I've actually upgraded the card (again) since that post. I now have a Sapphire ATI 5850 which is probably overkill for my 1680 by 1050 monitor. I did add an additional case fan to blow through the video card since my sound card is nearly touching from beneath and block most of the air flow.
Sweet, nice card. Just recently bought a 4850 myself. Pretty heavy OC and never gets above 65c. Thought your teps were way high, but then notice the post was a year old. Don't recall what was the norm at that time .
Randy now I want to know what was the deal with the heatsink? Are you saying you reseated your GPU? I've never heard of anyone doing that lol.
BTW I have 2 Nvideo 9800 GTs in SLI. I bought them because they were on sale and I was using 2 7800s in SLI. I just can't afford to buy something better so I wait a few years for the price to drop.
I'd like to eventually swap out my MB or maybe just upgrade to a quad with 3 SLI slots.
Im using one of the fastest, if not fastest x2 they came out with before the quads came out on an Nvidia based MB. I still only have 2 gigs of ram, but that is partly because I am too lasy to change the stock heatsink out, which blocks one of the dimm slots....bad design. I have the heatsink and all but I have just been lazy ha
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Just got it in. Installed it. Already my idol temps have decreased by about 7 degrees C. It should lower another 1-3 degrees as the thermal paste sets. (Although I am thinking that I may have used too much of the stuff.....)
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Randy now I want to know what was the deal with the heatsink? Are you saying you reseated your GPU? I've never heard of anyone doing that lol.
BTW I have 2 Nvideo 9800 GTs in SLI. I bought them because they were on sale and I was using 2 7800s in SLI. I just can't afford to buy something better so I wait a few years for the price to drop.
I'd like to eventually swap out my MB or maybe just upgrade to a quad with 3 SLI slots.
Im using one of the fastest, if not fastest x2 they came out with before the quads came out on an Nvidia based MB. I still only have 2 gigs of ram, but that is partly because I am too lasy to change the stock heatsink out, which blocks one of the dimm slots....bad design. I have the heatsink and all but I have just been lazy ha
I removed the heatsink/fan combo on my old ATI card and replaced it with a Zalman unit which is a HUGE copper heat sink and fan. It reduced the the temps by quite a bit. (I still don't over clock though since I really do not need to.)
The new 5850 has a pretty good cooling solution itself so there is no need to upgrade short of going to a water cooling system.
I removed the heatsink/fan combo on my old ATI card and replaced it with a Zalman unit which is a HUGE copper heat sink and fan. It reduced the the temps by quite a bit. (I still don't over clock though since I really do not need to.)
The new 5850 has a pretty good cooling solution itself so there is no need to upgrade short of going to a water cooling system.
hmmm. What do you use to monitor the temp of the card?
__________________ Let it be understood that Apostolic Friends Forum is an Apostolic Forum.
Apostolic is defined on AFF as:
There is One God. This one God reveals Himself distinctly as Father, Son and Holy Ghost.
The Son is God himself in a human form or "God manifested in the flesh" (1Tim 3:16)
Every sinner must repent of their sins.
That Jesus name baptism is the only biblical mode of water baptism.
That the Holy Ghost is for today and is received by faith with the initial evidence of speaking in tongues.
The saint will go on to strive to live a holy life, pleasing to God.
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