My Gpu Mod

[kaiweiler]

I know the pics are quite terrible, so no need for complaining about that, but here are some pics of my modded 9600XT.
I promised a few people to show them some pics, so I dug up a very old webcam and took these horrid quality pics, but you can at least get the idea! :lol:

http://img48.photobucket.com/albums/v147/kaiweiler/gpu3.jpg

http://img48.photobucket.com/albums/v147/kaiweiler/gpu2.jpg

http://img48.photobucket.com/albums/v147/kaiweiler/gpu1.jpg

And last but not least, the results!

http://img48.photobucket.com/albums/v147/kaiweiler/gputemp.jpg

The 28C is while running all day today including a bit of gaming, and also the card is OC'ed, not bad if I do say so myself!

B)

[tesco]

That's awsome, how did you get the ramsinks that match the heatsink? thats cool.

Can you get a pic of teh clips holding on the heatsink?

[kaiweiler]

Originally posted by ROSSCO_2004@21 June 2004 - 15:13
That's awsome, how did you get the ramsinks that match the heatsink? thats cool.

Can you get a pic of teh clips holding on the heatsink?
I took my time and looked around :P
I'll see what I can do, I may have to take out the card for that, so I'll be 2 mins tops :)

EDIT just remembered I don't have an old graphics card to use to take the pic while my card is out, so I can take pics, but they sure won't be good lol

[kaiweiler]

Here you go Rossco, best I could do :rolleyes:

http://img48.photobucket.com/albums/v147/kaiweiler/clips2.jpg

http://img48.photobucket.com/albums/v147/kaiweiler/clips3.jpg

http://img48.photobucket.com/albums/v147/kaiweiler/clips.jpg

That what you wanted?

The clips are just like a kind of pushpin type thing.

[tesco]

Originally posted by kaiweiler@21 June 2004 - 14:24
Here you go Rossco, best I could do :rolleyes:

http://img48.photobucket.com/albums/v147/kaiweiler/clips2.jpg

http://img48.photobucket.com/albums/v147/kaiweiler/clips3.jpg

http://img48.photobucket.com/albums/v147/kaiweiler/clips.jpg

That what you wanted?

The clips are just like a kind of pushpin type thing.
are they just the normal type of pin you use to hold the stock heatsink on? or are they differnt?

i still can't really tell what they are...and where did those loops come from on the side of the heatsink, did you weld those on or something?

[kaiweiler]

Yes, I welded those loops on, did a fine job too :rolleyes:

and yeah the clips are almost identical to the stock ones, mine are just a bit longer then the ones I had with the stock heatsink.

[tesco]

Originally posted by kaiweiler@21 June 2004 - 14:39
Yes, I welded those loops on, did a fine job too :rolleyes:

and yeah the clips are almost identical to the stock ones, mine are just a bit longer then the ones I had with the stock heatsink.
ok well now atleast i know what to do. Maybe next (school) year I will be able to do welding in my tech classs again and i could weld that...which welder did you use? :unsure: all the ones at my school would probably have melted at least a little bit of that metal before the loops were secured on...lol.

[kaiweiler]

:lol: Sorry for the misunderstanding but I did not weld those on! notice the " :rolleyes: " smiley, as in I was joking ;)
If you were to weld those on there would be no clips left at all, that metal is quite thin and would melt near instantly.
I used this cement type stuff. It comes in two tubes and when the two components are mixed, it becomes rock solid

[tesco]

Originally posted by kaiweiler@21 June 2004 - 14:57
:lol: Sorry for the misunderstanding but I did not weld those on! notice the " :rolleyes: " smiley, as in I was joking  ;)
If you were to weld those on there would be no clips left at all, that metal is quite thin and would melt near instantly.
I used this cement type stuff. It comes in two tubes and when the two components are mixed, it becomes rock solid
lol i thought that at first, then i wasn't sure, lol.

ok. Think epoxy glue would work? i think im gonna try that, one day...lol.

