- Joined
- Apr 17, 2002
- Location
- San Francisco, CA
Hello guys,
I've just become a happy owner of Inno3D GeForce 3 Ti200. Stock frequencies of this baby is 175/400, but it's definitely for the simple-minded. I reached 250/530 t 1.7V AGP with some minor artifacts, but no more - and I DO want more. Wanna hit that 11000 mark in 3DMark2k1
The cooling is not bad but not good. A little blue HSF and little ramsinks glued to chips. As soon as the card behaves worse at 1.8 V than on 1.7, I assume it's overheating... I see three ways of taking care of this:
1) First, I see a Thermaltake Giant II (http://www.thermaltake.com/products/chipset/heatpipe.htm) at our shops. The guestions with this beast are numerous:
- will it fit on a GF3?
- isn't it too bad that my ramsinks will be locked under that massive plate and won't get any air circulation?
- is it worth $30 and loads of mess? :\
2) Second is to just buy something decent but not hardcore. The only thing qualified as 'decent' here is a Titan TTC-CUV2AB/DIY (http://www.titan-cd.com/english/product.asp?model_no=TTC-CUV2AB/DIY). Seems not too great but makes 10 CFM. 10$.
3) Maybe just take some Socket 7 heatsink, attach it to GPU somehow and use this hand-made construct with some serious fan? Or it's gonna be too hard to attach?
Which option is the best in this case? Thanks in advance for any tips. My specs are in my sig...
I've just become a happy owner of Inno3D GeForce 3 Ti200. Stock frequencies of this baby is 175/400, but it's definitely for the simple-minded. I reached 250/530 t 1.7V AGP with some minor artifacts, but no more - and I DO want more. Wanna hit that 11000 mark in 3DMark2k1
The cooling is not bad but not good. A little blue HSF and little ramsinks glued to chips. As soon as the card behaves worse at 1.8 V than on 1.7, I assume it's overheating... I see three ways of taking care of this:
1) First, I see a Thermaltake Giant II (http://www.thermaltake.com/products/chipset/heatpipe.htm) at our shops. The guestions with this beast are numerous:
- will it fit on a GF3?
- isn't it too bad that my ramsinks will be locked under that massive plate and won't get any air circulation?
- is it worth $30 and loads of mess? :\
2) Second is to just buy something decent but not hardcore. The only thing qualified as 'decent' here is a Titan TTC-CUV2AB/DIY (http://www.titan-cd.com/english/product.asp?model_no=TTC-CUV2AB/DIY). Seems not too great but makes 10 CFM. 10$.
3) Maybe just take some Socket 7 heatsink, attach it to GPU somehow and use this hand-made construct with some serious fan? Or it's gonna be too hard to attach?
Which option is the best in this case? Thanks in advance for any tips. My specs are in my sig...