Overclocking
 

I have a Radeon 9800 Pro (HIS Excalibur) and I want to overclock it. What do I need to do so and do I need a VGA Silencer or something other than the stock cooling fan? I was actually gonna order a VGA Silencer because they're quiet and they look really cool. :biggrin:

One more question for you techies out there. What's the differance between my Radeon 9800 Pro (HIS Excalibur) and a Radeon 9800 Pro (Saphire)?

Is this a good one? http://www.jab-tech.com/customer/pro...&cat=93&page=1

I'm sure it will cool it fine, but I was able to get a very nice overclock on the stock fan. I have it watercooled now. I got it to 430/365 on stock fan, of course I had ramsinks on the ram.

hmm triple post. please don't do that

lol sorry, but it's not like theyre all in the same minute :(

edit's are good.. and yea, triple posts make us :mad:


don't push it too far on stock cooling, but it should oc a bit

There is difference between the two, but remember they are by different companies. It's not much I'm sure. I've dealt with Sapphire in the past and I like them, so that's who I'd recommend.

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How's That? :nod:

Is it bad to open the side of my computer while it's running? Cause right now the side panel is off and I'm staring at the beautiful components :lol:

http://www.newegg.com/app/viewproduc...161-109&DEPA=0

If this is your card than you don't need any extra VGA cooling, your set for good. ;) But if its not than go for a zalman cooling heatsink. To overclock go to www.Guru3d.com for good freeware overclocking applications for ATI based cards. :sunglasses:

No thats not my card... My card is the one without that big cooler on top, it has a fan with a heatsink surronding it

You have a standard 9800. The cooler on it is fine. I tried the Thermaltake Giant 2 once, but I got better cooling with my stock cooler.

dude.. you apologize, and then you double post.. :/ come on..

if you get a zalman vga cooler then get some patience and an hour or two, because they take a while to install... though they look awesome once done.

Bythe time I read your post I ended up buying an Arctic Cooling AVC-1000 VGA Silencer Rev.3 from www.crazypc.com for 15 bucks plus 7 for shipping which I thought was reasonable


Description
Video Card Cooler designed for both power users and zero noise environments. Warm air is exhausted directly outside the case! Requires a free PCI Slot Next to the Video Card.

Features

First VGA Cooler with selectable cooling and noise level. Speed toggle switch included which accessible from the PCI slot.
Unique mounting clip design significantly improves the heat transfer f the GPU to the heatsink
Noiseless - far quieter than graphic boards using ATI's 9800 Pro standard cooler
Superior performance to ATI's stock cooler
Direct Heat Exhaust System - Exhausts heated air out PCI slot
Includes tube of thermal grease
Specification

Compatibility ATI 9500-9800 (Pro, AIW, XT, SE) except 9800 XT
Voltage DC 12V
Power 1200/2400RPM
Fan Bearing Ball Bearing
Weight 278g
Material Aluminum
Heatsink Dimension 185x84x34mm

lol
zalman VGA coolers dont take 1 or 2 hours to install

just mod a stock athlon heatsink and you have a kick ass cooler that is better than arctic cooler VGA silencer

the silencers are supposed to be pretty good. Hope you don't break anything while installing it! ;)



and it took me that long.. partially because I didn't see that the gold things were actually two parts and that you're supposed to unscrew the first half to make em 2.. I also put the back heatsink on backwards TWICE.. let's just say it was lots of trial and error..

I can have one of those things put on in 15-20 minutes. I've done it way too much. Oh, and J425, it's time to go to the doc about that bad vision ;) I could see that from a mile away....20/20 in one eye and 20/18 in the other.

I was too busy trying to RTFM for once.. that's what I get.. :/

What scores did you guys get on PCMark04? I just got 3585

4536 but I haven't ran it in a long time, so I don't what SP2 has done to it.

wowoow i just got 4415 because I didnt have the newest version of PCMark 04 8)