Are these worth it? Do they provide that much extra cooling? The watercooling I'm getting won't cover the cards ram (as usual), so I'm just wondering if raminks really will help keep the ram a bit cooler, as I've never had any experience with them in the past.
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yes they are effective and needed if you vmod your ram
i have a Hurcles Radeon 9700 Pro and theres already ramsinks on there, but how good are they?
they wont help your vmem OC, unless you have DDR2, or are running more volts to the ram
can you see the light? is it shining too bright? can you see the light at the end of the tunnel, i know i do, i know its true.
i've got some sinks on my 9800pro too.
without those sinks i get a speed of 400Mhz...
with the ramsinks i can get too 410Mhz...
i think it helps a bid
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can you really see the difference in that 10MHz?
and when overclocking a gpu, how do you know when enough is enough, and say if you get artifacts and stuff, how do you know what a safe voltage is to upto etc etc?
Without ram sinks on my 9800 Pro (I don't have vmem mod) I got the RAM to 390 or so. With the RAM sinks and fan blowing over the general area, I got it up to 405 24/7 stable.
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Guess I'll be ordering those ramsinks then
.:: S939 FX-53 (240x11 1:1) | 2x512 Ballistix DDR400 (2.5-3-2-10) | MSI K8N Neo2 Platinum (1.36b) | x800 Pro VIVO -> XT (575/590) | 21" Viewsonic G220fb | Lian Li PC75b ::.
Aquamark 3 : 84367
3DMark 2001 : 31717
3DMark 2003 : 14313
3DMark 2005 : 6580
Coming Soon : Silverprop HL Fusion (GPU), S-TDX (CPU), Weapon 2-302 Heatercore / Shroud, 50Z, Aquatube (special thanks to MaxxxRacer & Ancient_1) | UV / Case organization
Coming when I can afford it : Vapochill LS or Mach 2 GT for CPU | FX-55
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