8500LE and holes?

[JFettig]

hey guys, Im looking into radeon 8500 and watercooling it, anyway, I need holes, they are a MUST, I know the BBA cards have holes, but were do I get them? Actually I know the 128s have holes but do the 64s also? at ATI, they have the 64 for 72shipped, Im looking into that, I gotta make sure to have holes!


help!
Jon

[breez]

Do BBA cards really have holes? IIRC only 8500 cards with holes are Gigabytes cards.

[JFettig]

did I not mention 8500LE not the 8500? oops, I should edit,. Im talking about the 8500LE cards, I NEED ONE WITH HOLES!!!

[AMDnitromike]

Just orderd an 8500LE vid card from ATI. Hopeing to do a vmod and slap on a good core/mem coolin unit. Watercooling=awsome :D

[ArBiTaL 24]

Yea.... just gotta have holes..... :D

[SemiCycle]

Hey JFettig. The "built by" ATI 8500LE cards with 128MB of memory have the holes. I just got done mounting my Dangerden Geforce 3 block to my card.

I've noticed the built by 8500LE cards are becoming very hard to find. It seems like ATI is focusing on the 9000 and up series of cards now. I'll take a look around the web for ya though.

If you want to be sure you are getting a true "built by" card, you should make sure it is a reatil card instead of the oem. It will cost more however.

[SemiCycle]

LOL, I just noticed your sig JFettig. You killed another CPU?

[ArBiTaL 24]

LOL i like that :D

[JFettig]

nope, I just killed that one, I got a new one to throw in there now, Im gonna hceck refurbs tomorow or order a radeon 9000, they have holes and are like 80some dollars, thanx for your help guys!

I did notice how its only the 128s, that sucks, those are 150 and the 64s are 72 from ATI.com

[ArBiTaL 24]

GRRRR can someone explain "holes" to me?

What a stupid name to give a GOOD technology (i presume it is, otherwise you wouldn't ask for one with holes)

THX, ArBiTaL24.

[JFettig]

lol, the holes are around the GPU they hold the heatsink or waterblock with TEC in my case:)


Jon

[ArBiTaL 24]

Oh, THOSE holes.

Isn't that a standard?:eek:
seems to me like saying "motherboard- now with RAM slots!!!" :D

[SemiCycle]

Nope, sometimes the gpu heatsink is epoxied on the gpu instead of being mounted by holes. Also, different models of video cards put the holes in different positions.

[ArBiTaL 24]

LOL OMG i'll make sure i check this in future, when buying graphics cards!! :eek:

[JFettig]

you only need to check when your gonna modify it in some way to need those holes, normally I wouldnt worry about it, even just using a waterblock, but a peltier would freeze the epoxy

[PhobMX]

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!

dont get r9000, it wont oc and its crapa gainst r8500LE...

[ArBiTaL 24]

Originally posted by JFettig
you only need to check when your gonna modify it in some way to need those holes, normally I wouldnt worry about it, even just using a waterblock, but a peltier would freeze the epoxy

K THX! :)

[JFettig]

I was thinking the 9000pro

[SemiCycle]

Radeon 9000 may not cost too much, but it still may not be worth the money you spend on it.

http://www.anandtech.com/showdoc.html?i=1655

The title of the above article discribes it perfectly.


If you can wait it out alittle longer for the 9500PRO to drop in price and for someone to figure out how to OC it, that may be the best bang for the buck. That card would be worthy of a peltier, not a 9000pro.

[JFettig]

ok, thanx for the suggestions, Im checking newegg refurbs tomorw:)

[The Coolest]

Originally posted by slipknot
Radeon 9000 may not cost too much, but it still may not be worth the money you spend on it.

http://www.anandtech.com/showdoc.html?i=1655

The title of the above article discribes it perfectly.


If you can wait it out alittle longer for the 9500PRO to drop in price and for someone to figure out how to OC it, that may be the best bang for the buck. That card would be worthy of a peltier, not a 9000pro.

It is actually has been solved/figured out/fixed. Look a bit in here or general sectiom and you'll find that thread, just flash the new (edited) BIOS and you're ready to OC :D

[ArBiTaL 24]

I can't belive it beats the 9700! just with an updated BIOS- you'd think there'd be more differances between them then a differant bios!!:eek:
And i was going to get a 9700 as well...:(

[JFettig]

thanx for the help guys! I just ordered a 9000pro gigabyte red one for 69shipped! newegg refurbs RULE!

[ArBiTaL 24]

Originally posted by JFettig
thanx for the help guys! I just ordered a 9000pro gigabyte red one for 69shipped! newegg refurbs RULE!

Ooohhh you didn't use the refubs did you? :(

I'd never trust those things....:eh?:

[JFettig]

theres a warrenty, its not a big deal man
I have used them in the past with great luck! got an 8k3a for 50 bucks shipped!

[ArBiTaL 24]

Oh ok. Sometimes you just hear bad things about refurb items.

Good luck anyway :)