Yea, points just came on a few hours ago...

yeah, i put my original bios back on the card and the fps took a serious leap of faith. now i need to get it to do the same on dx11, but i keep crashing.

Very nice Nateman!

block heaven!  Soon will be cranking out those "evga enthusiast" pots!
 
Nice Nate...I know you've tackled a lot of different projects, but is that your most challenging project to date?

Any of you guys sign up for the powerboost promo? I guess I was one of the first 75 who did cause it let me register.

nateman_doo

Not sure what you speak of.  I don't get out from my basement much.

better the basement than from combat training

Halo_003

Any of you guys sign up for the powerboost promo? I guess I was one of the first 75 who did cause it let me register.

yes...what's this you speak of?

http://forums.evga.com/tm.aspx?m=750557
 
I was one of the 75 who got one free from EVGA.

ok halo...just what in the hell is that thing and just what is it suppose to do?
what board is it meant for and why?
and all the people over there complaining about paying 20 bucks..seems like the same bunch who complained about buying futuremark products as well..lol..(speculation of course)
and why does someone need it? 

awalleyeguy

 The 24 pin melting on some X58 boards with highly overclocked GPU's (400 series and above 5870 and above ) drawing to much power from the pcie slot. Cause those cards when overclocked and overvolted exceed specs of the time MB was built/designed, or least that is the drift I put together, also killing psu's. All speculation of course.

This, except it is possible at stock with multiple cards.
 
Also the 4890 can cause it. 

yeah, im thinking the same thing. (we put major watts and volts to the test) look at all the top bencher's as well...i haven't heard of them burning up this 24 pin adapter with like 100 percent more everything than  normal user. or are they under some nda rules or something and can't disclose that? lmao!
 
edit:
so after digging up a bunch of info on this problem that i never even knew exisited...i have to ask this....
are people using 24 pin + BOTH 8 pin connectors to the motherboard? i can't seem to find anyone stating that they are. with these burned up pins. or am i reaching on this? because some were saying with cpu draw..it was also causing it..but if you use both connectors...that's 600 watts to the cpu and less pull on the 24 pin connector.leaving more room for the cards.(speculations).(from what i gather i guess)
 

Its just an additional power to the PCI slot.  Shamino came up with soldering to the back of the mobo, and adding a 4 pin, but since most people aren't handy with solder on that size pins, I guess EVGA came up with it. 
 
I know I wouldn't call it "clean power"  its all the same 12V just probably going through less stuff.  Unless there was some sort of capacitance on that mini board its not clean power.  If your power supply is garbage, its still going to be garbage.  I like the idea though.  I would prefer to solder directly to both PCI-E slots that needs the juice.  But I am pretty handy with a soldering iron ;)
 
 
Rabid - send away.  I am still trying to learn how to USE it.  Building it was EASY. 
 
 

same here Q and i have never had a problem..even running 3 gtx295's at the same time..
 
yeah nate...im not soldering anything to this board..it burns up...so be it...lol my board aint in a case and my card has life time warranty.
 
although my 12V drops below that (11.94V) i still havent had any power issues that i can remember. 
 
and they say it happens at stock?
 
looking at the intel dx58so board...i guess intel knew something...since it has the 4 pin molex on board. and that board is hella old.

nateman_doo

Im not afraid to solder anything
I am thinking I could probably make something like that myself if I find the pin layouts for PCI slots.  Power stuff is easy-signal is a bit harder. maybe cannibalize an old PCI-E card and make something up. 

now i would be game to do that. but i just can't hit the board with a hardware mod. they may not void the warranty, but that will incur a charge for sure. as to how much...i have no clue...lol

Merry Christmas everyone!!

Merry Christmas all!  Halo, get better already!  No benching is allowed today.  (at least not until like.. 9 pm?)