Radeon 9800 Pro getting warm

[durst]

I have a Sapphire 9800 Pro -XT flashed with the Arctic Cooling VGA Silencer on it.

This setup has been running fine for over a year. Now all the sudden It has been getting warm on me. I can't even play games for very long and it will not lock up, but basically eject me from the game. I look down and my Temp on the video card is up over 60.

I just flashed the card back down to the original PRO not XT and the temp is still up around 70 IDLE!! Or so ATITool 0.24 says GPU/CHIP is 70/50.

I already have a total of 6 fans in this case and everything else is keeping cool. Any idea why my card would be doing this?

Thanks for any help
durst

 

[durst]

awww shucks.

I see the problem now. Looks like one of my ram chips got toasted. I took it out and looked over it. It is fried. At least it still works till I can replace it.

What is a good replacement card that is obviously a step up, but still in the 100-150 dollar range?

I would prefer to use the VGA cooler on what ever else I get.

 

[Jimmy 2004]

This looks nice. Not sure if your cooler will work with it.

 

[Fox34]

Well are you lookin for ATI or nVidia? And do you want PCI, PCI-E or AGP?

 

[durst]

Sorry, Lookin for AGP

prefer ATI, but want to stay in $140-$180 range.

Thanks!

btw, here is the system I am replacing it in...

NF7-S Version 2.0 |||| AthlonXP 2600+ mobile (IQYHA 0352 MPMW) 225x11 @ 2475 Mhz |||| Thermalright SP-97 with TT Smart Case Fan |||| Sapphire 9800 Pro -XT flashed |||| 2x512 Buffalo (mT -5BC) 2.5-2-2-11 |||| 160gb Maxtor |||| Fortron FSP400 |||| Lite-On DVD/CD-RW Combo |||| Raidmax Scorpio 668 6 led fans, 2 UV

 

[wazzledoozle]

I would second the X800GTO.

Although, if you want to go Nvidia-
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16814150157

Only 8 pipelines, but after reading this-
http://www.guru3d.com/article/Videocards/286/2/

I think it may be unlockable. NV41 is a PCI-E native part, and it looks liek they just locked down 4 pipes and slapped it on a 7800GS pcb. Pretty nice card if it unlocks.