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post #61 of 110
1/21/05 at 5:04am
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hmm... you might want to consider a copper heatsink designed for your card....like a sandwich cooler from thermaltake or close to it...i have a iceberg 4 for my 5600, cools nicely, but you might want to bump up to a better one, considering that you'll be doing more clocking than i will...
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Yeah but it's not your classic aftermarket cooling...basically the original fan was too noisy, so I installed a 120mm Zalman fan on the side of the 3D card (this fan is basically part of a kit for the CPU but I modified it to cool my3D card , check the attached pic to get the idea). I was planning on installing an Arctic Cooler Silencer but could not find the proper model in stores so get fed up and whipped up my own solution :shades2:
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1/21/05 at 5:18am
That's probably the best solution. I was really hyped on the Silencer but I guess I'll have to forget about it..

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1/21/05 at 5:22am
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good luck getting a good cooler, the 5700 series shouldn't be that hard to cool, at all... i'm guessing you want to get a mean cooler, just so you can use it later on if money and the need for a better vc dictates, that's what i'd do.
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2/10/05 at 1:49pm
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Thanks for the tip. DL'ed ATI tool...followed the Core max, then Mem max path and have landed at Core 399.xx and Mem 372.xx. <SIGH> still have stock cooling...looking for ATI Silencer 1 on weekend. Better cooling solutions?

Other question: Is the 350 core flashable to XT?

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post #65 of 110
7/2/05 at 6:07pm
i have a Chaintech Geforce FX 5500 and i was wondering if the fan it has on it would be ok for oc ing?? probably not though!!

and its from Newegg.com if u want a pic!!
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7/2/05 at 7:41pm
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You should be able to overclock some. Just not as much as you would if you had a better cooler.
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post #67 of 110
7/2/05 at 8:21pm
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i have a Chaintech Geforce FX 5500 and i was wondering if the fan it has on it would be ok for oc ing?? probably not though!!

and its from Newegg.com if u want a pic!!
Hmm..that would be allright i guess... If you have any pennies from before 1980 you can sand them flat and use some AS5+little adhesive got ur self VERY cheap memory sinks lol! They are mostly copper =)
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7/17/05 at 4:43am
ok, i have a huge problem... i used rivatuner to overclock my GeForce FX 5700 LE 256 MB, i set them up to what i thought was right, and clicked the apply setting everytime windows starts box, then i started up GTA san andreas to test it out, it worked for a little, then major artifacts, then it just froze. i restarted my comp, and now it wont start windows normaly, it just restarts itself after it gets to the login screen. so now im in safe mode trying DESPERATELY to fix this, and i have major artifacts all over the screen as we speak. i tryred to start up rivatuner to reset the stuff to default, but when i try to start it, it says..."Cannot load RivaTuner32.sys driver. Please insure that this file exists in RivaTuner's folder and your user account has administrative rights." well, i checked, and RivaTuner32.sys IS in fact in the folder, and i do have administrative rights (i also tryed it on the administrator account, just to make sure.) NOTHING IS WORKING FOR ME!!! SOMEONE PLEASE HELP! thanks.
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ok, i have a huge problem... i used rivatuner to overclock my GeForce FX 5700 LE 256 MB, i set them up to what i thought was right, and clicked the apply setting everytime windows starts box, then i started up GTA san andreas to test it out, it worked for a little, then major artifacts, then it just froze. i restarted my comp, and now it wont start windows normaly, it just restarts itself after it gets to the login screen. so now im in safe mode trying DESPERATELY to fix this, and i have major artifacts all over the screen as we speak. i tryred to start up rivatuner to reset the stuff to default, but when i try to start it, it says..."Cannot load RivaTuner32.sys driver. Please insure that this file exists in RivaTuner's folder and your user account has administrative rights." well, i checked, and RivaTuner32.sys IS in fact in the folder, and i do have administrative rights (i also tryed it on the administrator account, just to make sure.) NOTHING IS WORKING FOR ME!!! SOMEONE PLEASE HELP! thanks.
Uninstall it all...uninstall nvidia drivers...rivatuner...etc
Then go back install rivatuner then reinstall your newest graphics driver...it should all be cool then
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7/17/05 at 12:40pm
i uniinstalled everything, now when i try to install the video card drivers, my comp just restarts halfway through setup every time, and i still have major artifacts all over the screen, they are even there when the comp is first starting up before it gets into windows. PLEASE don't tell me i permanently damaged my card...
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