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Video Card Thread (Mostly Gecube x1950xt)
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3. November 2007 @ 08:58 |
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Yes, a Zalman cooler will work great! Just dont forget some AS5 and you'll need to buy heatsinks as the ones that usually come with coolers are cheap and very small. I have the Tidewater, paid around $60 for it and it works great. I never get into 60s with it on the high setting.
Btw, can you post a pic of the 3dmark06 score? Just interested in seeing.
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XiS111
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3. November 2007 @ 10:03 |
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ok strange... i lost 500 points today on 3D Mark..
but whatever.. have a screenshot:
AMD 64 3700+, 2gb DDR 400, Gecube X1950XT TEC (AKA: Hot stuff..:/)
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XiS111
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3. November 2007 @ 10:20 |
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AMD 64 3700+, 2gb DDR 400, Gecube X1950XT TEC (AKA: Hot stuff..:/)
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3. November 2007 @ 10:56 |
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THe VF1000 is for the 8800 series only, so it wont be compatable with your card. The VF900 will work with the x1950xt series, and its actully a pretty good cooler. It doesnt take the heat out of your case, so it will leave it in it creating a possibly higher CPU and mobo temp. But, its a great cooler, I have herd many good reviews from it.
As for 3dmark06, I see you're using the Omegas! Good choice, me too. Also, are you forcing your GPU to run at the default 3d clocks which are 648/702? It seams that everytime I play a game, and exit out, the clocks remained the same the whole time, at 504/6** I believe.
Btw, I would think that you would never get to pass 5000 in 3dmark06, since I cant and I have a slightly faster CPU... I get in the low 1000s for it though...
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XiS111
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4. November 2007 @ 10:07 |
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hm... so the v900 cooler it is then, would i be needing the ram sinks too?
shame i didnt screen the results for the 5011 mark, however i'll re-run some other drivers see if i get any higher scores with them.
and nope my clocks are automatically set to 675/702 as soon as my PC boots up.
ok instead i think i'll be trying some of this OCZ stuff
http://www.ebuyer.com/product/66688
AMD 64 3700+, 2gb DDR 400, Gecube X1950XT TEC (AKA: Hot stuff..:/)
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4. November 2007 @ 11:02 |
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Why not AS5?
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XiS111
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4. November 2007 @ 12:37 |
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coz its not available on that website :P and i dont want to pay 2x delivery ><;
another thing i dont exactly understand being the noob i am is how to apply the thermal paste o_O; i usually apply it so that none of the chip shows, but after reading the arctic silver pdf, it shows only to apply a small amount to the center and then put the heatsink on... is this correct? =o
AMD 64 3700+, 2gb DDR 400, Gecube X1950XT TEC (AKA: Hot stuff..:/)
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4. November 2007 @ 13:30 |
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You want a VERY thin layer, so all the gaps are filled. Despite what many people think, thermal paste is very poor heat conductor, compared to metal. That's why if you have too much paste it will stay in the paste and not go on to the HSF to me dissipated.
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XiS111
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4. November 2007 @ 16:51 |
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just bought the VF900 and some AC5, should be arriving on tuesday, umm.. any recommendations on what to use to remove the existing paste?
AMD 64 3700+, 2gb DDR 400, Gecube X1950XT TEC (AKA: Hot stuff..:/)
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4. November 2007 @ 19:23 |
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rubbing alcohol.
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4. November 2007 @ 19:39 |
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Yeah rubbing alcohol should do it. Take a coffee filter, put alcohol on it, and clean off your thermal paste.
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XiS111
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4. November 2007 @ 19:50 |
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looks like i'll have to go shopping tommorow then =p
just ran the Gecube sites recommended drivers obtained these scores
ran the AMD ones after but scored even lower results on 3DMark, but im guessing thats cuz i've been running too many tests.. :P
AMD 64 3700+, 2gb DDR 400, Gecube X1950XT TEC (AKA: Hot stuff..:/)
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5. November 2007 @ 11:07 |
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Sorry about my absence, our internet's been cut off for a while...
After putting my new motherboard in I can get my CPU to 3.15Ghz and my new 3dmark rests at 6867. Not too bad, but I wonder whether I can make 7000 considering my CPU seems fairly resilient to overclocking much further (but hey, 75% ain't bad).
