can a 6450 handle sims and wow at 1920x1080?

[TidusZ]

3 ideas for holding the heatsink on there, of which I've used all 3 in the past

cheapest - 2 heavy duty rubber bands
midlevel - buy some high temperature nonconductive glue (not expensive) at a hardware store and mix it with thermal paste and glue it on. let it dry for a day or so
money - Buy aftermarket cooler, accelero S1 works well and if you can find it, usually only like $20

I will say though that 4870 is one of the hottest running cards out there, second only to the dual 4870 on 1 card which can heat your house

 

[makken]

Trying to envision how the 2 rubberbands work, I might actually go that route if I can't get a good mount after trying to fix that bracket.

I'm hesitant on the glue idea mainly because the only point of contact is the die, and I'm not too comfortable having the die hold up a 2 lbs heatsink.

 

[makken]

its alive!

 

[nurturedhate]

that is great. the drilling method worked i assume then?

 

[makken]

Yeah, was able to drill right through the broken pins. Then it was just a matter of hammering the bracket straight and finding some screws and nuts that could fit.

I put on excess thermal compound thinking I probably wouldn't get a good mount, but it looks like it wasn't necessary. 57C @ load is the coolest this card has ever run.

Packaging and shipping this off tomorrow. Hopefully it survives the cross country trip =D

 

[nurturedhate]

57c at load? That is astounding on an 4870. Used to have a pair in xfire, even after reapplying thermal paste never saw anything below 75c

 

[makken]

was with the side of my case off, and I only ran a single haven benchmark with it to ensure it was working. but yea, im kinda amazed myself.