[haha21]

http://img48.photobucket.com/albums/v147/kaiweiler/gputemp.jpg
Radeon cards do have temp readers!
9600XT and 9800XT only right?


Currently ATI OVERDRIVE™ is supported on the ATI RADEON™ 9800 XT and ATI RADEON™ 9600 XT retail products. On the Graphics By ATI products supplied by ATI's Add In Board Partners the availability of OVERDRIVE is at the discretion of the partner. Please refer to the website of your graphic card manufacturer for details.
http://www.ati.com/products/catalyst/overdrive.html

[kaiweiler]

Originally posted by haha21@21 June 2004 - 16:02
Radeon cards do have temp readers!
9600XT and up?
Correct, the 9600XT and 9800XT cards have temp sensor's in them :)
Don't think 9800np's or 9800pro's do though

[haha21]

Yeah...
Sorry to break the topic but about nVidia cards?
Does 5600/XT/ULTRA and up have temp readers built-in by nvidia?
I know for sure theres one for 5700.

[tesco]

Originally posted by haha21@21 June 2004 - 15:07
Yeah...
Sorry to break the topic but about nVidia cards?
Does 5600/XT/ULTRA and up have temp readers built-in by nvidia?
I know for sure theres one for 5700.
I heard it's every card after the 5200...so starting at 5500 up to the 6800ultra.

[haha21]

nice nice...
Thanks ross...
Anyways kai great mod ;) .

[kaiweiler]

Originally posted by haha21@21 June 2004 - 16:12
nice nice...
Thanks ross...
Anyways kai great mod ;) .
Thanks haha21 :)

[tesco]

Originally posted by haha21@21 June 2004 - 15:12
nice nice...
Thanks ross...
Anyways kai great mod  ;) .
ya, kai, it's a great mod. I like it, gives me lots of ideas.

haha, see you have an avatar now :) Now i will be able to tell you apart from other people lol.

edit: now i got to get one lol.

[kaiweiler]

Originally posted by ROSSCO_2004+21 June 2004 - 16:18--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (ROSSCO_2004 @ 21 June 2004 - 16:18)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> <!--QuoteBegin-haha21@21 June 2004 - 15:12
nice nice...
Thanks ross...
Anyways kai great mod ;) .
ya, kai, it&#39;s a great mod. I like it, gives me lots of ideas.

haha, see you have an avatar now :) Now i will be able to tell you apart from other people lol.

edit: now i got to get one lol. [/b][/quote]
:lol: I&#39;ve had an avatar for a looong time&#33;
You just didn&#39;t notice&#33;
Are you thinking of modding your 5200?

[tesco]

Originally posted by kaiweiler+21 June 2004 - 15:35--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (kaiweiler @ 21 June 2004 - 15:35)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'>
Originally posted by ROSSCO_2004@21 June 2004 - 16:18
<!--QuoteBegin-haha21@21 June 2004 - 15:12
nice nice...
Thanks ross...
Anyways kai great mod&nbsp; ;) .
ya, kai, it&#39;s a great mod. I like it, gives me lots of ideas.

haha, see you have an avatar now :) Now i will be able to tell you apart from other people lol.

edit: now i got to get one lol.
:lol: I&#39;ve had an avatar for a looong time&#33;
You just didn&#39;t notice&#33;
Are you thinking of modding your 5200? [/b][/quote]
not you, i mean that HAHA21 got an avatar. lol.

Umm, ya i think ill mod it, cause then ill need one less fan, meaning system will be quieter, ot maybe that fan can get put to better use.

[kaiweiler]

Originally posted by ROSSCO_2004@21 June 2004 - 16:36
not you, i mean that HAHA21 got an avatar. lol.

