gpu screws, do they look stripped or scratched?
and this was on the back of the heatsink, some kind of ink number, I partially wiped it off while I was cleaning the old thermal paste with 96% ethanol (all I had) but after a few minutes I just cleaned it off 100%, figured they would think "hmm, guess some idiot forgot to write that number on this card!". Hopefully.
But even If I did void my warranty... I'm completely amazed with the results, I really have no words. 45C in BF3, maxed out at 1920x1080 when I turn the fans at 100%. 60% fans (perfectly silent) and it sits at around 55C. It's also heavily overclocked, 1200mhz core 1375mhz memory and 1.16v from 1.038v stock. Lowered from 75-65 to 45, sounds pretty damn amazing to me. Not a bug, checked it with both gpuz, speedfan and asus gpu tweak (that works for 7850 overclocking and voltage tweaking btw). I used MX-2 paste because it looked exactly like the one they used, gray and slightly viscous.
and this was on the back of the heatsink, some kind of ink number, I partially wiped it off while I was cleaning the old thermal paste with 96% ethanol (all I had) but after a few minutes I just cleaned it off 100%, figured they would think "hmm, guess some idiot forgot to write that number on this card!". Hopefully.
But even If I did void my warranty... I'm completely amazed with the results, I really have no words. 45C in BF3, maxed out at 1920x1080 when I turn the fans at 100%. 60% fans (perfectly silent) and it sits at around 55C. It's also heavily overclocked, 1200mhz core 1375mhz memory and 1.16v from 1.038v stock. Lowered from 75-65 to 45, sounds pretty damn amazing to me. Not a bug, checked it with both gpuz, speedfan and asus gpu tweak (that works for 7850 overclocking and voltage tweaking btw). I used MX-2 paste because it looked exactly like the one they used, gray and slightly viscous.