2008 XS Cheapazchips 3D challenge

[Johnny Bravo]

Well that was an experience.....

Think it's time I put up my results - these will probably be the first and last set too as the card is on it's way out - might try some extreme runs just for the hell of it but for now I'll have to make do with what I eventually achieved.


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Here's the classic photo shoot of the whole affair:


Vmods in place and ready to go!


GPU Caps replaced with ultra low ESR SAMXON capacitor 1500uF


Memory Cap replaced with low ESR Sanyo aluminum capacitor 1200uF


Johns love of plastidip knows no limit The board is sealed!


Some OS-CON caps soldered in parallel to the ceramic caps for the memory - this proved to be a bad move, really buggered up my memory clocks


Behold my secret weapon...GDDR2 pots! Beautifully held in place with a quick grip. GPU pot is also in shot, made out of spare material in the workshop


Top down shot


Some Swiftech RAM coolers on the MOSFETs to keep them cool


Action shot of the GPU tube keeping the card cool with some LN2


Look at that high quality lagging just peeling under the cold


You may have noticed in the last two shots that the RAM pots weren't included. That's because in the process of benching the card all setup I learned a few things about Qimonda memory:

• It sucks
• It doesn't like voltage
• It doesn't like the cold
• It suck
• It dies real easily
• err....did I mention it sucks?

Considering the above list the ram pots proved to be a complete waste of time.

Next up I'm going after Rol-cos nature record with all sorts of die hard(fast) vmods on this board