Umm, ya i think ill mod it, cause then ill need one less fan, meaning system will be quieter, ot maybe that fan can get put to better use.
ahh I see
Yeah I heard that the 5200 OC&#39;s surprisingly well, so if you get a good cooler on that, you may get a decent OC out of it too

[tesco]

Originally posted by kaiweiler+21 June 2004 - 15:40--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (kaiweiler @ 21 June 2004 - 15:40)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> <!--QuoteBegin-ROSSCO_2004@21 June 2004 - 16:36
not you, i mean that HAHA21 got an avatar. lol.

Umm, ya i think ill mod it, cause then ill need one less fan, meaning system will be quieter, ot maybe that fan can get put to better use.
ahh I see
Yeah I heard that the 5200 OC&#39;s surprisingly well, so if you get a good cooler on that, you may get a decent OC out of it too [/b][/quote]
lol, ya, already overclocks like a kknife through butter though lol. Feels like I can just keep raising teh speed for ever...(on gpu only, ram doens&#39;t go so far)

[haha21]

Originally posted by ROSSCO_2004+21 June 2004 - 12:36--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (ROSSCO_2004 @ 21 June 2004 - 12:36)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'>
Originally posted by kaiweiler@21 June 2004 - 15:35

Originally posted by ROSSCO_2004@21 June 2004 - 16:18
<!--QuoteBegin-haha21@21 June 2004 - 15:12
nice nice...
Thanks ross...
Anyways kai great mod ;) .
ya, kai, it&#39;s a great mod. I like it, gives me lots of ideas.

haha, see you have an avatar now :) Now i will be able to tell you apart from other people lol.

edit: now i got to get one lol.
:lol: I&#39;ve had an avatar for a looong time&#33;
You just didn&#39;t notice&#33;
Are you thinking of modding your 5200?
not you, i mean that HAHA21 got an avatar. lol.

Umm, ya i think ill mod it, cause then ill need one less fan, meaning system will be quieter, ot maybe that fan can get put to better use. [/b][/quote]
heh I noticed that i didnt have an avatar since today :D .

[clocker]

Very nice addition, K.
Perhaps now that you&#39;ve seen how it goes you&#39;ll get SERIOUS about your cooling.
Like this guy...
http://img26.photobucket.com/albums/v78/clocker/awardwinner.jpg
This is the first rig to break 100,000 in Aquamark using a nVidia card.
Somewhere in there is a videocard, I assume.

More details here. (http://arc.aquamark3.com/forum/showthread.php?threadid=3259)

[QazQaz007]

i hate to break up the party but
on the 9600xt card it has a chip on it that says
nvidia on it did anyone else see it?
http://img48.photobucket.com/albums/v147/kaiweiler/clips.jpg
???
ati/nvidia team?

[Tormentor]

Originally posted by QazQaz007@21 June 2004 - 16:38
i hate to break up the party but
on the 9600xt card it has a chip on it that says
nvidia on it did anyone else see it?
http://img48.photobucket.com/albums/v147/kaiweiler/clips.jpg
???
ati/nvidia team?
Thats his motherboard. Not the video card.

[QazQaz007]

my bad
:rolleyes:

[clocker]

K,
The fan on your GPU HS does not appear to have access to outside air.
Yes?
That would explain why your temp is so high.

[kaiweiler]

Originally posted by clocker@21 June 2004 - 20:10
K,
The fan on your GPU HS does not appear to have access to outside air.
Yes?
That would explain why your temp is so high.
Normally I have a duct on it running out my PCI slots, however I had to remove it to take the pics ;)
and 28C is not that high for an OC&#39;ed card I don&#39;t think, what is your 9600xt running at?

[clocker]

I was being facetious K.
28c is an excellent temp.
http://img26.photobucket.com/albums/v78/clocker/gputemp.jpg
My card is only running at 575/330 though.

[kaiweiler]

Originally posted by clocker@21 June 2004 - 20:39
I was being facetious K.
28c is an excellent temp.
http://img26.photobucket.com/albums/v78/clocker/gputemp.jpg
My card is only running at 575/330 though.
Nice, is that on stock cooling?

