[DVL73]

Originally Posted by migueld

Hey nice candy picts, looks like you've done your homework on what's sexy out there .

Thank you very much

Originally Posted by migueld

I don't think a PA120.2 will do a significant difference on your rig, especially since you have a t-balancer and an external rad set-up.

Few days ago, I upgraded to X1900XTX + EK (as shown in the pics). Here are the temps:



This graph represent the 3DMARK06 benchmark session, probably most stressful session the card may have. That pause (lower temps) you see in the middle of the graph is during the 3DMARK06 CPU stress tests (GPU is not used).

I guess it's just about OK especially because radiator fan is really not even pushed to the 25% - 30% and pump is at around 70%. Also, X1900XTX AS ceramique thermal paste have to settle down a bit ... so let's 7-10 days until it's working in full swing. At the end, I'm still 4*C - 5*C above the previous temps, because of the new coolant and reservoir placement (pump is working best when there is direct inlet, no res in between) - still have to investigate and confirm this. So, let's say that in warmish room ... it would be around 43*C - 45*C ideally if I didn't change my previous set-up. Only thing which could bring (possibly) another 3*C - 4*C off is Thermochill PA120.2 (2xfan) radiator. However, not really keen to upgrade because of the few degress less. I'm perfectly happy now, especially because the system is almost noise free.

In that sense, I may safely conclude that EK waterblock is cooling the X1900XTX on the almost same level as my old 7800GTX and that is very good - as X1900 is generating really plenty of heat.

I still didn't overclock the card. I will let the card burn-in and settle on the stock speed and then I will try to experiment with the clocks. This is my usual practice - as I don't like to torture any hardware from the flash start.

Here is the X2 3800 @ 2.6/1.5V CPU stress session:



I was running two instances of Prime95 (for both cores) for about 15min.

Originally Posted by migueld

Regarding the t-balancer or miniNG, I'm curious, how hot does the miniNG get when running the DDC at lower voltages?

Didn't have any particular problems and it's running for almost 6 months now. miniNG does get warmish, but it's definitely not on the problematic level.

Originally Posted by migueld

I have a bigNG and I haven't had luck with the D5 nor DDC 18w with regards to temperatures since the bigNG reaches 50+ degrees C which bothers me quite a bit.

You haven't had luck in controlling the pumps or you are just worried that bigNG may overheat ?