I'm thinking about buying the NSK2480 also. How high is it without the feet, and do the feet come off easily?

Pens1566 wrote:I can't run speedfan, it seems to crash DFI LP based systems when it starts.

Doesn't crash on mine

ldan86 wrote: Temperature around the heatsink increased enourmously

That would mean that the heatsink is doing a really good job transferring the heat out of the chipset, right?

I would doubt you can run it completely passively, but you can run say a nexus fan at very low speeds so that is almost inaudible and cools sufficiently. I second that :) I have the Ninja with an Antec TriCool fan on medium setting at 5V on my overclocked and undervolted Opteron 144 (2.9GHz, 1.3V),...

Igor: For very hottest cards I had the 1900 series in mind. There are reports elsewhere that the VF900 did not work well on those. AFAIK the difference in power consumption between an overclocked 1800XT (such as mine) and a stock 1900XTX isn't that big. Based on the reports that I've read about the...

diver wrote:The VF900 is excellent, but may not be the best one for the very hottest cards.

Works fine on X1800XT @ PE with the fanmate set to minimum. Doesn't get any hotter than with the original cooler. Idle temps are actually a lot lower. Of course something with direct exhaust would be better.

The new Opteron 144 with CAB1E stepping would probably undervolt nicely at stock clocks. Many of them are going 3GHz with 1.4V, and mine does 2.9GHz with 1.3V...

Opteron 144 CAB1E 0614EPCW http://img125.imageshack.us/my.php?image=1442900mhz3dj.gif AMD64 TCaseMax - v1.19 ---------------------- CPU Information (CPU #1): Standard CPUID: Family: F, Model: 7, Stepping: 1 Extended CPUID: Family: F, Model: 27, Stepping: 1 CPUID String: 20F71 Processor APIC: 0 Proce...

Just installed the VF900 on my X1800XT OC (in Antec P180), and the difference if huge! :D I'm using the fanmate, and at full speed the VF900's fan noise is about the same - although less annoying - as the original cooler's at idle :shock: After the initial test I set the fan to the minimum setting o...

Igor: What's your impression with running memory at 280 MHz, is it really worth it (in gaming)? I mean, paying €100 extra for fast RAM and getting 4 FPS more in a game is not a good deal to me. Or is it better than that? Haven't done - or seen - any tests in real life gaming performance between 200...

[ When I reached 3 GHz I thought "Yeah, great!.... and now?". Even then the CPU load could go up to 100 % load and get sluggish in Windows just because of some bad app or whatever. It's in those situations you realize that this brand new CPU acts just like any old Pentium 2 (only faster). The chanc...

there was also a display for the Accelero S2, however a product was "MIA" in the display window, the specs however do list new ATI cards and the 7800 series http://img69.imageshack.us/img69/5954/img60184jg.th.jpg (Photo by JMke @ Cebit 2006 :)) That cooler must be huge to be able to cool X1800/1900...

I don't think there's much to do to quiet it down under load, not by changing fans anyway. Dunno about cutting it open...

The PSU fans are controlled by the PSU temp, just like in any modern ATX PSU. The problem with the Shuttle PSU cooling is that the fans are 40mm and the fan controller isn't very good. These together with poor efficiency (atleast in the 220W model) make it quite loud. I had the 220W model in my SN45...

So before you swap out the NB fan, it might be worth figuring out how fast it can spin before it's too loud. I think you can probably get away with as low as 2900rpm (less if you're not gaming/OCing). I have Speedfan controlling the NB fan according to CPU temp (NB doesn't seem to get hot unless CP...

EndoSteel wrote: I know what I know from my own experiments.

Do those heatpipes have wicks in them? Seems like a too big difference in temps if they do...

The VF700 should lower the temps considerably compared to the 9800Pro original cooler. I had a 9800Pro with XT bios and I had no troubles with the VF700. I could even overclock it further. I'd suggest you check the contact of the cooler, it really shouldn't cause artifacts at default clocks. Also if...

EndoSteel wrote:Igor
In theory, but not in reality.

If you had read the link I posted, you'd know better...

EndoSteel wrote: You are forgetting that heatpipe-based coolers don't like to work upside down.

Most of them work in any orientation. More info: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heatpipe

I used the brute force method. They made a nasty sound as the came off, plus they flew across the room... but luckily the card survived. It was actually harder to scrape off the remaining glue (or whatever it was) after the heatsinks were removed. I had a big CPU heatsink that I cut in half and got ...

warriorpoet wrote: Anyone here use a Thermalright V-1 Ultra on an x1800 yet?

I would, but I don't think it'll fit: http://kotisivu.mtv3.fi/igor/kone_024.jpg

Waiting for the VF900 (too)

The only question right now is how orientation dependant it is. Vast majority of gfx cards are installed so that the chip faces down, and I don't think that Zalman would make a cooler the doesn't work in that orientation. And if it works like that (the hot end up), then it'll work in any orientatio...

The light weight of this thing puzzles me though. The VF700 weighs 270 grams, that's a remarkable difference. It even makes me wonder if that 187g spec is totally accurate. Despite that, from the pictures it seems that the VF900 has more effective cooling area thanks to more fins. Maybe the heatpip...

X1800XT certainly gives more bang for your money than the GTX 256MB, but it also draws more power. And that means that it will be harder to keep it cool & quiet. I have the X1800XT 512MB, and it's hot - even without the PE bios that I have on mine. I know ppl who have put Zalman VF700-Cu on it, and ...

Atitool can load different profiles when it detects a 3D app, so it's possible to have different fan and voltage (atleast with X1800 series) settings for 2D and 3D. Haven't experimented with this yet, so I don't know how well it works.

External PSU?!?

This reminds me of another company that announced a graphics card with an external PSU, just before going out of business...

I ordered a 512 MB 7800GTX... will let you guys know how that cooler fares ;P I'm thinking about ordering the 7800GTX-512 too. Hope you get yours soon so that we can soon get some comments on how quiet it is :) OTOH I'll probably order it anyway, no matter how noisy it is out of the box 8) And so I...

acaurora wrote: I ordered a 512 MB 7800GTX... will let you guys know how that cooler fares ;P

I'm thinking about ordering the 7800GTX-512 too. Hope you get yours soon so that we can soon get some comments on how quiet it is

OTOH I'll probably order it anyway, no matter how noisy it is out of the box