be part of the
package, it seems to me that your other components aren't as high-end as
they could be either.

Everything is relative. I paid $3800 for a Compaq 386SX in 1989, so is
$1500 in 2006 money "expensive" for a computer that's 10,000 times more
powerful? He says this system will make FSX sing, and I'm gonna
believe him until I see otherwise.

I'll let you know next week sometime!
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"