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- May 16, 2003
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- UK - Midlands
Hi guys, just about to void the warranty on my shiny new retail Sapphire 9800pro
I've just bought a WaterChill vga cooler and also plan to add some home made ram sinks.
The ram sinks are 2 athlon xp h/s cut in half to make 4 h/s, each one covering 2 ram chips. I was thinking about getting some copper plates about 5mm thick and 15-20mm square with artic alumina thermal adhesive to sandwich between h/s and memory chips.
Is this a good idea or will the h/s on their own be good enough being as they are quite large anyway.
I just want a bit more performance (and lower noise) without having to do any vmods if possible (the soldering iron is not my best friend ).
Do you think there is much more to tap without any vmods?
any advice appreciated
Bobtod
BTW. my 3dmark scores did have some minor artifacts. I think I am running at around 440/720 ish for normal gaming. posting this at work BTW)
I've just bought a WaterChill vga cooler and also plan to add some home made ram sinks.
The ram sinks are 2 athlon xp h/s cut in half to make 4 h/s, each one covering 2 ram chips. I was thinking about getting some copper plates about 5mm thick and 15-20mm square with artic alumina thermal adhesive to sandwich between h/s and memory chips.
Is this a good idea or will the h/s on their own be good enough being as they are quite large anyway.
I just want a bit more performance (and lower noise) without having to do any vmods if possible (the soldering iron is not my best friend ).
Do you think there is much more to tap without any vmods?
any advice appreciated
Bobtod
BTW. my 3dmark scores did have some minor artifacts. I think I am running at around 440/720 ish for normal gaming. posting this at work BTW)