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Old Apr 22, 2004, 07:55 AM   #1 (permalink)
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Driverheaven Guide: Upgrading GFX Cooling
Joe "Roadee" Dawson, one of Driverheavens Moderators has put up a great guide to help all of your interested in upgrading your video card cooling.

"I see a lot of members here on DriverHeaven wanting to get the most that they can out of their video cards. Games seem to keep getting better and more complex, and requiring more and more video power. Yet our income doesnt always allow us to upgrade every time the newest card comes on the market.

One of the easiest ways of increasing performance for low cost is upgrading the cooling on your video card. It is fairly easy to do, but a lot of people are understandably weary of trying it. So I figure that since I am upgrading the cooling on my card, I will share this experience with you, and hopefully help a few of you take the plunge in modding your video card. You must keep in mind though, that performing ANY mods on your video card VOIDS the warranty. So again, only attempt this mod at your own risk!!"

Read the guide here
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Old Apr 22, 2004, 08:05 AM   #2 (permalink)
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Very interesting read. Good work.
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Old Apr 22, 2004, 08:48 AM   #3 (permalink)
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hmm it seems that the VGA silencer is alot easier to install than the Zalman Heatpipe. But IMO, the Zalman makes my graphic card look goood.
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Old Apr 22, 2004, 10:26 AM   #4 (permalink)
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Man what great timing on this guide! I was looking to upgrade the cooling on my radeon... thanks!
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Old Apr 22, 2004, 10:34 AM   #5 (permalink)
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Very nice Roadee great work!
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Old Apr 22, 2004, 12:03 PM   #6 (permalink)
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i might have the balls now to do some of my own modding now.....
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if you are getting those clocks on a 9800 pro with stock cooling judas, might be worthwhile to see how high the card can go.
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Nice one Roadee, I was going to do that exact guide but my VGA Silencer got lost by Canada Post in transit. After waiting 2 weeks I got pissed off and bought a dual fan card by Vantec that has blue led's instead
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I was thinking about adding some blue LED's to the VGA Silencer
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if you are getting those clocks on a 9800 pro with stock cooling judas, might be worthwhile to see how high the card can go.
er.... i believe i got a good one... cause i was able to successfully complete the 3Dmark03 entire suite with the core at 450 and the mem at 400 on stock cooling... although i must admit... we bit more artifacts then i could have ever put up with... And i refuse to post the score....(bye bye chaos )
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I still prefer the time and effort it takes to attach an AMD heatsink to a vid card.

Nice guide Roadee. This will help A LOT of people.
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er.... i believe i got a good one... cause i was able to successfully complete the 3Dmark03 entire suite with the core at 450 and the mem at 400 on stock cooling... although i must admit... we bit more artifacts then i could have ever put up with... And i refuse to post the score....(bye bye chaos )
you could also successfully complete the entire suite at higher clocks but once you see artifacts you are past the cards running level so its kind of pointless.
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Nice guide, I'll probably do something like that with my next card- probably the 9800XT, the 9700p is going as fast as it will already.
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Nice guide, I'll probably do something like that with my next card- probably the 9800XT, the 9700p is going as fast as it will already.
I'm using about the same clock speeds on my 9700np as you are. Are you using stock cooling??
And also, would it be worth to upgrade to 9800XT?
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