Which Aftermarket Cooler?

well i got the latest ATi Tool to work, now the quest becomes, to OC it or not...
 
well deciede i am going to OC the beast tonigth and see what i get, First i am going to install the Iomega drivers, should i go for higher core or memory?
 
Child of Wonder said:
I have a VF900 installed on my X1900XT and couldn't believe what a difference it made.

Stock cooler idled at 50C and got up to 82C and full load.

Now it sits at 39C and gets to 60C full load.
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I would love to know your case layout and what load means. A pic would be wonderful. After playing a couple rounds of Fear Combat, I hit 80C according to ATI Tool. Here's my pic:

Those are 3 Antec Tricool fans on Medium. Both Zalmans are moving at the fastest RPM.

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I am using ATi tool to do a Max Memory today, Been running all night now, will post results tonight when i get home, than going to find Max Core
 
well at 450/540 i am running 36C idle and 43 Under HEAVY Load, should i push the clocks higher?
 
joemama said:
Thermaltake= all bling, not much zing. The Big Typhoon cpu cooler is the only thing made by TT that I would even consider using..
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not that question,
this
well at 450/540 i am running 36C idle and 43 Under HEAVY Load, should i push the clocks higher?

X800 X/L with ATI Silerence 5
 
-(Xyphox)- said:
not that question,
this
well at 450/540 i am running 36C idle and 43 Under HEAVY Load, should i push the clocks higher?

X800 X/L with ATI Silerence 5
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I don't know the thermal threshold of ATI gpu's but Nvidia's G71 (7900 series) is rated at some ungodly high number and often the cards will idle at 50-52c with the stock cooler. I would say push it more until you have stability problems and then back off a little.
 
well yestreday i got a new case from martin for the g/f's pc. I did a few mod's and added 3 fan's to the clear side, 2 to the top, 1 in front of the HD case, and 2 to the back. Thing is accutally not that loud for all the fans. It is moving a tun of air and now the video card idle's at 28 :p i am going to push the x800 to the limit's tonight and see what kind of number's i can get out of it. Also going to OC her A64 3200+ hoping to see atleast 2.4-2.5 out of it :D
 
-(Xyphox)- said:
well at 450/540 i am running 36C idle and 43 Under HEAVY Load, should i push the clocks higher?
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43C under load is fine. If you are not experiencing any artifacting then you can SLOWLY push the clocks a little higher and then retest.
 
metallicafan said:
43C under load is fine. If you are not experiencing any artifacting then you can SLOWLY push the clocks a little higher and then retest.
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See Above. its even lower now, card is running fine, was playing farcry last night on it, testing the temps. I am lucky to hit 35 under full load now :cool:
 
-(Xyphox)- said:
See Above. its even lower now, card is running fine, was playing farcry last night on it, testing the temps. I am lucky to hit 35 under full load now :cool:
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Regarding whether you should bump the clocks higher I'd say bump until you artifact and then back away slightly. I've always found stability rather than temps dictates where to set an OC. Case in point, you. I mean you've got pretty darn low temps yet without question your x800xl's core has got to be nearly maxed out. 450 is a good speed for the r430 core.
 
GonzoP said:
Regarding whether you should bump the clocks higher I'd say bump until you artifact and then back away slightly. I've always found stability rather than temps dictates where to set an OC. Case in point, you. I mean you've got pretty darn low temps yet without question your x800xl's core has got to be nearly maxed out. 450 is a good speed for the r430 core.
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tonight i am going to push it higher and see what happens, after i fix the dang bios problem i am having....
 
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