x1900 AIW

[Docmhz]

I just bought the wife an x1900 AIW to replace her 7600 gt. I'm thinking it will be a pretty good bump in performance, plus she can get rid of her NVTV tuner as well. My questions are:

1.) Is the cooler on the AIW loud? (I replaced the one on her 7600 gt because it sounded like a small hairdryer)

2.) Will a Zalman fit on the AIW? It looks like the tuner part might restrict what you can replace the stock heatsink with.

3.) Does it matter which catalyst drivers that I use?

Thanks, any advice on how to set this card up is most appreciated.

 

[lgestle]

I owned a 7600GT and still own a AIW 1900. The stock fan on the 1900 is pretty quiet and much quiter compared to the 7600GT as a reference.
The Zalman "should" work as I have seen that combo in the past. The Accelero does work if you mod the cooler, a triangle roughly .5*.5 inches, off the plate to allow for the tuner cover.

 

[Docmhz]

Good info, thanks!

When watching TV through it, does it matter which Catalyst driver you are using or do they all work?

 

[omegatotal]

no it does not, just as long as you have all the correct multimedia software...

are you selling the 7600gt ?

 

[Docmhz]

No, I will be moving it into my son's computer. Thanks for the reply on the drivers.

 

[annaconda]

Did you get the performance Jump or Not? What is the difference? Scores?

 

[Docmhz]

3dmark 05 went from 4500 to about 9000. I couldn't believe how long this card was, almost twice as long as the 7600 gt. I think it was a healthy upgrade, I'm sure it will be able to play Oblivion with a little more detail than before.