Just got one of these, and the thing is LOUD. Quite disappointed really.

Hope Antec do a recall..

Considering a 8600 GTS, 8800 GT, 9600 GT? It was a no brainer for me. I got a HD 3870 and I'm really impressed with it.

I was planning on installing my Aerocool VM-101 on the card first thing before trying the 3850, but decided to listen to the stock cooling. To my surprise, it really is quiet. My system sounds the same. I tried running RTHDRIBL fullscreen and the fan speed does not seem to change. This is great new...

The top and bootom fans are reversed, nothing I can do the Scythe can only be used that way otherwise the blades hit the VGA heatsink, shame isn't it, all the other fans don't offer the same Noise/Airflow, except the Nexus but it cannot be used horizontally as it generates a clicking noise.. Its a ...

As much as my 1950 irritates me, the 3850 with this power envelope doesn't seem like a worthy replacement. And if it's indeed around 100W, then it's going to have pretty bad performance-per-watt - the 1950 is 65W max. Thanks for your reply, I didn't realise the 1950 was such a low-power card. Does ...

Matija wrote:Ugh... 100W is a LOT. No 3850 for me, then And that's already wattage that requires a HR-03+ and a fan, or heavy ducting.

What else would you use? I don't know of any gaming card that comes near in terms of performance that isn't 150 W...

Guys check this out http://translate.google.com/translate?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.madboxpc.com%2Fcontenido.php%3Fid%3D5430&langpair=es%7Cen&hl=en&ie=UTF-8 Here are the most important slides: http://img113.imageshack.us/img113/5861/pplayob0.jpg http://img155.imageshack.us/img155/8406/pplay2yy7.jpg Good ne...

JazzJackRabbit wrote:Take that SPCR.

Here's hoping AMD can pull off a passive 85 W HD3850...

The TechReport article noted the 8800GT cooler as "whisper-quiet" ... who knows what that means.

Sorry its a dead link

I am really interested in this card. I'd like to buy one, if I can get my hands on an Asus A8R32 motherboard (so I can upgrade to PCIe). It seems stupid, but I really want to keep my Opteron for a while :¬) I wonder what sort of cooling will be necessary for these new AMD/ATI cards? Hopefully more ...

How did you go silencing the red beast?

I believe ThermalRight have a HR-03 out compatible with R600.

Would have been nice to see some photos of the system fully built (since you had to build it to test it!) but nice review anyway.

For small cases, Antec should supply modular power supplies. Actually they should just make them standard across the board!

Haha yeah those Inquirer fellas are really funny, open sauce in particular!

One I heard the other day when someone was complaining about helping novices:

PICNIC

Problem In Chair, Not in Computer

This is very impressive, justblair. I can't wait to see it finished! I think I somewhat share your thermophobia too. Better cool than not

MikeC wrote:The AC NVS5 comes with TIM pads that are kind of sticky. They were used.

Oh. Neither my Accelero or NV5.3 came with them... thanks anyway

Sorry to be annoying, but Devon could you quickly tell me how you affixed the aluminium plate to the rear of your Aeolus 6800 GT?

The last step is optional but highly recommended: A separate aluminum plate provides additional cooling for any RAM chips on the back side of the card. It also draws some heat through the PCB, so it is useful even on cards without rear-mounted RAM chips. At the bottom of page 2 devon recommends I d...

I recently had the chance to put both a NV5.3 and an Accelero X1 on my 6800 GT (actually an AOpen Aeolus too :)). Being quite a bit of a newbie, I still found them very easy to put on (even if the instructions weren't very helpful). One thing I wasn't sure of was how to affix the aluminium backing p...

For those with ASUS motherboards, do you have QFan enabled in the BIOS? It will turn off the CPU fan if it is below a threshold (which on my motherboard, K8V Deluxe, you cannot change) and slowly ramp it beyond that.

Cheers,
Lloyd

Dear Wilhelm-Tell, How have you undervolted your Nexus and AC Freezer64 Pro fans? Is the Freezer connected to the CPU fan header? I'm a big fan of your setup. Oh, do you have any intake fans? I'm considering a similar build and I would like to have 1 or 2 real silent 92 mm fans running as slowly as ...

I was talking about running the ninja passively... as fas as I know, it doesn't come with a fan (right?), so I assumed that was the most common way that they were installed. In Australia, it seems you can't get Ninjas without a Scythe fan: http://www.pccasegear.com/prod2634.htm P.S. Has anyone test...

THanks! I'll let you know how I go.

I have only painted plastic parts, but I suppose painting the case could be done. But the results are not likely to be a glossy smooth finish that existed on the case before you painted it. I am not sure if a black P150 would look all that great anyway, since the front bezel is unpainted aluminum w...

m0002a wrote:I wish there would be a standard PC color so I don't have to keep painting my external drives. Can we expect the EU to dictate such a standard color soon?

hahaha Thanks for your advice. How well do you reckon painting a black cover P150 white would go?

Haha yeah nice one! I've actually been trying for a while to think of a way to colour-match and paint the black front of my Sony FDD to go with my upcoming P150. There's always the tempting option of not mounting my floppy externally, it's hardly ever used anyway. I reckon I might mount it backwards...

Well spolitta I reckon it's great, well done.

Ah yeah of course that makes a lot more sense.

Cheers

warriorpoet wrote:Wow, I'm someone's hero

You said you removed the RAM thermal pads on the NV 5.3, did you use any thermal paste to apply them to the chips or just firmly affixed them? Excuse me for being a newbie, but I'm keen to mod my Aopen 6800 GT (it's so noisy!).