Who has the highest vga core/mem air-cooled oc?

[Erock]

Who has a high vga core/mem air-cooled overclock and what are you using? What is the best performing store bought vga cooler? Who has a cool vga cooling mod that is worth the work. Please post and include pictures and links.

Thanks!

Erock

[felix88]

Erock, WELCOME TO XTREME!!!

it might help to specify which brand/model of card you are looking for.

anyway, the best overclock on my Matrox G400 was 165/220 with the stock HSF. stock speed is 150/200. :p

[Erock]

Originally posted by felix88
Erock, WELCOME TO XTREME!!!

it might help to specify which brand/model of card you are looking for.

anyway, the best overclock on my Matrox G400 was 165/220 with the stock HSF. stock speed is 150/200. :p

Thanks for the welcome! No card in general, just looking for air cooling solutions that are proven to work on an extreme oc'd vga card.

Erock

[felix88]

i've seen some pretty amazing things done with P3 HSFs.

i wish i could find the post, but a guy took an old Panaflo Orb pulled from some HP server and strapped it to his GF4. it was a cool looking mod and i guess it cooled very well.

[Lord Raven]

I've been really lucky with my GF3 Ti200. Out of the box it went to 250/530. Stock clocks for a Ti200 are 175/480. I'm think about putting on an old MC370 heatsink with some Artic Silver Epoxy.

felix88, the guy you're thinking about is FLOWERMAN. He actually did it twice that I know of. Once to his GF4 and another time to a friends card. He used the flat sided Panaflo Orb both times I believe and attached it with Artic Silver Epoxy.

Here's a link to the Panaflo Orb with the flat side:
http://www.allelectronics.com/cgi-bi...-82&type=store

[DR. YT]

my radion did 415/250 with stock cooling.

[Erock]

Originally posted by Lord Raven
I've been really lucky with my GF3 Ti200. Out of the box it went to 250/530. Stock clocks for a Ti200 are 175/480. I'm think about putting on an old MC370 heatsink with some Artic Silver Epoxy.

felix88, the guy you're thinking about is FLOWERMAN. He actually did it twice that I know of. Once to his GF4 and another time to a friends card. He used the flat sided Panaflo Orb both times I believe and attached it with Artic Silver Epoxy.

Here's a link to the Panaflo Orb with the flat side:
http://www.allelectronics.com/cgi-bi...-82&type=store

Thx LR! That Orb looks promising, wonder what kind of core/mem he got out of it? Great Posts! Keep em coming!

Erock

[Erock]

LR, just looked up your MC370, WOW! Let us know if you get that to stick. Come to think of it I have PCI slots to spare myself. Have to hit the closet to see what I can find.

Erock

[JupiterSSJ4]

my albatron ti4200 128MB does 315/720 out of the box. It has great heatsink and ramsinks and fan.

[felix88]

yeah FLOWERMAN, i guess he got banned from [H] i can't find any of his posts.

it looked cool with the orb. i didn't think you could still get those anywhere, thanks for the link.

[Erock]

Has anyone tried this one yet?

http://www.thermaltake.com/products/...t/heatpipe.htm


Erock

[felix88]

zalman makes a similar product, except without a fan.

i still think a CPU HSF would probably do a better job.

[Lord Raven]

Originally posted by Erock
LR, just looked up your MC370, WOW! Let us know if you get that to stick. Come to think of it I have PCI slots to spare myself. Have to hit the closet to see what I can find.

Erock

If FLOWERMAN can get the Panaflo Orb to stick I shouldn't have a problem with the MC370. I hope...

I'll have to use a blower though which might not work as well as I want. Maybe a really thin low cfm fan would work..

[felix88]

arctic alumina epoxy is pretty strong stuff. i've seen it take off memory chips and even GPUs. i wouldn't worry about it falling off of your card.

[Erock]

Found a Vantec CCK-6035d with a Delta on it in da closet. That might cool my card down a bit. Might have to change the Delta out with a quieter fan but not until I see what it can do. Need some ram sinks first. Might have to order those. Thanks for the inspiration.

Erock

[felix88]

i might try my Alpha PEP66 as a GPU cooler sometime.

[Lord Raven]

Originally posted by felix88
i might try my Alpha PEP66 as a GPU cooler sometime.

I was looking at my Pal6035 Rev. 2 and it might be a kick ass little cooler. I just need to figure out a way to mount a fan or blower without losing three damn PCI slots.

Then again I might to go the Panaflo Orb route. I have a full Orb that I haven't used since my Geforce 256. I'm think a hack saw and some diligent lapping should bring some life back into it..

[sjohnson]

I own one of those flat-sided "panaflo orbs" from allelectronics. HP surplus, they're a nice HSF but HEAVY. I'd definitely recommend careful clamping while the epoxy cures to keep it from shifting and to help ensure a good bond.

That HSF is also big enough that it will be a tight fit or no fit on some cards. It has a rectangular, milled base that might benefit from light lapping. It also appears to have been milled from a solid piece of aluminum. Not pretty, but handsome in the same way that a tank is handsome

[Erock]

What kind of results did you get from that flat side orb? Looks Sweet!

Erock

[sjohnson]

You know, I haven't used it since the Celeron 300/450 days. I've thought about putting it on my kd7-e NB or my ti4200, just been too lazy, I guess!

It was last used on a Cel366@600 (wired onto the socket), I don't remember the temps but it was as good as the alpha at the time, and quiet. It's hard to fit - look at the dimensions - because it is so very BIG.

[felix88]

Originally posted by Lord Raven
I was looking at my Pal6035 Rev. 2 and it might be a kick ass little cooler. I just need to figure out a way to mount a fan or blower without losing three damn PCI slots.

the PEP66 was designed for use on slotkets so the fan mounts on the side to keep it from blocking too many DIMM slots. it might be able to fit without blocking too many PCI slots.

[Tekime]

Cooljag JAC313C is a good VGA cooler. If only I wasn't volt limited, I could break 328.5/742 on my Ti-4600 for once

http://www.fury-tech.com/content/ima...install_12.jpg

http://www.fury-tech.com/content/ima...install_14.jpg

[felix88]

i must say, that is a nice clean mod Tekime. good work!

[Tekime]

Thanks, I also have a JAC304C to test out, I'm just being lazy... trying to get my soldering skills straight first, I've got 3 different vmods waiting on it.

[antipop]

Originally posted by felix88
yeah FLOWERMAN, i guess he got banned from [H] i can't find any of his posts.

it looked cool with the orb. i didn't think you could still get those anywhere, thanks for the link.

Yep he got banned, even though he was the biggest poster at the time (11000 posts). That was a big loss for hard, maybe Kyle felt threaten