VGA Silencer - really an improvement?

[Sjaak]

I got a Powercolor 9800Pro flashed to XT, but it gets real hot (with artifacts after awhile), and its really noisy. My first thought was to go extreme and watercool the card, but i might as well try the VGA silencer first.


To someone who owns that thing:


Will the VGA silence cool my VGA much better then the stock thing, and at preferably a lower noise level?

At the website they make all kind of claims etc, but i'd like to know from someone with the same videocard.

[Mr.Radar]

Yes. The VGA Silencer is much better than the stock cooler because it has a bigger surface area and exhausts the air out of the case instead of sending it back into the case to recirculate. I don't know how much quieter it is since when I had the stock cooler I had some really loud fans in my system, though even now I can't hear a difference between high and low mode on the Silencer.

[invisible hand]

I've used the VGA silencer, and I recently installed a water cooling setup with a DangerDen Maze4 gpu and the water block works much better. I went from 420Mhz (gpu w/vga) to 441Mhz (gpu w/Maze4 installed). Ths VGA works, but if your leaning towards water in the future then save your money and get a good water cooling setup

[rUfUnKy]

I can't say from experience yet but I just ordered my VGA Silencer (http://www.svc.com/vga-rev3.html) Rev 3 for $9.99 w/coupon code "SVCREV3" plus shipping.

[Sjaak]

looks like i'm finally getting one tomorrow. Lets see what it can do :)

[RobxMcCarthy]

Well.. I got 415-420 with the stock cooler and with the VGA silencer I can get 435-440.. and it's quiet.

The default fan isn't loud per-se, but it's whiney.

[veryhumid]

and when you are running a big game like far cry and it gets a little choppy, that 20 extra mhz can go a long way. i can't wait until they release one for my card!

[Sjaak]

Hmz.

What about compatibility? I have a powercolor 9800pro (XT flashed), will the silencer fit? At the place where im going to get it, they mention nothing about it.

[Sa3atsky]

I think its aimed to work with 9800pros.. I'm getting one too

[veryhumid]

yeah pro definitely fits as long as it is a revision 3 silencer. you can find compatibility stuff on the arctic cooling site. xt does not fit :cry:

[Sjaak]

lol, advantage for my modded one :D

[EvilCow123]

My 9800 Pro modded to XT with Rev3 Silencer, and I have clocks, 470/370

Anyone else have problems upping the Mem? I can't seem to get it very high above the original XT speeds, even tho this is way above 9800 pro speeds.

[Sjaak]

right now, flashed to XT i am having artifacts in painkiller and farcry: small white spots that flash over the skins of some objects, which looks like memory failure

[Cerberus2k7]

I was under the impression that the Revision 2 was for the 9800pros while the revision 3 was for the 9600s and the XT series.

[veryhumid]

nope sorry ;)

http://server6.uploadit.org/files/veryhumid-untitled.JPG

that is accurate although there will not a be a "silencer xt" they will be making 4 different series for at cards and dropping the "vga silencer" product

[Sjaak]

nice scheme. looks like i need rev. 3 then :)


does anyone know *why* some revs. dont fit some cards? im not afraid of some modding, so if its only minor, its not a problem

[veryhumid]

here's a post i made on the new guys: http://www.ocforums.com/showthread.php?t=312594&

if you haven't got it, it might be worth waiting since they will have copper cores and integrated ram cooling