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5. November 2007 @ 20:40 |
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So here is my new 3Dmark score:
Main Test Results
3DMark Score 6492 3DMarks
SM 2.0 Score 2578 Marks
SM 3.0 Score 2554 Marks
CPU Score 2785 Marks
Now what! This is with my CPU running at less than what I normally run at! Now I just need to get more RAM, and I can probably break 7000 maybe.
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harvrdguy
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5. November 2007 @ 23:14 |
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MaccerM Mike
Kardson Travis
Abuzar1 Abuzar
Sammorris Sam
Waymon3x6 Ray
Harvrdguy Rich
Sam....................6755..........................E4300-3ghz...........2gig..............x1900xt 512mb
Mike....................5982......(5600)...........E6320 2.11ghz......2gig...............gecube
Abuzar new card....6492..........................E6400-3.44ghz.....1gigDDR2........7900gtx 512mb
Abuzar................5562 .........................E6400-3.44ghz.....1gigDDR2........x1900gt 256mb
Ray....................4758...........................P4 3.2 oc'd 3.75....3gigDDR400....gecube
Travis.................4499 ..........................P4 3.0..................2gigDDR400....gecube
Rich...................2260...........................P4 3.2..................1gigDDR400....x850xtpe 256mb
Forum tip: Scale jpgs to 760 pixels wide for best browing.
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harvrdguy
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5. November 2007 @ 23:20 |
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Hey all, and new guy XiS111
XiS111, what is that crazy tower of metal on your cpu - is that the monsoon cooler? It looks like you could do a super job of keeping your cpu cool with that thing - but does your side panel go on anymore, or do you run your case with the side off?
Your 3dmark6 shouldn't have dropped down in the 4500 range with your AMD - those who are down in that range still have the P4 - see the chart, now on p46 just above.
I'll post everybody's updated scores, Sam, Abuzar, and the new guy (what's your first name? - btw, best jpg size on this forum because of the wide left margin, is to scale to 760 pixels wide, as I recall)
But before I do, I have to ask you, Abuzar, what did you do to increase your 3dmark by 1000 points? Now you're pushing Sam? You had the x1900gt, right, which fills at about 6500 versus Sam's card (and the gecube) at about 10,500.
Your signature still shows the GT? How'd you do it, bud?
-rich
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XiS111
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6. November 2007 @ 00:23 |
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lawl.. i believe its a Scythe Ninja-PLUS, it actually is quite a beast, can cool without that fan, i just put it on to blow some cool air on the gecubes backplate, i'll sort some overclocking out after i get the ac5 within the next 10 hours, chilled gfx and cpu :P
Scythe: http://www.ebuyer.com/product/127437
AMD 64 3700+, 2gb DDR 400, Gecube X1950XT TEC (AKA: Hot stuff..:/)
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6. November 2007 @ 06:18 |
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I haven't changed my sig, I have a 7900 GTX now.
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6. November 2007 @ 21:42 |
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BTW, guess how much I got it for.
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6. November 2007 @ 21:49 |
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$100? How does the crysis demo play on it?
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harvrdguy
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6. November 2007 @ 23:24 |
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let's see - your last card was $85. And you probably sold that for a profit - so you added another $50 is my guess.
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7. November 2007 @ 05:40 |
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Rich: That's a Scythe Ninja.
New 3dmark score @ 3.15Ghz CPU, 663/873 GPU: 6877.
It's proving a bit difficult to get my CPU above 3.15, so I'll let you guys know how I get on. Nonetheless I'm happy though, an extra 100 odd marks from a new motherboard isn't at all bad imo.
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7. November 2007 @ 06:19 |
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Nope, I sold the other one for 125 and got this for 120. Very good deal!
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XiS111
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7. November 2007 @ 12:50 |
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installed the Zalman 900 today, was as absolute pain, made so many noobie errors >_>;
and working with AC5 aswell, idle temps have dropped from 50 to 42degrees for the gfx card, and an amazing 44 from 63 for the CPU. shame no pretty lights came with the cooler :p
AMD 64 3700+, 2gb DDR 400, Gecube X1950XT TEC (AKA: Hot stuff..:/)
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8. November 2007 @ 19:40 |
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In my experience, you don't want lights to come with the cooler, only low quality stuff seems to come with tacky LEDs pre-fitted. If you want an illuminated tricked out PC, you buy quality components, and then add lighting afterwards, like Lazer LEDs and so on.
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