Arcygenical
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I'm going to be installing an 8800GTS in my sigged system to use for PhysX.
The problem, is that I'll be gaming on a PhysX title for less than 2 hours a week (average). The other... 168, the card will be sitting idle. The computer rarely goes on standby as it's a file server as well.
Is there any way, either in BIOS, windows, hardware to disable it? I can't remove it whenever I like, as it'll be water cooled. The card bitches when no PCIe 12v cable is plugged in.
If it's a no-go, I'll underclock of course... But the option to disable it completely would save me about 10$/mo (right now that's significant).
The problem, is that I'll be gaming on a PhysX title for less than 2 hours a week (average). The other... 168, the card will be sitting idle. The computer rarely goes on standby as it's a file server as well.
Is there any way, either in BIOS, windows, hardware to disable it? I can't remove it whenever I like, as it'll be water cooled. The card bitches when no PCIe 12v cable is plugged in.
If it's a no-go, I'll underclock of course... But the option to disable it completely would save me about 10$/mo (right now that's significant).