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Old 04-18-08   #1 (permalink)
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If I can lower the temp of my GPU will I be able to get a higher OC? Is it the tempatures that limit speed or the GPU itself?
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Yes, at this point heat is what is holding GPUs back.
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in most cases yes however there is a thermal limit that the hardware will hit no matter how good the cooling.
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You need to learn you something about puters (and spelling) man. FB DIMM can handle simultaneous read write calls..which DDR3, DDDR2, DDR cannot. For actual computational prowess FB DIMMs cannot be beat.

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in most cases yes however there is a thermal limit that the hardware will hit no matter how good the cooling.
*cough* That's what LN2 is for!
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in most cases yes however there is a thermal limit that the hardware will hit no matter how good the cooling.
I have seen people getting much higher OCs on the 2900XT than I can even dream of getting. I'm wondering if a better cooling system would help. Maybe a Thermalright HR-03...

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg...8WMXQ&v=glance

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yes get differant cooling and crank those mhz out!
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lower temps generally mean more stability at the molecular level in the chip. this means better resonance and better performance - less prone to error and failure. i've got a fairly decent faq on it - link below in my signature.

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A little. In general, more cooling is to add more voltage, but there is more stability under lower temps in some cases. I found this to be more pertinent with GPU's than CPU's. Beside that, all CPU's are different. Some respond better to sub-ambient temps while others don't. in the end, the cooler the better.
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*cough* That's what LN2 is for!
very true about l2n but at this point u think he's actually ready to go that route?
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its basic chemistry. the hotter something is the more it vibrates at the mlecular level and thus the more unstable. the lower the temp the lower the vibration and the more stable, especially in cases of a crysal lattice like a cpu chip.

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