Recent content by Adam12176

Web traffic must be down over there. Once in a while it's nice to just look at a bar graph of cards in the SAME settings and make conclusions. Not this apples and oranges crap. At least provide standard benchmarks for people to make their own conclusions. And when was the last time...

<<i even heard of UT2003's hidden nv30 feature where if you enable it using the ati 9700, u get 10...TEN fps...i donno...look on google on it...u can find that rumor there....almost makes me want to buy the nv30 when it comes out....aha..what can it be named?....gf5?....a new name perhaps?...>>...

In point of fact, if any heatsink was really .8 c/w, you would be looking at a puddle of aluminum on that processor. I think a block of wood is about .8 c/w (Not really, but you get my drift) I trust overclockers.com, they have a pretty nice uniform testbed for all their heatsinks, and the new...

60c is NOT ok. I'm suprised it worked at all. Once again, I shall refer you to this Overclockers.com Article outlining that even 70c (factoring in room temp) can be out of AMD's guidelines, and damage CPU's. I don't know who told you a MCorb would be ok for that CPU, but, as I have said 8 times...

Anything around 40-45c idle is about right for a 1.33, anything higher and you risk lockups. I know I have referred a lot of people to this document, but it's extremely important, and often overlooked. Overclockers.com Has an article about chip temperatures, what's safe, stable, and what's not...

The AMD chips are definitely comsuming more power than the P133 (That's a given) My guess is that the generic 250's just weren't strong enough (Borrow someone else's bigger PS, and try it) Are there a lot of peripherals connected to the system? A lot of add-in cards? Maybe everything else in the...

2cooltek still stocks that copper 'GPU cooler&quot; which will knock the socks off a Blorb anyday. Also, Millisec Has a pretty swank little copper GPU cooler, and some numbers to boot. Remember though, that you will lose the PCI slot right underneath the AGP, so make sure you have enough...

I suggest you go get the new radiate program off overclockers.com, and see for yourself what works and what doesn't If you plan on overclocking, plan on spending the money. Generic and Anemic coolers just don't cut it at 1ghz+. With AMD's thermal loads approaching (and surpassing) 100 watts, if...

Anything below 1ghz - Alpha 6035 + any old 20cfm fan can be found for cheap. Anything above -splurge, don't skimp on a heatsink and fan. If you spend 200 bucks on a chip, be prepared to spend 40 bucks to keep it cool. If you fall into the latter category, I suggest a Thermalright SK-6. It...

http://www.overclockers.com/tips506/index02.asp http://www.overclockers.com/articles430 Those two articles should point you in the right direction. What speed is the processor? With thermal paste, you are trying to use as LITTLE as possible, no more. a paper thin coating on the cpu will...