[Cube] Re: graphic cards for the cube

[Stefan]

Hi Cyril,

nice to read again from you :-)

In fact my cube has a built-in GeForce 4 MX with 64 MB RAM and 
TwinView ADC/DVI.
I believe it is only the 4 MX which has TwinView and not the 2 MX. (?)

With my card I'm very happy.
It is quite fast and allows use of two monitors indeed (theoretical).

But since the VRM-board is a weak point of the cube (as you know...),
I only tried it. And it worked.

I regret to tell you:
Since this trial I never used the GeForce with two monitors.
And I built in a mini-fan (from Sunon) on the (passive cooled) chip 
of the GeForce.
Without the fan the card became nearly too hot to touch. Although I 
have a large fan on the bottom of my cube (built in together with the 
Powerlogix-Upgrade).

I found it too dangerous to use without and with two monitors and I 
don't think I'm too anxious.

A least comment: it is necessary to find another place for the 
VRM-board since the GeForce is too broad.


Personal conclusion:
I wouldn't use the cube with TwinView, only with two DVI-Monitors or 
one DVI and one VGA.
Not with DVI AND ADC. But that's only my opinion.

To say it with James Bond: "who lives dangerous lives twice..."


For other questions about the card please write.

Stefan

P.S.
There's not enough place in the cube for the GeForce and the mini-fan.
I removed the inner metal part (what was the expression for it? 
Gasket? Don't know just now)


>hello,
>
>I think it's a Bus and CPU speed problem.
>
>But waiting to have a X3100 (which is HDCP) in the mac mini, like in 
>the macbook, i just find this one :
>
>What about :
>	Geforce 2MX 64 Mb TwinView ADC/VGA
>Does anybody here try it in a cube ?
>
>Thanks,
>
>Cyril