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I am just wondering if you can connect to the wires from the MB that triggers the power supply? and nothing else? would be an interesting experiment. I know there are server boards etc, but I am just using a plain old consumer board, figure out which wires on the main plug of the board turns on the supply and connect the second supply to that....

I wonder could you custom build a case with 2 power supplies in it? have one for video cards and one for everything else? Find the power on triggers in the plug and connect both supplies to it so you do not fry the board. hhhhmmmmmmm Something to try on an old system

The paranoia runs deep on NBT as well as it did on NBR. They are watching you ALL....THE.....TIME!

I am wondering if there are any notebooks out there with high end arc yet?

I am drinking a pre made jose cuevro margarita mix in a can. DEADLY! after our nacho appitizers, and before chilli and I am venturing out to the garage to have a rip of Low Tide by seeweed. Home grown in Newfoundland and a great strain. (btw, it's legal here!). Post em if you got em! ha ha.

Got a kick arse pot of chilli in the crock pot now and homemade nachos in the oven for an appitizer. Can't wait! Yummy!

I have used Elementary and Mint. I am going to get a system set up where I can try various distros and see if there is one I can live with. As far as directX goes, I don't think it can run well in WINE and the emulation would slow down any benefit that might have been had there. Hopefully more linux dev's can work a directX patch into their builds or something. The difference between the two was eye opening to say the least. Oh, and like you, I don't want to be in a command line environment. I did that in the early 80's with my TRS-80 and early DOS. That's why we progress, to get out of that type of system.

Got to force the Luddites somehow.

True. Plus the massive power supply you would need to run it all. But imagine the power! Would be fun! What kind of heat does one push?

Ahhhh gotcha. I cannot help in that regard. I would figure if they can be linked they would be designed correctly to take advantage of the slots available too.

If you had a good case, Can't see why note. Make sure to have alot of fans blowing into the case from the front and all should be fine. I was going to use two 2070 supers until I found out that Arc 770 will mop the floor with most anything for the work I am doing. Who knows...But I think you should be fine running two if you have the room in the case.

The price of the 770 is not bad at all. I use it only for video/photo/graphics work and from what I have seen, pairing it, with a 13900k would be a complete beast of a system for doing that work.

Will this setup be able to do hyperencoding like the desktop systems can do?

I just watched a video on the new Arc 770x where they used Davinci Resolve with proper drivers/encoders/etc for intel. It flattend a 3060 with almost 45fps more exporting speed. It's not great for gamers, but for us creators, it's going to be a great platform because it takes advantage of the igpu onboard of the processor and both work together in both encoding and decoding. All other nvidia and ATI (or whatever they are now), use the igpu for one thing and the gpu for the other. Intel uses both for both and it works. Like I said, it's a card that's slow for gaming, like most people here use it for, but for creation, it works great! I also noticed that it's very power efficient as well. If Canada Computers website is correct, the Arc draws 225w where as the 4080ti I could find, is drawing a max of 750w ( am not sure on this number, it seems high, but I do know they are very power hungry).

It's not as of right now. It may change. But I downloaded it for a few systems without issue. Anyone have any ideas on why it's not working with my desktop?

I am sure resolve supports multiple Gpus as Puget sells resolve systems with dual and triple gpu setups. I think my 2070 super in my dell now supports (sli) or whatever it is. So, I should be good if I grab a second just like that one. I think they go for cheaper since they are pulled from dell systems. I will be looking more into this in the next month as I have some new assignments where I will be doing more content creation. I just hooked one with a major Fujifilm source so I have to start in now. Once rolling if I feel I need a bit of extra ommmppph from my system, I will get the dual gpu, and asus board setup and forward my son his new Dell XPS! On a somewhat unrelated question, Have you seen or heard of an eGpu enclosure that also has space for a HDD? I think for when we are travelling I may load one into the camper and have it there for when we are creating while mobile.

Since I am mostly into graphics, photo and video editing with my systems, the lack of DirectX on linux distros make them much slower for doing graphics/video and photo editing work from what I have been witnessing. There are numerous videos and articles discussing this. Too bad too, because I would enjoy some of them I think.

Besides the form factor, both my systems are setup exactly the same. I have all the same software on my desktop and laptop, and I also have dual monitors for my laptop for editing video on the road! I have dual SSD in an enclosure as well for scratch and project drives while using resolve. It's a neat thing to sit at a desk or table while mobile, and have the exact same (albeit a little slower,) experience with my notebook as I do with my workstation at home.

Not worth the hassle for sure. thanks for the information.

I think I found out that the t9500 is the fastest this system will acknowledge. I still need to find the HD screen for it too. The ram and keyboard are easy to get, but the screen, I have to make sure I buy the correct one.

I am starting to become interested in linux distros. I am wondering what is everyones favorite distros. I am liking the visuals on garuda and zorin. Both are vastly different but really cool at the same time.

I would be down with that. I am in the process of looking for my old P2 system I had put away for vintage 3.5" floppy games and games from the sierra namesake. Got to love those.

If you knew why I have to use an iPhone, maybe you would have a different opinion WHY I use an iPhone. don't be so quick to Jump on that. I do hate apple and their policies. However, the reason I use an iPhone have nothing to do with apple, and everything to do with something else.

Not from the OS/programs drive. it would be from other drives to other drives.