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MSI x1800xt 512mb $209!!!

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I bought one of these and if you peal off the MSI sticker on the HSF the ATI picture is there just covered up as this is the ATI card. It is not loud except at startup until the bios lowers the fan speed. Mine has never once run at full fan speed after booting. Fine card for the money! No complaints. It is big and heavy, naturallly. Comes with all the cables and accessories but no bundled games.
 
Originally posted by: SpaceHulk

I really like my X1900gt, they can be had for the same amount are only slightly slower in most games, but run slightly cooler, and it also supports sm 3.0
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i thought the x1900gt ran really really hot like ~70-80 because of it's weaker cooler... let me find out about that...


ahh here:
As you see, in the 2D mode the GPU frequency amounts to 500 MHz and its temperature is about 65 C. At the same time, the cooler is rotating at 2700 RPM. On running 3D applications, the GPU speed rises to 575 MHz, the cooler increases the rotational speed to 3500 RPM, and the temperature is rising up to as high as 85-86 C. A bit too much, but the system stability was not an issue, and the noise produced by the cooler rotating at this speed remained quite acceptable.
 
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