My RIG Upgrade Project

lol sorry for the misunderstanding

at first i didnt know what you were talking about when you only mentioned GT

so i assumed you were talking about the ram being overrated
lol

yeah of course 6800GT spanks 9800 Pro's ass

looks like they just arent meant to be overclocked without better cooling
oh well, it performs quite well without OCing already doesnt it?

[StinkyMojo]

Performs like a beast when it isn't OC's... but still... If it wasn't the heat/HD problem I would have kept it and softmodded it.

[Jason425]

I know it's better.. I just don't want a dead $400 fireball...

[StinkyMojo]

Originally Posted by Jason425

I know it's better.. I just don't want a dead $400 fireball...

ok.. now you are making it sound like trash..

[Jason425]

it's not trash.. just more of a risk than i'm willing to take for $400...

what were you case temps with that "firebal" in there, jason425?

also cik, what are your comp's temperatures now?
and the noise level?

[Jason425]

dunno.. asus probe says one thing the nvidia thing says it's much higher.. it's a fact of life if you look on forums, the new BFG fan sucks balls.. esp when OC'd... if I can keep my cpu under 55* with tolerable noise under load, my case temps aren't that bad...

probe says mobo temp is 40..

oooh thats hot

i would definately get an ARCTIC COOLING NV SILENCER 5 VGA COOLER for a 6800 GT

ive heard ppl keeping it at 71c with arctic silver 5 too

perhaps you need better case fans

Koolance CPU probe reads 27C and the BIOS CPU Temp reports 32C. Under load, temps only go up a few degrees.

I'm currently running the DFI Lanparty UT 250GB motherboard at 245 FSB @ 2450Mhz AMD64 3000+ using very tight timings (2-3-3-5) and 4x HT. CPU voltage is at 1.6V and Memory voltage is 2.7. Right now with these settings the system is rock solid. Keeping these settings I can boot XP at 250 FSB but run into stability problems. I have much more headroom on the CPU and Memory settings that if I loosen things up, I may be able push on up to 260-275 FSB.

Noise levels? what noise? Watercooling owns!

I don't know what the big fuss over the BFG 6800GT OC is. Mine OC's to 405/1.02 which is fine with me and the heat is no problem what so ever on it.

[Jason425]

that's a 20 mhz OC on the memory... lousy... I got to 395/1.1 which is better.. but still not ultra.


Yes an NV5 is almost a necessity for a GT.. I have a silencer on my 9800 right now...