newegg.... check this :)
 

I noticed this 9500 oem card on new egg.... it is on the 9700 pcb :) just thoguht some of you may be interested at $159.99 and we all know about the 9500 conversion hehe

http://www.newegg.com/app/Showimage....102-252-02.jpg

does the conversion work?

Also, could you provide a link to the actual item and not the Pic? I think I might order me one.

Nevermind... I found it. It's the Saphire 9500.

I should have it in 2 days. :biggrin:

man, i need money to throw away like that!
well, first i need a new system. :(

later

right on man, hope the card works well! From what I have seen the ones layed out like the 9700 are the best like this one :) After ya redo it and all let me know what your clocks are and I will match them with my 9700 so we can directly compare chips / ram and mobo's against eachother >:)

Right on bro!

Damn AI, are we the only two that ever buys shit and does anything with it? :P

on this site it seems like it *L* everyone else seems afraid to go overclocking nuts! I can honestly say I have never lost a chip to overclocking and only 1 vid card because of a dumb mistake :)

A long time ago, I had an old Intel 300 overclocked for about a year before it finally buned out. Never had anything else since. :)

I would have to say overclocking is "safe" in general for I have owned probably 15+ mobo's and about that many chips and vod cards with no issuies :)

Yea, as long as you know the basics to overclocking it's pretty safe.

Heck, most of the processors out there are only overclocked cousins of previous versions anyways.

exaclty, to bad most have not figured it out *LOL* Heck I am almost to the point of thinking chips are hard to kill, I have dropped them, cut and reconnected bridges, overclocked the heck out of them ect... and they keep on trucking!~

LOL!!! I know what you mean.

Just this weekend when I installed the Heat Pipe I also put some Artic Silver 3 on it. After I put it all on I noticed the HSF wasn't seated properly so I took it off. The AS3 acted like a suction cup and I literally ripped the CPU from the base. It was stuck to the bottom of the HSF and I had to use a screwdriver to pry it loose. Needless to say, the processor is still chugging along. :biggrin:

*LOL* that is to damn funny!!!! That chip has a factory heat spreader correct..?? *LOL*

I'm just about afraid to remove my HSF anymore, I just might end up ripping off a couple pins because of that damn Arctic Silver 3. :P

try a little less silver :) your only supposed to use a thin layer! Very thin, just bairly enough to cover the contact area!

Yea, I was very careful about putting too much on it. I used the edge of an old credit card to smooth it out but it still did it a second time.

I think it's gonna stay on there a long time before I remove it. :nod: