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Wow - great work guys.
This stuff is really an inspiration! :thumbsup:
I don't have the money or space to start doing any serious cooling (over the vapo I'm running....), since I'm a grad student and living in a single room. I *can* read up on the theory though, ready for later :D Any suggestions for good places to start reading about the theory of multi-stage cascade setups?
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Originally Posted by Arseface
haha space? i'm a college freshman living in a dorm and i have a two stage pc ice cascade in here :)
lol! really?Quote:
Originally Posted by eshbach
I don't know where I'd put mine. We have to clear out rooms out ( well clear the floor etc anyway) every week so the cleaner can get in and clean stuff.
Plus, I think I'd prefer to build one of my own rather than buy a pre-made one :)
How does your two-stager perform? Is it up to 24/7 operation (yeah, I know I'm a noob atm!).
pc ice cooling is quite capable of 24/7 operation.Quote:
Originally Posted by Arseface
i don't want to give a final word as to performance as pc ice is still making it better :)
We ran for a week straight at Comdex last year. 24/7 operation is possible but not reccomended.
Chilly1 has been sorting threads but if you advanced search his name there are a bunch of compiled threads in the works on cascades, drawings, and assembly information grouped together.
Cascades can be put on wheels for easy mobility.
hmmm, so who won the competition, or is it not over yet?
Thanks, Fugger.
I'll get reading! :)
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Originally Posted by FUGGER
Thanks for the reply it will be nice when we have more than two options.
The ati engineers :D :toast:Quote:
Originally Posted by wfarid
i wanna see some proof before ill believe that
wfarid, they designed the video card, in the end, they always win ;)
yea... they win by 300 point
but on OPP rig tho... ;)
sick score from Jason and without cascade or ln2 as well! Hes not far behind OPP's 43.7k score and only a few fps below his nature :slobber:
None of these cascades are capable of 24/7 operation.. I think the longest run was for a few days made by chilly1 using a helical oil separator.Quote:
Originally Posted by eshbach
hehe GJ Jason :p:Quote:
Originally Posted by twilius_basic
Lol m8, not mine :D I can't afford an FX-55+X850+DFI etc. Those are Jason's scores.Quote:
Originally Posted by ocmyface
oh man. and you couldve had me too! youre so honest :DQuote:
Originally Posted by twilius_basic
haha micah got owned :)
those are great scores from jason. wonder wut he could hit under a cascade..
hmm, i'd still like to see the scores from the competition published... i thought the NDA was over?
Cascades are quite capable of running 24/7 if designed and built for 24/7 use. There are plenty of commercial cascades and autocascades with that kind of duty cycle.
The only problem is adequate oil seperation, if you have that part covered, they run for as long as the mtbf rating for the component with the smallest mtbf.
Regards
John.
PC ICE, great show and awesome work on the cascades.
You guys just get back today?
Fugger. out of curiousity, what did you and everyone else really think of the ATI mobo?
does it have potential? i know OPP was a little frustrated ;)
i havent really gotten a clear cut answer (not that ive asked), i judged best i could while i was up there watching yall mess around with the stuff.
(I was the tall white guy with the no fear shirt on hanging out with the asian guy (Flying Hamster) and pcice a little, i was walking around back there with you guys :D )
For stock they run fine, they are marketed as a budget board. Originally these boards had no overclocking functions or voltage options. In a short time ATI has re-engineered the boards to meet some of the criteria that we needed. ATI undestands the importance of the load and rail stability and is working towards making these boards stronger.
I came to the show with a running start with the Bullhead and knew what to expect and how to proceed. One of my goals for the show was to get 4Ghz and I fell a bit shy, I hope you guys think 3.75Ghz is fairly respectable for my first time with an FX under cascade.
We still have ATI here in the forums to continue making the Bullhead board stronger and feature rich. This information will go into future boards.
I think ATI has a sweet chipset and the board is a little rough now as it is going through some transitions. Bandwidth wise on par if not ahead of the competitors chipsets.
Its a hell of a board for being ATI's first i'd say ;)
3.75 is only about 100mhz shy of the top FX-55 isnt it? For a first board thats a very good sign :D