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Old October 30th 04, 12:16 AM
Scotter
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Default GREAT aftermarket cooling for 6800GT or GTOC

Running a BFG FX 6800 GT OC which runs stock at 370/1000

Today I received my NvSilencer
http://www.frozencpu.com/cgi-bin/frozencpu/vid-43.html via FedEx.

Woohoo! Installed it and oh yes it sure does make a difference!
Ran 3dMark 05 and watched temps whole time on 2nd monitor

Overclocking core to 389 and mem to 1.07ghz:
STOCK COOLING: GPU got as hot as 82C, Ambient got as hot as 62C
nvSILENCER COOLING: GPU = 70C, Ambient =50C

Bumped my core to 406 and mem to 1.10ghz:
nvSILENCER COOLING: GPU = 73C, Ambient =53C

So went ahead and bumped core to 411 and kept mem at 1.10ghz just to see if
I could (oh and turned off second monitor cuz now I want to see what kind of
3dMark score I can get.

http://service.futuremark.com/compare?3dm05=226919

Another nice benefit is this thing routes the hot air OUT of your case
through the back, meaning ambient temp for your CPU, RAM, Drives, and other
cards is lowered. Beware, if your GT or GTOC was not taking up two slots
before, now it does. Be sure you have a free slot next to your AGP slot.

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Old October 30th 04, 12:45 AM
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Pfft, i can overclock my Leadtek 6800GT to 425/1150, no modding required.


"Scotter" wrote in message
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Running a BFG FX 6800 GT OC which runs stock at 370/1000

Today I received my NvSilencer
http://www.frozencpu.com/cgi-bin/frozencpu/vid-43.html via FedEx.

Woohoo! Installed it and oh yes it sure does make a difference!
Ran 3dMark 05 and watched temps whole time on 2nd monitor

Overclocking core to 389 and mem to 1.07ghz:
STOCK COOLING: GPU got as hot as 82C, Ambient got as hot as 62C
nvSILENCER COOLING: GPU = 70C, Ambient =50C

Bumped my core to 406 and mem to 1.10ghz:
nvSILENCER COOLING: GPU = 73C, Ambient =53C

So went ahead and bumped core to 411 and kept mem at 1.10ghz just to see
if I could (oh and turned off second monitor cuz now I want to see what
kind of 3dMark score I can get.

http://service.futuremark.com/compare?3dm05=226919

Another nice benefit is this thing routes the hot air OUT of your case
through the back, meaning ambient temp for your CPU, RAM, Drives, and
other cards is lowered. Beware, if your GT or GTOC was not taking up two
slots before, now it does. Be sure you have a free slot next to your AGP
slot.

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Old October 30th 04, 02:48 AM
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Richard Dower wrote:
Pfft, i can overclock my Leadtek 6800GT to 425/1150, no modding required.




410/1100 here with a max temp of 68c PNY 6800gt, stock cooling, could
probably go higher but I only wanted to at least get to ultra specs plus
a few more and feel how comfortable that extra $150 is sitting in my
wallet waiting to be spent on something else.



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Old October 30th 04, 03:18 AM
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"James Riske" wrote in message
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410/1100 here with a max temp of 68c PNY 6800gt, stock cooling, could
probably go higher but I only wanted to at least get to ultra specs plus a
few more and feel how comfortable that extra $150 is sitting in my wallet
waiting to be spent on something else.


Indeed. :-)



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Old October 30th 04, 10:46 AM
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"Richard Dower" wrote in message
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Pfft, i can overclock my Leadtek 6800GT to 425/1150, no modding required.


Pah. I can get 453/1120 with mine. Shame the 1120 isn't too stunning, but
the 453 isn't bad!

Chip

"Scotter" wrote in message
...
Running a BFG FX 6800 GT OC which runs stock at 370/1000

Today I received my NvSilencer
http://www.frozencpu.com/cgi-bin/frozencpu/vid-43.html via FedEx.

