Posts by contrvlr65

If you're not worried about a little noise, use Rivatuner to increase the fan speed on the card to around 80% and add a pci slot exhaust fan below the card. My GTS idles at 49c in a 21c room using this method, and a couple of hours of...

Quote: Originally Posted by SolApathy Change your power profile to laptop & then set everything not to turn off in that profile & it will activate the EIST power management & drop the clock more often when...

Quote: Originally Posted by SolApathy Just out of curiosity, what are you using to measure temps on the CPU? -What are you using to exaust/intake air? I have: (1) 120MM ex fan (1) 90MM ex fan that fits in the...

Quote: Originally Posted by pdonket Hmm, I assume you've tried cleaning out your zalman? Also, what is the difference between the 9500 and 9700? Yes , Ive cleaned it and the chip with each attempt, I also...

Quote: Originally Posted by pdonket I could see that being a sad thing to have happen. I ended up ordering with the 9700 from Zalman, so all should be good There's nothing wrong with the Zalman ( I use...

Nice stuff, there are better coolers for about the same cost; http://www.xbitlabs.com/articles/coo...ra120ex_5.html

Add Vista and an 8800 series card and be done with it.

Quote: Originally Posted by flytt well are the evga ones good? i heard xfx is really good b/c of their clock speeds. Yes the EVGA ones are good, they come with a lifetime warranty that covers overclocking and...

Lots of talk about watts, nothing about amperage. There was a guy who upgraded his psu from the Dell 375 to a PCP&C 470, only to find out that the +12 volt amperage on the PCP&C (26a) was less than the Dell (30a). For the GTS a...

Yes, it's because it's not C2D, the 88's need more cpu power than even the C2D can provide, in order for them to show thier true colors. If your games run well enough that you are happy,and it seems like they do, then there's no...