Geforce 8k-9K Series Clubhouse

[cdawall]

with blood sweat and tears mixed with faith love and happiness maybe

i was going with 1.85v would do the trick but hey your idea is good to

 

[Solaris17]

lol

i OC mine with a pack of cigarettes and faith.

 

[cdawall]

lol

i like volts they make everything work faster

i would try 2v+ but the mobos max is 1.85v (for now )

 

[tkpenalty]

*Sniffs*

Good luck!!!1111

Currently, whats the best air cooler avaliable on the market? I'd think it would be the AcceleroS1 with active cooling.

This is what i'd do. Install heatsinks for all the MOSFETs on the GPU, then lap an acceleroS1 and install it, with two 120mm 1.9k rpm scythe slipstream fans. (110CFM per fan). Unlike one of the VRZone reviewers who went for a delta....

 

[Widjaja]

Okay when I removed the HS I could see areas where there was no thermal grease on the core and plenty around the edges.
So I took a card out of my wallet an evenly flattened the grease over the base of the HS and reseated it.
Okay time to test it to see how it it gets in DiRT.

Wish me luck everyone.

Update:-
No difference at all, still hits 95degC.
I've done all I could with in the boundries of the warranty.
Thats it RMA.

 

[tkpenalty]

Okay when I removed the HS I could see areas where there was no thermal grease on the core and plenty around the edges.
So I took a card out of my wallet an evenly flattened the grease over the base of the HS and reseated it.
Okay time to test it to see how it it gets in DiRT.

Wish me luck everyone.

Update:-
No difference at all, still hits 95degC.
I've done all I could with in the boundries of the warranty.
Thats it RMA.

Highly likely the cooler's a dud. So yeah RMA.

 

[mtosev]

I have a 8600M GT. Can i join?

 

[Widjaja]

Found the problem with my 8800GT.
The fan is pretty much stuck at 29% duty cycle and is not adjustable.
I've seen a little increase at 94% but otherwise it doesn't budge.

RMA ticket has gone through though.

 

[Widjaja]

Back to my X1950pro and the card is now RMA'ed.

It was unexpected, the brand spanking new 8800GT would be the hardware to crap out.
I would have expected the motherboard to have an issue first.

Tried using the Zalman fan with the motherboard system fan socket which did absolutley nothing for the temps.

There most be something seriously wrong with the card and or the cooler.
Any game with heavy HDR and it takes a big crap.

What gets up my nose is I bought the xXx Zalman version because it should be cooler than reference and because I don't OC my GPU's.

 

[tkpenalty]

Back to my X1950pro and the card is now RMA'ed.

It was unexpected, the brand spanking new 8800GT would be the hardware to crap out.
I would have expected the motherboard to have an issue first.

Tried using the Zalman fan with the motherboard system fan socket which did absolutley nothing for the temps.

There most be something seriously wrong with the card and or the cooler.
Any game with heavy HDR and it takes a big crap.

What gets up my nose is I bought the xXx Zalman version because it should be cooler than reference and because I don't OC my GPU's.

I would say that the heatpipes were crapped up. Most likely the person who was shipping it smashed it on something. Even at such a low fanspeed, the Zalman would do FAR better than that!

 

[tkpenalty]

Okay thats honestly not TOO bad.

 

[wolf]

yeah its not as simple as just 2 G92 pcb's slammed together, this thing looks really quite cool, looks like alot of R&D to egt it to where it is, gotta love that massive hole in the pcb! that should make for better temps with stock cooler than the 7950gx2 could muster... not to mention the pcb with the hole is back to front so the cooling block is jsut one heatsink, pretty cool imo.

 

[Wile E]

Now if only the manufacturer of that gpu block didn't choose aluminum as a block material. lol.

 

[Widjaja]

Has anyone ever sent in a support ticket to XFX?
I sent one three day ago about my overheating issue and I still haven't had a reply.

They must know about it and are in hiding because of it.

@Solaris
Looks like your GF is going you a raspberry in that photo.

 

[infrared]

Can you add me to the list please?

EVGA 8800gts 640MB
Cooler: Thermalright HR-03 Plus + Scythe 92mm 55CFM
Mods: Removed IHS, Lapped heatsink. (Voltmods soon)

Benchmark results to follow (waiting for new ram)

 

[tkpenalty]

Now if only the manufacturer of that gpu block didn't choose aluminum as a block material. lol.

QFT. But that just highlights how flawed the 9800GX2 is. Those PCBs would be damaged under stress if the block was made of copper. Unless of course they got some common sense and supplied strengthening bars to attatch across the edges of the GPUs.

 

[tkpenalty]

Can you add me to the list please?

EVGA 8800gts 640MB
Cooler: Thermalright HR-03 Plus + Scythe 92mm 55CFM
Mods: Removed IHS, Lapped heatsink. (Voltmods soon)

Benchmark results to follow (waiting for new ram)

You and your lapping. You awarded yourself a "Lap king" title

With your CPU cooler, why not get something like a HDT S1283 and lap the bare heatpipes?

 

[Wile E]

QFT. But that just highlights how flawed the 9800GX2 is. Those PCBs would be damaged under stress if the block was made of copper. Unless of course they got some common sense and supplied strengthening bars to attatch across the edges of the GPUs.

Not really. It's not like aluminum is pliable like putty. The pcb will still give long before the aluminum. Copper would work just fine. But even still, the whole thing doesn't have to be copper. Just the plates that contact the gpus need to be copper. The chamber in the middle can be made from acetal/delrin. That way you have the thermal abilities of copper, without using a whole ton of it and driving up the cost, and all without the introduction of a corrosion causing metal.

 

[tkpenalty]

Not really. It's not like aluminum is pliable like putty. The pcb will still give long before the aluminum. Copper would work just fine. But even still, the whole thing doesn't have to be copper. Just the plates that contact the gpus need to be copper. The chamber in the middle can be made from acetal/delrin. That way you have the thermal abilities of copper, without using a whole ton of it and driving up the cost, and all without the introduction of a corrosion causing metal.

I was referring to the galvanic corrosion. But anyway, yeah those blocks COULD work. Anyway, I still see 2x8800GT 512MB as a more feasible option, a Quad SLI 9800GX2 setup would be entirely for benchmarking-remember the stuttering that multi GPU systems suffer from.

 

[Solaris17]

@Solaris
Looks like your GF is going you a raspberry in that photo.

lol

 

[candle_86]

ok solaris its time for you to shine, i just ordered an eVga 8600GT and will put my VF-700 on it, so what do i need?

oh and tk, i got a name to give me for the group, i bet ya money ive killed more cards in the last year than most members in there lifetime, so i belive id be the video card killer

 

[candle_86]

this may be of interest

http://www.techpowerup.com/gpuz/47cry/

 

[JrRacinFan]

Heya TK, can I join?

 

[Widjaja]

Finally have my replacement 8800GT.
TK was right, it was definitely a faulty cooler.

This card struggles to get past 76degC in rthdribl HDR test after half an hour on fullscreen.
On high settings in DiRT the card only hits 71degC max and thats when the room temp is rather hot.

No more 95degC artifacting temps for me!
Now it all works properly.

 

[mrw1986]

lol

I'd hit it...haha you probably saw that coming from a mile away.

EDIT: I'm probably gonna get the banstick for that comment... Though, I think I said the same thing about nflesher's fiance!

On a side note, is anyone experiencing low scores with 8800GT in SLI in Vista 32bit? The highest I've been able to get is 15k with a Q6600 at 3.4ghz...