The Official Graphics Card and PC gaming Thread

yeah but that whole doubling business is so inefficient.

 

Oh I agree. But because the speeds of computer components can vary so wildly, you need the multipliers. If there were a more efficient way to do it, I think they'd be doing it. Who knows, maybe some radical changes are in store for the next decade. In 10 years, we'll have truly photorealistic VR simulators with holographic haptic feedback interfaces. Don't tell me the internal hardware won't be different too.

 

Thanks for the performance chart Sam. Always appreciated. It's a very straightforward simply way to understand generally which card is in the lead.

Sorry about off topic, but does a PS3 (1st generation) take a typical computer PSU cord for it's power? I don't wanna fry the PS3 any more than it already is. A buddy gave it to me, and told me if I can fix it, I can have it.

 

Yes:

 

Looks can be deceiving. I just wanted to be sure. Thanks Essentially, it may want a precise amperage. I'm afraid to hook it up to the wall, fearing full on juice LOL! Yes the console says 120V @ ~3.2amps...

 

3.2A is way over the maximum, that's just a limit. Typically it will use about 1.8-2.0A on a 110V supply.

 

Thanks! I probably won't be plugging it in til this weekend. The guy says he had it repaired before. Something about the way the GPU is connected. It's like it's constantly pulling on its connection. Sounds kind of goofy to me. I've heard that it only costs 100 - 150 to have sony repair it. So if the problem isn't obvious to me, I'll just have them repair it, and save money on owning my PS3

 

The power is drawn, not pushed ;P

 

Not all transformers are created equal. I bought a 3 amp 12v converter for 120V ac, and it fried an amplifer I connected it to. I could feel the juice it put out. It felt similar to 120 :S

 

Say what? It was obviously faulty then. Jeff is right, the laws of physics don't suddenly bend if you buy a powerful PSU

 

Hmmm, I wonder if I somehow had it hooked up wrong then. I should not have felt 12V @ 3amps through skin, eh?

 

It wouldn't be 3 amps through your skin. 3 amps through your skin would probably kill you. 3 amps is only the maximum current produceable, remember the resistance of skin is very high so it takes a high voltage to get the few miliamps of current through your body that causes shocks. Typically it takes around 50V to produce a shock that is dangerous to a healthy adult.

 

I've felt full on 120 before. It was slightly more potent than the aforementioned converter I was of course 12 yrs old, so I was resilient I've felt it since too. My dad was showing me a weird trick with an outlet...

 

don't worry Ive plugged a lamp in in the dark only to find out what happen when you don't hit the holes right....quite the shocking experience if i do say so myself.

 

LOL! I can imagine!

 

Damn ddp. That's bad! Myself, the first time was connecting a power cord to a television. See...my parents wouldn't let us watch tv before homework was done. They were gone, and what they had done was cut the cord, and put special connectors on the cord. I found a near identical cord that my dad had obviously done the same thing. However this one did not have plastic around the metal. I plugged it into the wall and then went for the metal connectors. Oops! LOL! You only make a mistake like that once. I was ~12 yrs old It's a good thing nothing serious happened...

 

Got a nasty jolt at a job tearing old CRT monitors for the copper. Never touch the big wire attached to the tube, lol.

 

Knocked me on my ass and knocked the wind out of me for like 5 minutes. I was so jumpy and fidgety the rest of the week. I swear I almost died!

Was shocked in the back of the hand btw.