Gainward or Visiontek?

[tacos]

I'm finally going to get a geforce3 ti200. What I'm wondering is which of these two cards is the best one? I want to get a card with tv/out. I know the gainward has tv/out but I'm not sure about the visiontek.

Also I would like to know about overclocking the cards. I'm running a PIII 733mhz and I don't overclock it. I have read in these forums that you can overclock the ti200 to acheive what the ti500 puts out. Can you overclock the 3d card without overclocking your entire system? Do I need some special cooling to overclock it? Im not going to watercool so if there is another way to cool the card please let me know. I would appreciate any advise some of you with experience in this can provide.

thanks:confused:

[funnyperson1]

for overclocking the its suggested that you put a bigger heatsink on your video card, and the gainward is probably better....the video card can be oced seperately from the system...also seeing as your cpu is a PIII the CPU will be the bottleneck and it would make more sense to oc that.....

[tacos]

Thanks for the help! What heatsink would you recommend and where can I find one for the best price? thanks

[Silversinksam]

Your best bet is an IU cooler


Heres an IU cooler roundup

http://www.anandtech.com/showdoc.html?i=1571&p=2



Heres a few links to IU coolers:


AOC Copper $14.99
http://www.nexfan.com/29/171.htm?210


Speeze 1U All-Copper Heat Sink $16.00
http://www.so-trickcomputers.com/Merchant2/merchant.mv?Screen=PROD&Store_Code=S&Product_Code=S7&Category_Code=C3

Alpha Pal 153 $29
http://www.inflowdirect.com/newalfcpal152.html


Thermaltake 1U Rack Mount Cooler $13.99
http://www.nexfan.com/29/244.htm?210



They even make 10mm Slim Quiete fans for IU coolers, this one is 31cfm $9.99
http://www.hardcorecooling.com/

http://www.hardcorecooling.com/60x10-WhisperQuiet.jpg


Just Avoid the Thermaltake Low profile IU orb it just flat out doesnt do a good job. Maybe thats why its $9.99

http://www.nexfan.com/29/164.htm?210


You can get Arctic Alumina Adhesive for $7.99 delivered at SVC http://www.svcompucycle.com/araltherad.html

[tacos]

Thanks bud! Have you ever installed one of these? Just wondering if its difficult?

[spazzkid]

u kud take out the stock fan and apply thermal paste then put it back again then add an 80mm blowing across the card. that should do it. if u really care about ur warranty, forget about removing the fan and applying thermal paste ur best bet wud be to hang an 80 or 120mm fan to blow across the card. it helped me oc well. btw, we have the same machine. with a card like gf3, our cpu with be the bottleneck. good luck

[spazzkid]

maybe u kud slap in one of these on ur case to help u oc ur card better without voiding ur warranty. i should know, i use them.

[Big_KiD]

how does the 1u cooler attached to the graphics procc?.. my fan/hs is currentrly glued and screwed i think is this the same way?

[Big_KiD]

who makes the best ram coolers for the geforce 3 ti 500

[funnyperson1]

Originally posted by Big_KiD
who makes the best ram coolers for the geforce 3 ti 500

SilversinkSam......but if you wanna buy retail go to www.sidewindercomputers.com they have tin coated copper ramsinks that are probably the best you can buy.....but Sam makes some shweet heatsinks that he sells for no profit...

[Big_KiD]

sam is this true?.. do u have pics?.