NV Silencer 5

[Spike]

Man, you guys are going nuts over memory comparisons, I say.... who cares!?!?

6800GT/Ultra = fast with fast memory
X800Pro/XT/XT PE = fast with fast memory

Thats enough for me

-spike

 

[akira34]

MDE, I wasn't looking at prices, I was looking at the level the cards are promoted as. The 6800GT is billed as a competitor to the X800 Pro. The 6800 Ultra is billed as the X800XT killer. No sure what the 6800 Ultra Extreme Edition kills, except everything else on the field.

Spike, too true... Who gives a flying F which memory is a few MHz faster than the other. At the speeds we're seeing, you WON'T know the difference. I do know that going from the 9800 Pro I had before, to the 6800 GT was a MAJOR upgrade. I can only imagine what my next card upgrade will be like (12-18 months from now).

 

[MDE]

My entire point was that ATI uses the same RAM running faster without putting heatsinks on it. That's all.

 

[rise]

the hardest part for me installing the silencer was the damn clip to the fan connector. removing that sukked big time, i guess it was just me.

other than that, try to put out of your mind that you're voiding the warranty on a $350 card and enjoy the upgrade. as mentioned, my idle temps didn't really improve (low to begin with) but load is around 56 now and the noise is better.

used as5 on the gpu and the supplied paste on the ram.

 

[dgevert]

Originally posted by: Spike
Man, you guys are going nuts over memory comparisons, I say.... who cares!?!?

6800GT/Ultra = fast with fast memory
X800Pro/XT/XT PE = fast with fast memory

Thats enough for me

-spike

The intent was to get the naysayers to shut up about it so we could go back to talking about NV Silencer 5 installation.

 

[Spike]

Originally posted by: dgevert

Originally posted by: Spike
Man, you guys are going nuts over memory comparisons, I say.... who cares!?!?

6800GT/Ultra = fast with fast memory
X800Pro/XT/XT PE = fast with fast memory

Thats enough for me

-spike

The intent was to get the naysayers to shut up about it so we could go back to talking about NV Silencer 5 installation.

Ah gotcha. Well, as I said above, the installation went very well, no problems at all. I only wish it lowered my CPU idle temps by getting rid of some warm air, but it really did not. Ah well, no biggie, it is definitly quieter than it was before...

-spike

 

[akira34]

What are your GPU's idle temps like now? I see from about 40-45C at ilde with the AC item. I also used the thermal compound it came with...

 

[Spike]

My current idle temps for my 6800GT are 52-54 c as reported by the nVidia display panel. This is at speeds of 420/1100. The only real differences I noticed from adding the NV silencer is lower load temps (they hit 62-64 now and no higher instead of 68-72) and when I hit the button to detect optimal overclock, I now get 432/1140 instead of 428/1110.

I did us AS 5 so maybe I have to wait the 200 hours for it to "burn in" to see my idle temps drop even more. My case temp accorinding to my abit monitor is 27 c and the ambient according to the nVidia monitor is 38.

-spike

 

[akira34]

Yeah, let it 'burn in' and see what your temps go down to. Turn off the system for an hour or so and then power it back up. I've heard (someplace) that doing things like that could help the compound burn in better/faster...

My temps are with 0 OC... What are you using to OC your card?

 

[Spike]

Just using the coolbits registry edit. It's kinda nice to go into the nVidia tab, hit the detect optimal speed button, and see what speeds it says you can overclock to stabily. I have heard these are conservative estimates, but when it says my 370 core and 1000 ram can go to 432 and 1140, I am ok with that. I left it at 400/1100 for a while and now am at 420/1100 just for kicks. I don't know if it helps my gaming much at all, but it is kinda fun to have speeds past an ultra with a gt

-spike

 

[akira34]

Originally posted by: Spike
Just using the coolbits registry edit. It's kinda nice to go into the nVidia tab, hit the detect optimal speed button, and see what speeds it says you can overclock to stabily. I have heard these are conservative estimates, but when it says my 370 core and 1000 ram can go to 432 and 1140, I am ok with that. I left it at 400/1100 for a while and now am at 420/1100 just for kicks. I don't know if it helps my gaming much at all, but it is kinda fun to have speeds past an ultra with a gt

-spike

True... I'll have to try that out in my own rig once I've done the duct mod...

 

[Spike]

When you are ready just google for "coolbits registry mod" or something along that line. It is a simple addition to your registry that enables the built in overclocking tool to be displayed. It even gives you an official warning that you could damage your card and nVidia is not responsible yadda yadda. There are two simple slider bars for core and mem speed as well as different core speeds for 2D and 3D. I tried playing with underclocking 2D speed but I am not sure if it made any difference as core temps remained the same.

-spike

 

[contusion]

I was going to apply as 5 on the gpu and ceramique on the ram chips. Due to the design of the heatsink, the gpu didn't touch the heatsink surface correctly so the gpu shot up to 120 C when i turned it on. I quickly turned if off and swapped the as 5 with ceramique. Because the copper surface is so rough, you actually need to apply a relatively thick layer of thermal paste to the gpu as well as the ram chips. Also, tighten the four pins in an X pattern just a little each time. Make sure they're tight and if you're not satisfied, take your fingers and pinch the board where the gpu is positioned and the heatsink together (while the computer is off of course and preferably with an antistatic bracelet). My card now runs at 50 C idle as opposed to its original temp of 60 C.