Another one.....{Nv. video}
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It looks pretty standard faire game videocard.. although NVIDIA has harped on the need of external power, it looks at least like they will eat crow for this one... albeit has become a necessity given todays *wild* variance in motherboard/AGP voltage delivery.
Looking at the video, the parts are pretty obvious-
A) These are two, typical fan power leads. Likely where the HS/Fan that will eventually be placed on this card will go. Reference Design I'm betting has two, for convenient placement for different 3rd party HS/Fan designs, or the reference design will include dual fans (like some of the racier GF4's have) across a monster HS that encompasses the entire top of the ram and core chip- as drawn in blue.
B) This is obviously an external power lead/molex. Plug in a standard HD/device power lead here.
C) If you look closely at a scan from the video, this portion is totally flat. This also matches silk-screen/labels on boards for identification. This is likely a brand/model tag area as it looks totally flat.
Although hard to see from the scan, the back of the card appears to have DVI, VGA and a SVideo ports.. much like the GF4 Ti4600's with capture/tv-out. The chip to the left of the GPU is likely a Phillips or Conexant tv decoder chip, but anyone's guess if the NV30 will come "out of the box" with the capture/tv-in like the high end Ti4600s. I'm hoping it will.
Looking at the video, the parts are pretty obvious-
A) These are two, typical fan power leads. Likely where the HS/Fan that will eventually be placed on this card will go. Reference Design I'm betting has two, for convenient placement for different 3rd party HS/Fan designs, or the reference design will include dual fans (like some of the racier GF4's have) across a monster HS that encompasses the entire top of the ram and core chip- as drawn in blue.
B) This is obviously an external power lead/molex. Plug in a standard HD/device power lead here.
C) If you look closely at a scan from the video, this portion is totally flat. This also matches silk-screen/labels on boards for identification. This is likely a brand/model tag area as it looks totally flat.
Although hard to see from the scan, the back of the card appears to have DVI, VGA and a SVideo ports.. much like the GF4 Ti4600's with capture/tv-out. The chip to the left of the GPU is likely a Phillips or Conexant tv decoder chip, but anyone's guess if the NV30 will come "out of the box" with the capture/tv-in like the high end Ti4600s. I'm hoping it will.
I'm not sure its a molex power connector. it appears (to me) to have 5 holes instead of the standard 4. Of course, its tough to tell from that blurry image.
As for the SLI bit...you can tell from the picture that those cards aren't actually plugged into anything. The black thing below them is a chip tray, not some PCB.
As for the SLI bit...you can tell from the picture that those cards aren't actually plugged into anything. The black thing below them is a chip tray, not some PCB.
Joe DeFuria
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Get with the program. They're plugged into a special "SLI Tray". It's a wireless connection to your PC. You plug a "receiver" into the AGP slot, and then you can put the SLI tray anywhere in your room. You can plug up to 12 NV30 boards into the tray...
I hear that only works if you lick the stamp first.
pocketmoon_
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[quote="Joe DeFuria]Get with the program. They're plugged into a special "SLI Tray". It's a wireless connection to your PC. You plug a "receiver" into the AGP slot, and then you can put the SLI tray anywhere in your room. You can plug up to 12 NV30 boards into the tray...[/quote]
12 eh? Did you ever see the 3dfx demo kit which was 6 voodoo cards (IIRC) in a crate! It was built by some 3dfx partner company for military use but 3dfx used it to demo FSAA.
Things must have progressed if we now have 12 in a box and it's wireless
12 eh? Did you ever see the 3dfx demo kit which was 6 voodoo cards (IIRC) in a crate! It was built by some 3dfx partner company for military use but 3dfx used it to demo FSAA.
Things must have progressed if we now have 12 in a box and it's wireless
I'm not a hardware engineer, but..,
I really doubt B in the diagram is a power connector (much too large)--if it needed external power I'm sure it would use the same kind of connector ATI is using.
Some kind of daughtercard?
Some way to hook up diagnostic equipment or a soft BIOS (these are engineering sample cards, after all)?
I really doubt B in the diagram is a power connector (much too large)--if it needed external power I'm sure it would use the same kind of connector ATI is using.
Some kind of daughtercard?
Some way to hook up diagnostic equipment or a soft BIOS (these are engineering sample cards, after all)?
DC's normally have a very sturdy through-hole header. That looks like some kind of standard wire-to-board power connector. Plus, I doubt they'd stick a DC header right on the edge of the board like that - it's more likely to be nearer the I/O end. The only weird thing is that it appears to be vertically orientated - maybe there is a proprietary right-angled plug they are using.
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MuFu.
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MuFu.
P.S. To my knowledge, nVidia aren't going to go for the consumer-level DC route despite demand for such an implementation from some AIBs. I think they experimented with the idea a while ago but decided not to pursue it and stick with DCs for verification purposes only.
B Very much looks like a Molex connector to me.
At the other end of the card it looks like there is a white DVI connector and a blue (barely visable) DB15 VGA connector. A Molex connector is approx the same size as a DB15 connector.
At the other end of the card it looks like there is a white DVI connector and a blue (barely visable) DB15 VGA connector. A Molex connector is approx the same size as a DB15 connector.
Rev, what are you talking about? That is no reason that can't be a molex connector. It's on the side of the card that is away from the motherboard, and to me, it looks like the connector itself is parallel to the card, not perpendicular. It would be the same connector that is used on Hard Drive.
Here's an example:
Here's an example:
