Hey all,
Totally agree with fabo, the Zalman VF700 Cu is a top notch cooler and will make your 9800 purr like a kitten from hell ,so too speak.
I just purchased one and had to let someone know that its well worth its weight in gold albeit copper. just remember there are 2 types the Cu and the AlCu (copper and Aluminium + Copper) the Cu will drop temps a further 5 Degrees C for a further $5-$10
so thats the one you want. At the moment my case temp is 30C because my AC fried and the house is very warm but the temp sensor I have positioned on the back of the GPU reads 32.8C so I figure add another 1-3 Degrees C on that for actual core temps and at Idle you have a very overclockable card. At load it heats to a nice 35 C which is a superb temp for an already hot system (cant wait until winter
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Only thing and this is for the people with All in Wonder cards is that you will need to cut 5 fins of the larger left side of the heatsink for it to fit properly which doesnt make a bit of difference to the temps.
I was looking at the Arctic Silencer Rev 3 but I wasnt too impressed with the design it has a large heatsink and allthough it will take longer to heat up it will also disapate the heat slower and its Aluminium which is not as good as Copper, but it does expell the air out the back of the case which is a nice touch.
Also just to clarify , The ATI 9800 cards do not have temp sensors so dont look for any program to try and find one this is something that ATI rectified on the X cards.
although some powered by ATI cards may have them I dont know as I am strictly a Built by ATI kind of guy.
ATI Tool - If you have found your Max Core and Max Mem and ran them together and you get no errors for as long as you say then yes they are fine at that speed.
Actually you may be able to go a little higher because they work together in stablising
each other and a faster Core clock will need faster Mem to keep up. But Make sure you use the Zalman or another heatsink as this makes all the difference, my card wouldnt go past 382 core until i used the Zalman, considering the stock speed is 378.
Just proves that ATI give you enough cooling for stock speeds as OVERCLOCKING VOIDS YOUR WARRANTY EVEN 1 MHZ HIGHER THAN STOCK so be warned!
Conclusion - If you are still using Air Cooling then get the Zalman it does exactly what it says on the box.
PS Im bloody Jealous of that Atlantis that it can hit 435 on stock HSF what Driver are you using for that. I recently uninstalled the 5.8 cat and went back to 5.7 because of higher temps, I might go back even further, anbody have any favourite catalysts that give better temps ??? im all ears
to the forums Rastaman....
