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Re: 8464DB Sixteen VSA-100 chips, 1 GB of Memory
Reply #15 - 06.07.08 at 13:05:11  
my system with one card have sticker 8232 and also the driver says 8232
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Reply #16 - 06.07.08 at 16:47:03  
Tried running the NVsensor board by itself as a primary device, nothing! It doesn't even power up... must get a feed from the AA5 board.
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Reply #17 - 06.07.08 at 22:39:20  
NitroX infinity wrote on 06.07.08 at 11:15:35:
Now I'm not an expert but I thought the second number in 8x32 or 8x64 stood for the amount of cards?

If so, should your system not be called an 8264 system?
I'm only seeing two cards.



Well, you don't have to be an expert to understand the Q3D numbering scheme.. I'll let another member explain in the next post..
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Reply #18 - 06.07.08 at 22:45:52  
sigtau wrote on 03.07.08 at 19:25:47:
-I've noticed the AA5 numbering system is often misinterpreted by folks.  Often, the second number in the string is considered the number of boards in the "stack" by folks.  It is in fact the number of pixels per clock cycle the board can render.  The number of boards is indicated by a trailing "SB" or "DB".  All this info came from the Q3D SX owner's manual.  Here are a couple examples:

8132SB (1 pixel per cycle, 32mb/chip, single board)
8232SB (2 pixel per cycle, 32mb/chip, single board)

I'm not sure of the exact configs that were sold, but it looks like gamma742 scored the ultimate setup.  I'm actually very curious to know how well the SLI config will run because I have a second functional 8232 single board w/power board and housing that I wouldn't mind adding to my system.  I just need to find a set of SLI connectors that go between the cards.  Anyone have a spare set;)

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He may or may not be an expert himself, but he did impress me since he took the time to read the Manual.
I thought I was the only one (and maybe a few others) that read the Manuals Undecided
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Re: 8464DB Sixteen VSA-100 chips, 1 GB of Memory
Reply #19 - 07.07.08 at 00:02:42  
Okay, so it has to do with pixels but 1 pixel per cycle seems to be a weird number. Does not a single VSA-100 chip render in the Megapixels per cycle?
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Reply #20 - 07.07.08 at 00:09:15  
A cycle means a clock cycle, and as the VSA100-chips run at 166 MHz (that's 166 million cycles in one second) it's 166 Megapixel per second, not per cycle. Wink
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Reply #21 - 07.07.08 at 00:12:25  
Oh yeah.

I need to lay of the tech discussions when it's late Tongue
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