have you got an X1950XT you still use....give it a Vortexx!

[phatboy]

I am using a sapphire X1950XT i picked up on the bay stupidly cheap as my inbetween card at the moment, as anyone who knows these cards is aware they run STUPIDLY hot and are proper noisy.

I was very kindly given a slightly modded Vortexx by Merlin5 on the forums as he couldnt get it to fit his 4870 (non reference). I have now stuck this on the X1950 and the results are VERY impressive.

idle temps were always circa 53-55c with the stock cooler and load temps in games like TDU and GTA IV (yep it runs it!) were into the low 90's which was rather scary and it sounded like a spitfire.

with this fitted I am getting 45 degree idle temps and after 30 or so minutes on GTA IV it never went over 70 degrees!!! thats a 20 degree drop....got to love that!. for what is a £12 heatsink, its a cracker!

standard VRM heatsink sneeks in nicely

 

[Mana]

hmm just noticed from your sig that u are planning on upgrading to a q6600 and 4890 in xfire.

I currently have the ip35pro with a [email protected]. i have a single 5850 @ 900/1200 and i was thinking about xfire but i heard that the ip35s have a lower bus speed on the 2nd pci-e gfx slot and that i might get a huge reduction in the increase in xfire performance. Are u planning on xfiring on the ip35pro board?

btw, grats on you vortex cooler, thing looks beast.

 

[phatboy]

yeah the major word is i will not see the same gains as on a 8x 8x / 16x 16x board.

I am going to give it a go tbh, and see what happens, as my 4770 crossfire set up on the IP35 had some really good gains. I cant afford a new board as well as chip etc so thats next on the list lol

 

[Merlin5]

Looking good

 

[arc@css]

Nice looking cooler.

 

[Alex74]

Looks awesome nicely done