AGP 6800 Gt - Do I Need Ram Sinks with Water Block ?

Brizzles · 11 Mar 2006 at 22:33

As Title ,

Just made a small upgrade from 6800 le ( wouldn't unlock ) to a 6800 GT

Using a waterblock for the core and no Ram sinks

( At load 48 core / 40 ambient ( on card ) )

Plan to o/c the GT to Ultra specs.

Would i need Ram sinks ?

Cheers,

Mark

weescott · 11 Mar 2006 at 23:17

nope

Ran mine without no probs.

Booner! · 12 Mar 2006 at 00:58

my 6800GT agp is currently running at 61idle... and 93load max

so yeh thats with water cooling system on CPU and

> 1x 14cm fan
> 3x 12cm fans
> 1 x exhaust fan
> GPU fan on 100%
> tagan 2x fans (size :S)

all other temps are ok , but it runs fine... so you should be ok

or i am screwed

Brizzles · 12 Mar 2006 at 10:35

Thanks for your replies

" 93 degrees @ Load " :eek:

- gives me a bit of room to play with !!

Cheers,

Mark

samcat · 12 Mar 2006 at 14:17

Booner! said:
my 6800GT agp is currently running at 61idle... and 93load max so yeh thats with water cooling system on CPU and

> 1x 14cm fan
> 3x 12cm fans
> 1 x exhaust fan
> GPU fan on 100%
> tagan 2x fans (size :S)

all other temps are ok , but it runs fine... so you should be ok or i am screwed

I would try reseating that block if I was you... Sure there's no shim on the board?

I get 35oC max on my 6800GTOC

Sam C

EAF92_Brigstock · 12 Mar 2006 at 21:34

My 6800gt was hitting 95C maxload not so long ago, when it got that hot though, I'd get CTDs and artifacts. I resat the HSF which improved things a little. But now it's in my WC loop and idles at 40C hitting 50C at max load.