Woohoo! Installed it and oh yes it sure does make a difference!
Ran 3dMark 05 and watched temps whole time on 2nd monitor

Overclocking core to 389 and mem to 1.07ghz:
STOCK COOLING: GPU got as hot as 82C, Ambient got as hot as 62C
nvSILENCER COOLING: GPU = 70C, Ambient =50C

Bumped my core to 406 and mem to 1.10ghz:
nvSILENCER COOLING: GPU = 73C, Ambient =53C

So went ahead and bumped core to 411 and kept mem at 1.10ghz just to see
if I could (oh and turned off second monitor cuz now I want to see what
kind of 3dMark score I can get.

http://service.futuremark.com/compare?3dm05=226919

Another nice benefit is this thing routes the hot air OUT of your case
through the back, meaning ambient temp for your CPU, RAM, Drives, and
other cards is lowered. Beware, if your GT or GTOC was not taking up two
slots before, now it does. Be sure you have a free slot next to your AGP
slot.

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Scotter





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Old October 30th 04, 10:47 PM
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So maybe you faster guys could go faster yet at 10c less.


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Old October 30th 04, 11:24 PM
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Ed Light wrote:
So maybe you faster guys could go faster yet at 10c less.


Pft. Pah. I agree Ed.
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Old October 31st 04, 11:26 AM
Chip
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"Ed Light" wrote in message
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So maybe you faster guys could go faster yet at 10c less.


Actually, no.

I increased the core voltage on my card to 1.4v and its at that setting that
I can run 453MHz. The temps weren't too bad - mid 70's I think - but I
thought it would be safer to replace the stock cooler with a VGA Silencer if
I was going to run at high speed for prolonged periods. Whereas I am
delighted with the VGA Silencer, inasmuchas its brought the temps down by
around 10C, in fact it hasn't made any difference whatsoever to my max
overclock.

If I had a waterblock and load temps were in the 40's rather than the 60's
maybe it would make a difference. But it seems if you are comparing 60's
with 70's, the overclock is actually unaffected.

Chip


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Old October 31st 04, 05:49 PM
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I hear you saying you can run 453MHz with the stock cooling and it doesn't
get very hot so why run something that only lowers it 10C and still doesn't
allow you to get past that 453MHz mark. That makes sense. But I, for one,
would feel like 453MHz @ 60C is safer and more stable than 453MHz @ 70C

To me there are also other benefits to using something like NVSilencer, such
as:
(a) Because the NVSilencer ejects the warm air outside the back of the case,
you get lowered ambient temp for your CPU, RAM, Drives, and other cards.
(b) Possibly longer lifespan for your video card.
(c) Quieter.

So I guess something like this is great for someone like me who just wants
to run his GT at around 400C with 10C lower temps and lower noise and such
but if you are someone wanting to push your card to the very edge, something
more hard core like water cooling is probably what you want... ?


"Chip" wrote in message
...

"Ed Light" wrote in message
news:0_Tgd.70829$bk1.35962@fed1read05...
So maybe you faster guys could go faster yet at 10c less.


Actually, no.

I increased the core voltage on my card to 1.4v and its at that setting
that I can run 453MHz. The temps weren't too bad - mid 70's I think - but
I thought it would be safer to replace the stock cooler with a VGA
Silencer if I was going to run at high speed for prolonged periods.
Whereas I am delighted with the VGA Silencer, inasmuchas its brought the
temps down by around 10C, in fact it hasn't made any difference whatsoever
to my max overclock.

If I had a waterblock and load temps were in the 40's rather than the 60's
maybe it would make a difference. But it seems if you are comparing 60's
with 70's, the overclock is actually unaffected.

Chip



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Old October 31st 04, 10:50 PM
Chip
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"Scotter" wrote in message
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I hear you saying you can run 453MHz with the stock cooling and it doesn't
get very hot so why run something that only lowers it 10C and still doesn't
allow you to get past that 453MHz mark. That makes sense. But I, for one,
would feel like 453MHz @ 60C is safer and more stable than 453MHz @ 70C


That's what I said. I thought it would be safer to run it at lower temps if
I was going to push it.

To me there are also other benefits to using something like NVSilencer,
such as:
(a) Because the NVSilencer ejects the warm air outside the back of the
case, you get lowered ambient temp for your CPU, RAM, Drives, and other
cards.


True. Only marginal benefit since the amount of air coming out of the case
is minimal, but true nevertheless.

(b) Possibly longer lifespan for your video card.


True.

(c) Quieter.


True.

So I guess something like this is great for someone like me who just wants
to run his GT at around 400C with 10C lower temps and lower noise and such
but if you are someone wanting to push your card to the very edge,
something more hard core like water cooling is probably what you want... ?


Maybe. I am delighted with my VGA Silencer though. It does everything I
expected of it (based on my experiences of a VGA Silencer on my old 9700
Pro)

Chip.


 




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