pls help

NUCLEARWINTER · Jul 8, 2005, 04:53 AM

This is my 1st thread.(yay for the newbie)

I have an ASUS EXTREME AX850XT PLATINUM card. I've had it for a couple months. I just installed the newest Omega driver and it rocks. For the first time now I am able to see the temp of my gpu. When I turn the 3d render on in the overclock tab...the load takes my card up from about 48 to 72 degrees c. Is this normal? Where it should be? (stock fan for now) I paid and arm and a leg for it(lil over 7 biggs) and it would break my heart if I fry it.

So before I start to overclockin' my beast, can someone tell me how close to redline I am? at 75 degrees c. my cpu sets off alarm and shuts down at 85 degrees c. Does the same apply for my gpu? Or can it run hotter?

transam · Jul 8, 2005, 05:49 AM

72 degrees is pretty normal from what I understand my X800XT could hit 75 When I had the stock fan on it but I would recomend you get a better heat sink If you are going to over clock the card such as the artic silencers or zalmans vf700 or you could always go water cooled

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NUCLEARWINTER · Jul 8, 2005, 10:24 AM

Ok Thanks

I Just Needed Some Reassurance. Anyone Know Of A Good/cheap/not Ugly Water Cooling System? Do The Kits Usually Include Cooling For Gpu? Or Just Cpu? Or Does It Depend On How Much Bread I Wanna Toss Around?

Necrosis · Jul 8, 2005, 11:18 AM

Give us a budget I'm sure we can come up with something. If it's done right, it can look pretty nice. However, if you haven't done water before know it will take some time to get it setup correctly.

H3X4D3C1M4L · Jul 8, 2005, 11:24 AM

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Originally Posted by NUCLEARWINTER

Ok Thanks

I Just Needed Some Reassurance. Anyone Know Of A Good/cheap/not Ugly Water Cooling System? Do The Kits Usually Include Cooling For Gpu? Or Just Cpu? Or Does It Depend On How Much Bread I Wanna Toss Around?

Google for the Zalman reserator or read the review from this site. It looks to be kick ass and as I understand the Reserator 1 (new version) has Northbridge and video card water blocks.

My AiW X800XT gets to 80 degrees when the fan is on 100% and I'm gaming so 72 is fine....and I have a ton of airflow too

Necrosis · Jul 8, 2005, 11:31 AM

I would say one of the Swiftech systems, or a hand picked kit from Danger Den.

H3X4D3C1M4L · Jul 8, 2005, 11:35 AM

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I would say one of the Swiftech systems, or a hand picked kit from Danger Den.

Thats a bit complicated for someone new. I had a friend pick all the wrong tubing for his kit and it completely ruined it for him

transam · Jul 8, 2005, 05:26 PM

I really like my Thermaltake big water it performs pretty good (there are probably better) but if you are working on a budget you can't beat it the whole kit and VGA water block only cost me about $140 US However if I had more money I would have probably gone with asetek's Water Chill which is a little better to my understanding.

H3X4D3C1M4L · Jul 8, 2005, 07:25 PM

Anything with bigger tubing and a faster pump will be better, which is the main difference (afaik) between the TT kit and a asetek kit.

Necrosis · Jul 8, 2005, 07:41 PM

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Originally Posted by H3X4D3C1M4L

Thats a bit complicated for someone new. I had a friend pick all the wrong tubing for his kit and it completely ruined it for him

That is the point of having people who know water cooling help you pick the parts. There are some really nice kits out there like the Asetek mentioned here. It all comes down to what you feel comfortable with, and how much you're going to move the computer around.