Hailstorm Posted March 9, 2004 Posted March 9, 2004 All right. I just down loaded the Atitool. Started running it. Right now my core is set at 450 (default is 412)and my memory is at 378( default is 365). Now I have not been testing long,just a few minutes. But my question is,can I suppliment the current cooling assembly? So that I may go higher with my values. Then how high is to high? I do have a new in bag 9800 Pro waiting if I blow this up. But I would prefer not to. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
dangerousfigure Posted March 9, 2004 Posted March 9, 2004 ya you can always swap the heatsinks, with like vga silent v2 coolers or a giant heatsink Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hailstorm Posted March 9, 2004 Posted March 9, 2004 Where can I get heatsinks and where do I put them. Is there a better fan assembly or just leave that alone? I know the plate on the back looks like I could place a sink right on it. A big one. Then on the face, smaller ones on the chips? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
xtry51 Posted March 10, 2004 Posted March 10, 2004 Get a VGA silencer and some OCZ BGA ramsinks. The Silencer is an aftermarket fan/heatsink. You remove the stock one and bolt it onto the GPU. The ramsinks I use arctic silver thermal adhesive to mount (though they come with thermal pads). Look on SVC here. It's where I got all three from. Oh, and you'll need two sets (of 4) of ram sinks. 4 for the front and 4 for the back. That'll give you a good jump on core speed and maybe 2-3mhz on RAM. As an added bonus your CPU and case temps should drop as it blows the exhaust out of your case thru the PCI slot. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hailstorm Posted March 10, 2004 Posted March 10, 2004 (edited) Cool! Thanks. What program should I use to hold the over clock. I tried the radlinker and it will not function. I had the overdrive on when I first installed. But I uninstalled and turned it off,then reinstalled. Still doesn't work. Is there another one I can use? I check the VGA silencer . It says its not for the 9800XT. Should this be a concern? Edited March 10, 2004 by Hailstorm Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
xtry51 Posted March 11, 2004 Posted March 11, 2004 Make sure you're looking at the rev. 2 VGA. The first release didn't have clearance for the 9800xt. If you can't get it on SVC look on google. Sorry I forgot about that and I have a 9800 pro so the clearance wasn't an issue. EDIT: Sorry I was wrong. Rev 2 fits AIW cards, not XT. But the arctic cooling site says that they are coming out with Rev 3 for XT cards mid-march. So hold out for a little while and get that one. It'll be worth your time, I promise. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hailstorm Posted March 11, 2004 Posted March 11, 2004 Dang, I am glad you posted. I was going to order it today So I will hold on a while. Thanks xtry51 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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