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bigben2k · 03-17-2006, 08:34 PM

I've been seeing many reports of much lower temps on video cards lately, when converting to water cooling. Sadly, overclocks aren't improving as much as they used to.

Good work, but I cringe when I see big metal objects (i.e. the back bracket) so close to uninsulated SMT components; a video card is so easily damaged.

I see that you removed the pads on the memory chips; looks like everything was built flush with the top of the GPU core. Do those ramchips run hot at all?

03-17-2006, 08:34 PM	#2
bigben2k Responsible for 2% of all the posts here. Join Date: May 2002 Location: Texas, U.S.A. Posts: 8,302	Re: X1600Pro 256 with AquaXtreme MP-1 GPU WB I've been seeing many reports of much lower temps on video cards lately, when converting to water cooling. Sadly, overclocks aren't improving as much as they used to. Good work, but I cringe when I see big metal objects (i.e. the back bracket) so close to uninsulated SMT components; a video card is so easily damaged. I see that you removed the pads on the memory chips; looks like everything was built flush with the top of the GPU core. Do those ramchips run hot at all? __________________ WBTA (Water Block Testing Alliance) Nordic Hardware WC 101