I just added some serious air cooling to my X1800XL So far I've overclocked it to 720/700 Maybe I need some RAMsinks and more voltage
Here you go Four holes and four screws + nuts, that's all Temperatures? dropped dramatically, at least ~20-30c lower compared to stock
I saw the title from the main forum page and straightaway knew who it was Nice job...I think I've seen it done on a couple of other cards too. Quite cool
I love Thermalright heatsinks Did you know that I also mounted the SI-97 (S462) on my new system (S939)?
ROTFL!!! Hm....I've never seen ppl modded SP-97 before.....but I've seen some modded the SLK series Damn i think I need to make something to give the card some support... this heatsink is 0.5Kg man
Seems like 725 on the core is the absolute max for my card at 1.4v. No artifacts whatsoever, the whole system just locked up and I had to restart my PC if I go further I don't dare to crank up the core voltage any further than 1.4v The memory only managed 700MHz with MVDDC ~2.1v/MVDDQ ~2.01v. Funny thing is that the chip itself is rated to run at 1.4ns, which is 700MHz! but I need voltage boost to make it running at stock lol
I seriously thought about trying my XP-90 on my 6600GT with cable ties But unfortunately now the card is fried
nice goin' Max we couldn't expect less from our videocard guru since your SI-97 mod, I won't look at video card cooling the same way. what seemed to me before as a good cooling solution (aftermarket coolers),looks now pathetic and I wouldn't even consider them anymore. why settle for a few degrees drop when you can get 20-30C less?
Thanks ROTFL! I'm not guru still not that pro yet Those aftermarket coolers are definitely no match for these Thermalright heatsinks. I luv Thermalright
well that's because cable ties aren't sufficiently secureing the card. I don't know what to say. no offence but that was a pretty dumb think to do and I'm not sure whether to laugh or be sorry for your loss
No I never did try it, the card fried from other causes...I'm not very sure myself. Btw, the cable tie idea was derived from this: http://www.vr-zone.com.sg/?i=1784&s=1 Worked well for quite a few people...I don't know how well the method will work with an XP-90 though
oh, sorry I thought you fried it trying what happened to your card then? I checked out the cable tie method and now it doesn't seem that dumb after all. could be usefull where it's hard or impossible to use screws
Well I did put it through about 1-2 minutes of usage with the heatsink making poor contact with the core (100ºC!) so I'm guessing that either that caused the damage, or an electro-static discharge when I was too lazy to use my grounding strap. Oh well. Enough about me, let's get back to the topic
LOL! It is not dumb if you know how to do it properly Anyway, I'm going to add some memory heatsinks to my card and see how it goes
