From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from lists.gentoo.org (pigeon.gentoo.org [208.92.234.80]) by finch.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E3D6B1381F3 for ; Thu, 10 Oct 2013 19:10:41 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id B9FE5E0B0A; Thu, 10 Oct 2013 19:10:33 +0000 (UTC) Received: from smtp.gentoo.org (smtp.gentoo.org [140.211.166.183]) (using TLSv1 with cipher AECDH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id AABF5E0B00 for ; Thu, 10 Oct 2013 19:10:32 +0000 (UTC) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by smtp.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E6BAB33EE63 for ; Thu, 10 Oct 2013 19:10:31 +0000 (UTC) X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new using ClamAV at gentoo.org X-Spam-Flag: NO X-Spam-Score: -1.409 X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.409 tagged_above=-999 required=5.5 tests=[AWL=-1.199, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE=-0.0001, RP_MATCHES_RCVD=-0.208, SPF_HELO_PASS=-0.001, SPF_PASS=-0.001] autolearn=no Received: from smtp.gentoo.org ([IPv6:::ffff:127.0.0.1]) by localhost (smtp.gentoo.org [IPv6:::ffff:127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id VhcsY1f62L4B for ; Thu, 10 Oct 2013 19:10:26 +0000 (UTC) Received: from plane.gmane.org (plane.gmane.org [80.91.229.3]) (using TLSv1 with cipher AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by smtp.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 0588933EFA4 for ; Thu, 10 Oct 2013 19:10:25 +0000 (UTC) Received: from list by plane.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1VULcp-0000lm-OO for gentoo-user@gentoo.org; Thu, 10 Oct 2013 21:10:20 +0200 Received: from rrcs-71-40-157-251.se.biz.rr.com ([71.40.157.251]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Thu, 10 Oct 2013 21:10:19 +0200 Received: from wireless by rrcs-71-40-157-251.se.biz.rr.com with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Thu, 10 Oct 2013 21:10:19 +0200 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org From: James Subject: [gentoo-user] OT: PowerColor HD 7850 SCS3 silent Date: Thu, 10 Oct 2013 19:10:01 +0000 (UTC) Message-ID: Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: sea.gmane.org User-Agent: Loom/3.14 (http://gmane.org/) X-Loom-IP: 71.40.157.251 (Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:17.0) Gecko/17.0 Firefox/17.0 SeaMonkey/2.14) X-Archives-Salt: 95a9a9e1-64cf-4fb5-92fa-561b9c134e42 X-Archives-Hash: 5f0f73e4b5808c065b3432d5998b4e9d Hello, Well, I'm trying to reseach a 7850 slilent the silent video card on an Gentoo based GA-99FXA-UD3 mobo. I've had Asus Radeons HD 7750 in these mobo, and it is an outstanding bargain workstation. The PowerColor HD 7850 SCS3 seems to be getting really good reviews, for the cost. I think it now comes in a 2 GB of memory. This card says it is PCI-3.0 compliant. I cannot find if the mobo I have (GA-99FXA-UD3) has PCI 3 (16) ? Will the card work anyway? Or should I wait until I get a PCI 3.0 based mobo? What I want is a silent video card, that can also drive dual heads (nothing graphically intensive). All comments are welcome (note: I'm an ardent AMD-Radeon consumer). Tia, James [1] http://www.gigabyte.com/products/product-page.aspx?pid=3894#ov