Caporegime
Twist, and pull. TWIST, and pull... gently does it. Sometimes i find it best to hold the pcb and gently peel the end where the pci-e connectors are away from the shroud. Comes off easily then.
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Twist, and pull. TWIST, and pull... gently does it. Sometimes i find it best to hold the pcb and gently peel the end where the pci-e connectors are away from the shroud. Comes off easily then.
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Will I need to replace the thermal pads after doing this?
Caporegime
Nope, just leave them where they are. A few might get stuck to the pcb but that's fine. You can either leave them there or place them back on the heatsink. They'll make contact again once you seal things back up. Long thin line method is best for the Hawaii shaped core imo.
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Ok. Was go into try AS5 again or should I wait and get some Gelid?
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You'd have to do something momentously stupid to destroy the card taking off a cooler....
No mate, send it again? Was it via trust or direct to my email?
^ that, twist and pull. The stick pads are not sticky, not enough to glue a cooler inplace anyway.
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Direct email, could be in your junk folder. If not i'll send another in a bit.
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Guys what you reckon a water cooled 290 will clock too with max voltage through it?
It can do 1.2Ghz on stock cooler with +100mv, when under water it'll be given +200mv
It can do 1.2Ghz on stock cooler with +100mv, when under water it'll be given +200mv
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Around 1275 - 24/7 stable at +200mv. I expect you'll be able to do bench runs of 1300-1325 with +200mv though.
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Faster if Crossfire works, Slower if it does not. Both good cards but my money would be on a 290 for a better all round experience and less hassle.
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My 290 at 1200Mhz is only 1-3fps behind a pair of 7950's running 960Mhz cores in 3DMark.
So a 290 at ~1300Mhz should be pretty damn close to a stock 7990.
So a 290 at ~1300Mhz should be pretty damn close to a stock 7990.
For reference my 290 did 1150 on stock volts and did 1340 at 1.525v
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How did you give it 1.5v!!!!!
And cooling? Was it on a full cover block? What radiator size? GPu temps? VRM temps?
And last but no least, BENCHMARKS???
EK Blocks, Phobya 1080 Nova, temps, around 40-45 on load both VRM and GPU.
Elpida 290p @ 1340/1700 http://www.3dmark.com/fs/1425869
Hynix 290x @ 1345/1775 http://www.3dmark.com/fs/1881409
I dont have a screenshot on the 290p but whatever.
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That's mental! What you reckon I could get away with 24/7 with a touch more volts and good cooling?
1250MHz isnt enough? lol