hercules 9800pro

[ColtIce]

http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProductDesc.asp?description=14-120-138&catalog=48&depa=1
does anyone own this card?if so how do you like it?

[johnflyons]

I have this card and it's awesone! Copper heat sinks everywhere and large one under chip. I run it @ 445/365 with just a VGA Cooler. No special cooling other than that.

[ColtIce]

sweet!I feel like a kid on christmas right now.I can't wait to get my hands on it

[johnflyons]

I bought it @ Sybercom Information Inc (Pricewatch.com/video cards/9800pro/ $326 )

[ColtIce]

do you have any 3dmarks i could look at?

[blade901]

Originally posted by ColtIce
do you have any 3dmarks i could look at?

Gotta love the card. Copper sinks with a nice blue LED..

http://service.futuremark.com/compare?2k3=1348544
http://service.futuremark.com/compare?2k1=7043514

[Strida]

Yea, those sinks are kick@ss.

[SomethingClever]

I bought one of these a few months ago, and the first thing I did way pry the sinks off and lap them. I was very surprised to find that they aren't copper at all, but aluminum with a copper-like coating. I'm not saying this is a deal breaker; it's still a fantastic card. I just thought I'd let every one know, in case you had your heart set on real copper.

I may have some pictures of the lapping, I'll have to check my camera to be sure.

[snvpa]

Ive got one with water cooloing on the core no vmods and the stock ram sinks. 485/385 is the highest I can go with no artifacts. Actual highest 3d mark is with 460/383 bout 19.3 in 01 and 6600 in 03 this card is horribly bottlenecked by my barton even at 2400 mhz. With a p4 or a a64 over 21k would be possible.