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by nop
Tue Aug 30, 2011 4:22 am
Forum: SPCR Article Discussion
Topic: AMD & Asus DirectCU Radeon HD 6850 Graphics Cards
Replies: 51
Views: 36609

Re: AMD & Asus DirectCU Radeon HD 6850 Graphics Cards

This is with the stock fan, right? Catalyst and Afterburner work on mine, and I'm pretty sure other utilities did too (for everything but voltage control, really). It's possible you have a bad board or fan, or ASUS has changed designs again. How many wires are there between the board and the fan? If...
by nop
Thu Mar 24, 2011 5:13 pm
Forum: SPCR Article Discussion
Topic: AMD & Asus DirectCU Radeon HD 6850 Graphics Cards
Replies: 51
Views: 36609

Re: AMD & Asus DirectCU Radeon HD 6850 Graphics Cards

grijzegeest wrote:The VRM heatsink is attached via pushpins
The V2 doesn't have a VRM heatsink to start with. It seems to have a larger number of surface-mount VRMs. I ended up putting one RAM heatsink on each group of three VRMs.
by nop
Thu Mar 03, 2011 10:32 pm
Forum: Video Cards & Monitors
Topic: Asus EAH6850: does yours meet up to the review?
Replies: 19
Views: 13033

Re: Asus EAH6850: does yours meet up to the review?

I'd buy an aftermarket heatsink instantly if I didn't have to worry about keeping the warranty. I bought a second ASUS EAH6850 V2. It made an identical buzzing noise; I figured that might happen. What I didn't expect was just how annoyed it made me so quickly. The fastest solution for me was to uns...
by nop
Thu Mar 03, 2011 9:58 pm
Forum: SPCR Article Discussion
Topic: AMD & Asus DirectCU Radeon HD 6850 Graphics Cards
Replies: 51
Views: 36609

Re: AMD & Asus DirectCU Radeon HD 6850 Graphics Cards

My fan itself is bad, but the hard mount to the shroud is what takes a bad, vibrating fan and makes it really special . I bought a second ASUS DirectCU 6850 V2 (matching to play with Crossfire). Identical objectionable buzz/clicking at idle. If there is a single bad batch of fans it spans 50,000 se...
by nop
Sun Feb 20, 2011 6:52 am
Forum: Video Cards & Monitors
Topic: Asus EAH6850: does yours meet up to the review?
Replies: 19
Views: 13033

Re: Asus EAH6850: does yours meet up to the review?

Actually I used an Accelero S1 on my old card with the heatsink adhesive they included. I also thought that the adhesive wouldn't be that good but after about two years when removing the heatsinks I noticed they were glued on pretty damn tight, I had to warm them with an soldering iron and twist ha...
by nop
Fri Feb 18, 2011 10:36 pm
Forum: Video Cards & Monitors
Topic: Asus EAH6850: does yours meet up to the review?
Replies: 19
Views: 13033

Re: Asus EAH6850: does yours meet up to the review?

At least I know not to RMA the card again, as I'd most likely just get the a new card with the same problem again. I think this is not certain; SPCR got one that didn't buzz, and I believe some of the other reviewers did too. Perhaps if your primary reason for RMA is "card buzzes noisily" they'd th...
by nop
Mon Feb 14, 2011 8:56 am
Forum: SPCR Article Discussion
Topic: AMD & Asus DirectCU Radeon HD 6850 Graphics Cards
Replies: 51
Views: 36609

Re: AMD & Asus DirectCU Radeon HD 6850 Graphics Cards

This is one of the worst ~70mm fans I've heard in the post-Panflo era. Admittedly I try to pick quiet parts, so I usually don't get really bad ones. I take that back. My fan itself is bad, but the hard mount to the shroud is what takes a bad, vibrating fan and makes it really special . More details...
by nop
Mon Feb 14, 2011 8:50 am
Forum: Video Cards & Monitors
Topic: Asus EAH6850: does yours meet up to the review?
Replies: 19
Views: 13033

Re: Asus EAH6850: does yours meet up to the review?

My card is louder than I expected, it actually has a very annoying high pitched sound. I pinpointed the sound down to the plastic cover on top of the fan resonating, when supporting the casing from two different spots the resonating dissipates and the sound becomes a lot more pleasant. I RMA'd my f...
by nop
Mon Feb 14, 2011 7:17 am
Forum: SPCR Article Discussion
Topic: AMD & Asus DirectCU Radeon HD 6850 Graphics Cards
Replies: 51
Views: 36609

Re: AMD & Asus DirectCU Radeon HD 6850 Graphics Cards

It does not sound that great up close the sound is dominated by a buzz -- but this is what Larry reported, too. He measured 15 dBA vs 14 dBA for the reference ATI HSF -- installed and running in an enclosed system. I just got a ASUS EAH6850 V2; I picked this particular model among others on the str...