Out of pure boredom I.....

gtir666 · 18 Jul 2006 at 23:07

Decided to attach my redundant oem opty cooler to my 6800, quite dodgily i might add lol

Anybody care to guess the outcome?? There might be a prize! :eek:

big might

Raikiri · 18 Jul 2006 at 23:12

either great temps or a dead card

Phil99 · 18 Jul 2006 at 23:12

Is the prize a nuked graphics card?

gtir666 · 18 Jul 2006 at 23:17

Phil99 said:
Is the prize a nuked graphics card?

LOL Close

I think i hit a world record with temps haha, but initially not the story.

Ill give you a clue(by the way i think the standard hsf has had it) i was quite suprised

gtir666 · 18 Jul 2006 at 23:19

Raikiri said:
either great temps or a dead card

My trusty 6800 will NEVER die!! God knows why after what ive done to it

mc_bob · 18 Jul 2006 at 23:22

You got sum ub3r clockingz out of ze core and memory chipz?

Or

Its borked...

MC_Bob

maranello168 · 18 Jul 2006 at 23:23

stop teasing and tell us

fini · 18 Jul 2006 at 23:23

gtir666 said:
Ill give you a clue(by the way i think the standard hsf has had it) i was quite suprised

It clocked exactly the same as with the standard hsf?

fini

killer_uk · 18 Jul 2006 at 23:25

Pictures!

neo-omega · 18 Jul 2006 at 23:28

killer_uk said:
Pictures!

yes we need evidence!

gtir666 · 18 Jul 2006 at 23:33

Sorry cant do pics as ive returned it to its former state, plus for my own self respect as comp builder I dont want you boys to see what i did! LOL

Its flashed with an xfx ultra modded bios by the way and riva tuner unlocked extra quad and vertex, so shes running hotter anyway!

Oh sod it, it reduced temps from 64degrees in ambient to 52 degrees, which i thought was bloody impressive! Under load (running 3dmark06) it didnt go over 59 degrees!

Although, and its a big although, it must have come loose after a about 30mins of benching and hit a whopping 155 degrees :eek:

Still works mint though

gtir666 · 18 Jul 2006 at 23:38

If its any consolation i cant get it below 87degrees now

Vf900 i think now

gtir666 · 18 Jul 2006 at 23:41

neo-omega said:
yes we need evidence!

Seriously you boys dont wanna see the obomination, Surley :eek:

Ill recreate it if you really wanna see it!

Psycho Sonny · 18 Jul 2006 at 23:44

what a noob just tell us and get it over with

gtir666 · 18 Jul 2006 at 23:45

Psycho Sonny said:
what a noob just tell us and get it over with

Err, i have doughnut

pinkacidbootson · 18 Jul 2006 at 23:47

Psycho Sonny said:
what a noob just tell us and get it over with

He did look up a bit

sunlitsix · 18 Jul 2006 at 23:48

how did you fasten it on?

Pulseammo · 18 Jul 2006 at 23:50

Aw and here was me with visions of a Sythe Ninja stuck on a graphics card right before it snapped its self out of the socket

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gtir666 · 19 Jul 2006 at 00:03

sunlitsix said:
how did you fasten it on?

Mate, i tried drilling the heat sink etc but the standard hsf screws are well skinny and wouldnt go in. To peeps less knowlegable bout 6800 hsf screws down from top into a like x piece of plastic with threaded jobs at either corner.
So obviously im trying to find some sort of maybe self tappers but impossible due to how narrow the holes are, you cant make them bigger as a lot of circuitry roots itself around those holes.

So (dont laugh

) i found some wire and tied it around the card and the heat sink, as tight as poss without obviously compromising anything else on the board (hense i think it came loose, possibly with heat the wire expanded).

OK not ideal, but i wasnt prepared to waste a load of time if wasnt going to work. So it served a purpose and has given me something to think about

IamMed · 19 Jul 2006 at 00:16

stick a Thermalright SP120 on it