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Has anyone done this? Can it be done? Differences in temps idle/load?
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Lapping a GPU?
- Thread starter treatmentx
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Ah, please only create one instance of a thread...ask a mod to delete the other please...treatmentx said:
I've not heard of this, it would be pretty hard to do with everything else on the board...lets see what other people have to say...
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Wont work. Every video card I had has an exposed core and if you try lapping that you are actually grinding away bits of the gpu. I don't know if they started making the 8xxxs and the x2xxxs with heatspreaders, but the cards Ive seen dont have them.
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lol, so you spotted the other thread huh? lol. I did so because there are some people who only visit water cooling, and some people who only visit the gpu section and wanted people's input.
And yes, please post pic, i'm on a xxx xfx 8800gtx
And yes, please post pic, i'm on a xxx xfx 8800gtx
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To my knowledge no current GPU's have heatspreaders...
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Ok just looked it up and you are right the 8800's have them. Ok...if you don't have an 8800 series card then you have a new doorstop.
http://www.vr-zone.com/?i=4352
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Ok just looked it up and you are right the 8800's have them. Ok...if you don't have an 8800 series card then you have a new doorstop.
http://www.vr-zone.com/?i=4352
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Huh. Might be possible, but that thing looks kinda thin.ps2cho said:
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Last time I lapped a GPU was the GeForce 4 series. I wouldn't recommend it nowadays with the bare chip packaging unless they start putting AMD64/Intel style IHS' on the cores. Even when they do, popping an IHS off may be a better alternative.
