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    Wise to watercool 9800 XT?

    which brand did ya get? I know some models ya can plop the waterblock on top of the copper plate just by removing the screw down posts and everything mates right up no problems (like my Asus). I orriginally did that just as an experiment to see how well it would cool and now I am sticking with...
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    ASUS 9800XT Waterblock?

    Ya know, I get that quite a bit. I am beginning to think I got a freek card then. Not complaining by any means at all though hehehehe By the way... does anyone know what RAM is on this card or know where to find it asside from removing the copper? I guess if all else fails, I could...
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    ASUS 9800XT Waterblock?

    Yep, I had to break off the 2 posts where the waterblocks bolts go through and thats it, mated right up no problems at all. By the way, I have screenies of my temps and SmartDoctor also shows the OC at the top of it. Also, my 3Dmark score links are: 3D Mark 2003 3D Mark 2001 All the...
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    ASUS 9800XT Waterblock?

    Yep, I have a DD Maze 4 on my Asus 9800XT over the stock copper plates. Temps are nice and cool under full load. With my room always ~22c, I have never exceeded 38c and that was before the AS5 fully baked in. Now I usually run ~35c or so per SmartDoctor when stress testing the card. Max clocks...
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    show off your vid card!!

    The temps came from the SmartDr thingy that came with my card. I have a pair of temp probes in there as well and they are both almost exactly 1.5c lower on their readings so I figure SmartDr is at least close. Both of these SS's are from immediatly after I applied the AS5, so it wasnt all cooked...
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    show off your vid card!!

    Asus Radion 9800XT here. I took off the fans, fan shroud and heat pipe, cleaned everything up and threw on a DD Maze 4. I am thinking about adding some ram sinks to the copper plates over the ram and GPU back, but I dont really think it will help much. Edit: Forgot to post my clocks and temps...
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