[clocker]

Of course not.
I have a Zalman passive heatpipe cooler on the card and a 120mm fan on the sidepanel blowing over it.

[kaiweiler]

Originally posted by clocker@21 June 2004 - 20:53
Of course not.
I have a Zalman passive heatpipe cooler on the card and a 120mm fan on the sidepanel blowing over it.
:lol: Good&#33; I didn&#39;t wanna get shown up here by stock cooling&#33;
and the fact that my card used to run high 30&#39;s, usually about 37-38, I&#39;m quite happy with a nice cool 28C&#33; :P

[haha21]

nice

[bigdawgfoxx]

Good work man...

Major props from me for doing something like that..I dont think I would have the guts to put a big HS on my 9700Pro lol...but good job man I like it.

[Spicker]

nice... lol

all i did was tape a 120mm fan on a pci slot thing and made it blow on the gpu :lol:

and the temps are still high <_< :lol:

[kaiweiler]

Originally posted by bigdawgfoxx@21 June 2004 - 22:12
Good work man...

Major props from me for doing something like that..I dont think I would have the guts to put a big HS on my 9700Pro lol...but good job man I like it.
Thanks&#33;
I see you got put back down to 4 stars too :rolleyes: , when do you hit 5? at 2500 or somethin?
anyway, thanks again
btw, I havn&#39;t seen you around much lately, where you been?

[tesco]

Originally posted by kaiweiler@21 June 2004 - 21:16
when do you hit 5? at 2500 or somethin?
5000 :angry:

oh well, im almost there.

[kaiweiler]

Originally posted by ROSSCO_2004+21 June 2004 - 22:21--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (ROSSCO_2004 @ 21 June 2004 - 22:21)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> <!--QuoteBegin-kaiweiler@21 June 2004 - 21:16
when do you hit 5? at 2500 or somethin?
5000 :angry:

oh well, im almost there. [/b][/quote]
:lol: I&#39;m not&#33;
oh well I&#39;m not worried about it, one more star really means nothing to me at all :rolleyes:
It makes more sense the way their doing it now though, before was kinda dumb :ph34r:

Oh and Clocker, I forgot to ask, what Zalman heatpipe do you have?

[clocker]

I&#39;m not sure of the model number.
It has one heatpipe and doesn&#39;t have the provision for the 80mm fan on the side.

[bigdawgfoxx]

Did they change the stars or something??

I&#39;ve been working..but Wensdays my last day...my friend is taking the job..were just switchin I wana relax lol

[tesco]

Originally posted by bigdawgfoxx@21 June 2004 - 22:40
Did they change the stars or something??

I&#39;ve been working..but Wensdays my last day...my friend is taking the job..were just switchin I wana relax lol
way to quit BIG DAWG&#33;&#33; YA&#33;

:lol: :lol:

[peat moss]

Nice one KAI &#33; I&#39;ll be using the PM option to pick your brains in the next month or so. :)

[peat moss]

Originally posted by bigdawgfoxx@21 June 2004 - 19:40
Did they change the stars or something??

I&#39;ve been working..but Wensdays my last day...my friend is taking the job..were just switchin I wana relax lol
You too ? And I thought I was being punished . :D

[kaiweiler]

hahaha peat moss, you had just gotten your 5 stars too&#33; then they took two away&#33; lol
Alright, I don&#39;t mind having my brain picked ;) Were you thinking of modding your graphics as well?

[bigdawgfoxx]

Im not quitin nemore haha..I like the job alot so im gona do it and my friend will do something else.

Whats up with the stars? Whyd they change?

[tesco]

Originally posted by bigdawgfoxx@22 June 2004 - 19:17
Im not quitin nemore haha..I like the job alot so im gona do it and my friend will do something else.

Whats up with the stars? Whyd they change?
they made it a five star system instead of 3 stars. Look in This thread (http://filesharingtalk.com/index.php?showtopic=22373) to see how it works now.