7950GX2 Spaced / Dual VF900's *56k*

**xpsentity** · 10-18-2006, 07:24 PM

Picked up (2) VF900's last night, got the spacer kit today. The clearances are EXTREMELY tight, I had to half screw the double standoffs to create more space for the thumbscrews to clear the fan on the upper card. I took a ton of pics, but my cam wasn't focusing correctly so most turned out horrid. I salvaged what I could. On with the pics!

10k! Woot! 625/700, stock volts. 6600@ 3.25

<50C load - used to be 80+.

This thing is a freakin MONSTER now, just huge. Idle dropped from 57-60 to 36-40. Also, anyone know how to check both GPU temps? Riva / Control Panel just have one.

**Rubiconx3** · 10-18-2006, 07:30 PM

Nice what kind of overclocks you get with that

**xpsentity** · 10-18-2006, 07:33 PM

Originally Posted by Rubiconx3

Nice what kind of overclocks you get with that

It did 625/700 stock cooling/voltage no problems, going to vmod it this weekend.

**Eastcoasthandle** · 10-18-2006, 07:47 PM

excellent
nice work there

**syne_24** · 10-18-2006, 08:04 PM

That's pretty nice temps man. Better than I expected

Is that back of the card still hot as hell now or is it better?

**xpsentity** · 10-18-2006, 08:20 PM

Better, a lot more air flow around the whole area. Also, the delta is like.. 8C now, down from 25-30.

**NightCrawler™** · 10-18-2006, 10:40 PM

I love it!

**~~Pete~~** · 10-18-2006, 11:55 PM

Where do you get the spacers form??

**BlaqMale** · 10-18-2006, 11:56 PM

very nice, going with the spacer kit and 2 danger den maze 4 gpu blocks and volt mods myself. trying to extend the length of time i can do high res gaming with this card. hopefully last me till g90

e6600 coming too, 10k is mine

**Mykou** · 10-19-2006, 01:08 AM

Originally Posted by xpsentity

Better, a lot more air flow around the whole area. Also, the delta is like.. 8C now, down from 25-30.

very nice job ! keep hard working

**Got Chow** · 10-19-2006, 06:55 AM

Yikes, that's huge! I'll probably WC but it's good to see some pics of this with the spacer installed. So it looks like the spacer kit puts the top card exactly 1 PCI slot higher?

I think Petra's has the spacer kit, think I saw it on there last night.

**~~Pete~~** · 10-19-2006, 09:12 AM

Indeed it is over @ his and is only $20 bucks, what a deal!!!

**Nanometer** · 10-19-2006, 01:41 PM

I like it! Excellent work there. Though is that your max mem frequency? I can get 800MHz on stock volts and stock cooling(mind you that I have several fans pushing and pulling air out of the cars in addition). Though it may very well be a timming difference. Ditch those ugly blue heatsinks and get some Monster BGA copper sinks or the OCZ copper sinks. They work better and look awesome.

Once again it looks great!

Hey! Wait a second, do you really think that small Switech heatsink is enoguh to cool the PCI Bridge chip? How hot does it get? :-X

**xpsentity** · 10-19-2006, 02:12 PM

Originally Posted by Nanometer

I like it! Excellent work there. Though is that your max mem frequency? I can get 800MHz on stock volts and stock cooling(mind you that I have several fans pushing and pulling air out of the cars in addition). Though it may very well be a timming difference.

Haven't pushed further yet, going for broke when I get home from work.

Originally Posted by Nanometer

Ditch those ugly blue heatsinks and get some Monster BGA copper sinks or the OCZ copper sinks. They work better and look awesome.

Going to replace them with some big ol copper ones like you said, soon as Fry's gets stock again.

Originally Posted by Nanometer

Hey! Wait a second, do you really think that small Switech heatsink is enoguh to cool the PCI Bridge chip? How hot does it get? :-X

No idea, I've had 2-3 hours with the PC since the mod. Beer, women, work, what can I say.

I was a bit worried about that, but what else can I do. Going to check it out when I get home hopefully, see if I can score some burns. Anyway, it may have more space now, but not that much space. Thoughts?

**eXa** · 10-19-2006, 03:41 PM

i imagine putting a silent 80mm or 92mm fan on the end of the card(s) should help a bit to, especially on the cramped one.

**lawrywild** · 10-19-2006, 03:52 PM

sweet

**b1lk1** · 10-19-2006, 04:05 PM

Excellent to know that this will work. I have a GX2 coming and this is a must do mod. Nice job and thanks for being the first (that I've seen) to do this! Simply marvelous!

**phelan1777** · 10-19-2006, 04:10 PM

nice,

even better is that is in a STACKER!!!!!!

Well now we can use normal water blocks!!!!

**vengance_01** · 10-19-2006, 10:14 PM

Great job. I really want one of those 7950's. Here me hoping the G80 will lower the price of the 7950 cards

**Nanometer** · 10-19-2006, 10:54 PM

I'm selling mine before the prices drop.

**GrimReaper** · 10-21-2006, 06:27 AM

good job there

**Nanometer** · 10-21-2006, 02:19 PM

Will you push these to the max already with stock volts?

hehe I want to see some runs before my card is gone!

**xpsentity** · 10-21-2006, 05:17 PM

625 / 750 stable, stock volts. Numbers could be better, 6600@ 3.24

**Nanometer** · 10-22-2006, 08:48 PM

Very nice.

I wonder what is more effective, more Core speed or more DDR speed(for the cards).

**Demo** · 10-24-2006, 12:33 AM

Originally Posted by Nanometer

Very nice.

I wonder what is more effective, more Core speed or more DDR speed(for the cards).

its a 1:2 (core:mem) gain.

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