The HD 2900XT Info Thread

[AKAeric]

no, I run at 900core 1100mem with watercooling.

[whe3ls]

Originally Posted by MTLance

To achieve higher speed like Kinc you need to have Liquid Nitrogen cooling right?

or custom phase

[MTLance]

Thanks for the great info guys, and rep + too. Hmm, I wonder when can I play with my PC for now. Anyway it is still not ready yet.

[The_Rocker]

Liquid nItrogen cooling..... like -100 load....

Sounds cool to me

[CyberDruid]

Apparently the thermal output of the 2900XT may require a special mouse pot to make regulating the temps easier...

[nitteo]

Just received the p5k Deluxe wifi AP for the 2900 rig, 2nd 2900 arriving tomorrow. What cat should I run for benching?

[CyberDruid]

What OS?

[nitteo]

Originally Posted by CyberDruid

What OS?

Vista 32bit. I just ordered an OEM Xp for this rig as well.

[CyberDruid]

Hmmmm try the 7.8 for Vista and the 7.4 for XP

If you can get up into Vista 64 bit...it is sooooooo much faster.

PLus you will get best benchmarks in XP pro if you have to stay at 32 bit..Vista 32 bit has been pretty lame for most RE benchmarks...

[binormalkilla]

Originally Posted by CyberDruid

Apparently the thermal output of the 2900XT may require a special mouse pot to make regulating the temps easier...

Yea this is true. Under load, the normal mouse pots had a larger surface area, so the LN2 evaporated too fast for them to pour. That can be dangerous when you're running volt modded cards at over 1100 MHz.
This guy named mickeymouse at Xtremesystems designed some new ones for Kinc.

I can't wait for Vista x64.....it's just so expensive!