Check This Out: I Ordered One

[adamp2p]

Hey, just wanted to let you guys know what I bought...only $40 bucks including (2 day) shipping...

http://www.modsynergy.com/ACVgaSilencer-box.jpg

http://www.modsynergy.com/ACVgaSilencer-lay.jpg

http://www.modsynergy.com/ACVgaSilencer-step2.jpg

http://www.modsynergy.com/ACVgaSilencer-final-back.jpg

http://www.modsynergy.com/ACVgaSilencer-final3.jpg

You likee? Well I wanted something to make me feel cooler than being enough of a sucker to pay 500 dollars for an 9800 XT...so this was what I bought...

It should arrive in two days...I will let you know how well it works. All I want is something that will cool my card down so I can elevate to XT speeds and not have to worry about overheating my card.

[Virtualbody1234]

Looks interesting. Looking forward to hear your results. :)

It might be a good idea to look into some small heatsinks for your video RAM.

http://www.pcstats.com/articleimages/gainwardgf4600_heatsink.jpg

[clocker]

Very interesting concept.
Have you already discovered what your temps are without this unit mounted?

I wonder if that fan is pulling air in from the outside or pushing case air out?

Keep us posted, please.

[lynx]

Originally posted by clocker@18 December 2003 - 12:54
Very interesting concept.
Have you already discovered what your temps are without this unit mounted?

I wonder if that fan is pulling air in from the outside or pushing case air out?

Keep us posted, please.
If you look closely, you'll see it's a radial fan. So air is drawn from inside the case and expelled at the rear.

[RGX]

Would be intresting to see if this works, keep us posted adamp

[clocker]

Originally posted by lynx+18 December 2003 - 08:31--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (lynx @ 18 December 2003 - 08:31)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> <!--QuoteBegin-clocker@18 December 2003 - 12:54
Very interesting concept.
Have you already discovered what your temps are without this unit mounted?

I wonder if that fan is pulling air in from the outside or pushing case air out?

Keep us posted, please.
If you look closely, you&#39;ll see it&#39;s a radial fan. So air is drawn from inside the case and expelled at the rear. [/b][/quote]
I could tell that the fan blades were angled oddly, but not which way the darn things were supposed to operate.
I pretty much have to hold a fan to my face to decide which way it works.

[adamp2p]

Originally posted by Virtualbody1234@18 December 2003 - 14:51
Looks interesting. Looking forward to hear your results. :)

It might be a good idea to look into some small heatsinks for your video RAM.

http://www.pcstats.com/articleimages/gainwardgf4600_heatsink.jpg
I can&#39;t seem to find those ram thingies...that sounds like a good idea; considering the fact that the cooler does nothing for cooling the ram.

The reason why I decided to purchase this particular item is because I am, well, unsatisfied with the Stock ATI 9800 pro cooler:

http://images10.newegg.com/productimage/14-102-286-08.JPG

Everything runs fine at stock speeds, but once I overclock to speeds of the XT and beyond, I get a little nervous...

[clocker]

Nervous?
Based on what?

[adamp2p]

Originally posted by clocker@18 December 2003 - 22:51
Nervous?
Based on what?
Well for one the card gets real hot. And you would figure that when overclocked to 412 core and 365 memory a new cooling system would be called for

link (http://www.driverheaven.net/reviews/9800xt/index10.htm)

[abu_has_the_power]

adam, not bad for 40. but if u oc anything else besides ur card, u should get wc or peltiers. i prefer wc cuz they look cooler, especially after u add the water coloring things

[clocker]

Have you any way of monitoring the card&#39;s temp, adam?

[adamp2p]

Originally posted by clocker@19 December 2003 - 02:03
Have you any way of monitoring the card&#39;s temp, adam?
No actually I have not. But after only 15 or so minutes of game playing I inspected it to find that it was very hot to the touch. And this was the result of only mild overclocking.

That is what prompted me to seek better cooling. ;)

[clocker]

I understand.

However, without a more accurate method of monitoring ( "very hot to the touch"
is, ah, hardly scientific), then you&#39;ll never know if your chosen solution is effective ("Well, now it&#39;s sorta hot, but maybe a tad bit less than before").
You can see the problem, I&#39;m sure.

[adamp2p]

Originally posted by clocker@19 December 2003 - 03:40
I understand.

However, without a more accurate method of monitoring ( "very hot to the touch"
is, ah, hardly scientific), then you&#39;ll never know if your chosen solution is effective ("Well, now it&#39;s sorta hot, but maybe a tad bit less than before").
You can see the problem, I&#39;m sure.
I see where you are going there; I guess I assumed you already are in the know about the 9800 pro not being a sufficient cooler issue.

If you have done your share of reading throughout the volumes of 9800 ATI Pro reviews on the Internet you would encounter the authors repeating the same mantra over and over again:

"The stock ATI cooler is not the best for overclocking..." (OSTTE) :rolleyes:

[abu_has_the_power]

adam, buy a temp monitor probe like the 1 i have. i stick the probe in the hs of my card, and it read the temps far more accuractly than "putting ur hand on it"

[atiVidia]

hey ADAM&#33;&#33;&#33;
just wanna make sure u catch this

1) ur ati card is now officially a 2slot solution, eh?
2) bfgtech.com has ramsinks (but they may not fit so... plus theyre not out yet...)

[adamp2p]

Originally posted by atiVidia@19 December 2003 - 05:59
hey ADAM&#33;&#33;&#33;
just wanna make sure u catch this

1) ur ati card is now officially a 2slot solution, eh?
2) bfgtech.com has ramsinks (but they may not fit so... plus theyre not out yet...)
I know it will take 2 slots, thats okay with me because I have 2 open right now.

[atiVidia]

im just saying... cuz ur ATI now has a cooler that puts it on par w/ an nVidia solution

[adamp2p]

Originally posted by atiVidia@19 December 2003 - 06:22
im just saying... cuz ur ATI now has a cooler that puts it on par w/ an nVidia solution
I never said I had any problems with Nvidia&#39;s cooling methodologies...

You just get crappy framerates with high AA and AF with Nvidia&#39;s graphics cards, thus I veer away from their products...until they do otherwise, and the gaming community confirms that as we have unanimously agreed the former. ;)

[adamp2p]

Okay, earlier today I got the thing. I followed the step by step instructions that were included and within 15 or so minutes it was going. Except at first I could not tell if the fan was on or not because it was so quiet.

And yes, it does take up two spaces in the PCI slot area (no, not two plugged in but two altogether spaces). Not a problem, though, because I have space to spare.

When I finally got to testing the overclockability, I learned that the biggest limitation is in the memory, not the core. And although I read reviews throughout the internet of folks with the Sappiretech 9800 pro overclocking to speeds of 465/378,

that must have been at lower resolutions without AA or AF because all I could sqeeze out without any tearing on the screen was 450/355 (1280X960 @ 75 Hz with 4X AA 8X AF in both Open GL and Direct 3D)