Watercooled R9700, pictures wanted.

petter · 06-10-2003, 03:54 PM

Hi all.
I am about to watercool my R9700Pro on both the vpu and the ram. But before I start, I would like to have a look at some other watercooled cards. I know that Bladerunner has made a set, but I cannot find the article on www.deviantpc.com, all the links I find are dead.
Is there anybody who can link me to some pictures of Bladerunners and other solutions?

petter · 06-10-2003, 04:02 PM

This should be the link:
http://www.deviantpc.com/articles/ati9700wc/index.shtml
But it links to the index of deviantpc.com.

BladeRunner · 06-10-2003, 08:29 PM

Think I've talked to the topic poster here by e-mail now, but for the record Deviant PC is gone, only the forums will remain. I'm updating my site atm and will have the Radeon 9700 pro article there with updates soon. I don't know of any other VPU & Ram water cooled 9700's and this could be because it is a harder card to watercool the ram on. This is mainly due to many surface mount components around the ram chips, and lack of any retention holes. If you know different however, please post links or pics here

petter · 06-11-2003, 02:29 AM

I think I figured out how to make the cooling of the card so that it is not to difficult to make and at the same time performence well.

I will post some pictures here when done, it will be a while though.

I am looking forward to surfing your site after the updates.

Overlag · 06-11-2003, 10:30 PM

atlantis waterblock 1

atlantis waterblock 2

very nice block....no need to remove shim.

BladeRunner · 06-12-2003, 04:50 AM

I'd hope any water block that is stated for use on Radeon 9xxx cards has shim avoidance in it's design. That Atlantis is nice but will pretty much not allow any form of ram water cooling, something petter wants as did I

Overlag · 06-12-2003, 08:44 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by BladeRunner
I'd hope any water block that is stated for use on Radeon 9xxx cards has shim avoidance in it's design. That Atlantis is nice but will pretty much not allow any form of ram water cooling, something petter wants as did I

i dunno, the barbs are high off the surface, and as you found with your ones, the ram blocks dont need to be anything specail flow rate wise, so im sure they could fit under them...

now if only i messured the height....

BladeRunner · 06-12-2003, 12:56 PM

I suppose it's possible, just easier to design a VPU block that is not in the way rather then further complicate the already more than complex enough ram block making for a 9700. With surface mounts all-round the ram and elsewhere along with no card holes it's not an easy one for ram blocks. My ram blocks are 10mm high, (barb hole size dictating the thickness on mine more than anything else), So If an Atlantis were used with a design like mine it would need to give minimum 10mm clearance once it has tubes on those barbs.

8-Ball · 06-12-2003, 04:26 PM

All good and well, but OCPC seem to have gone under.

8-ball

Overlag · 06-12-2003, 05:24 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by 8-Ball
All good and well, but OCPC seem to have gone under.

8-ball

OCPC will hopefully still make blocks, but wont be the front end shop, and will have resellers like tekheads (hope that isnt against rules here). it was just the shop side of things that went wrong for Jess, his blocks, and build quality of his stuff was great....

8-Ball · 06-13-2003, 04:34 AM

I'll admit they look nice, but the performance wasn't too competitive.

8-ball

TerraMex · 06-13-2003, 06:36 AM

>I'll admit they look nice, but the performance wasn't too
>competitive.

True, but sometimes being practical as it is, tipped the scales in their favour. Having a waterblock that takes alot of work to assemble (including taking out the shim) , but performes very good, versus a waterblock that you can mount in "1,2,3 presto", alot of people go for the second option.

And there arent that many GPU blocks supporting 1/2". At least in this part of the Atlantic

. Most stuff here is zalman, innovatek or aqua computer. And for my 1/2" system, that's a "no no".

06-10-2003, 03:54 PM	#1
petter Cooling Neophyte Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Denmark Posts: 16	Watercooled R9700, pictures wanted. Hi all. I am about to watercool my R9700Pro on both the vpu and the ram. But before I start, I would like to have a look at some other watercooled cards. I know that Bladerunner has made a set, but I cannot find the article on www.deviantpc.com, all the links I find are dead. Is there anybody who can link me to some pictures of Bladerunners and other solutions?

06-10-2003, 08:29 PM	#3
BladeRunner Cooling Savant Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Chesterfield Uk Posts: 459	Think I've talked to the topic poster here by e-mail now, but for the record Deviant PC is gone, only the forums will remain. I'm updating my site atm and will have the Radeon 9700 pro article there with updates soon. I don't know of any other VPU & Ram water cooled 9700's and this could be because it is a harder card to watercool the ram on. This is mainly due to many surface mount components around the ram chips, and lack of any retention holes. If you know different however, please post links or pics here __________________ Zero Fan Zone

06-11-2003, 10:30 PM	#5
Overlag Cooling Neophyte Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: Essex UK Posts: 21	atlantis waterblock 1 atlantis waterblock 2 very nice block....no need to remove shim. __________________ From Overlag AKA Adam Webb CPU:A64 3200\|2000 @ 2350mhz MB:Asus K8V Ram:512mb PC3200 Corsair @ 235 2-3-3-6 GFX:ATI 9700pro 357/337 Cooling:watercooled DD maze2-1 modded 20431

06-12-2003, 04:50 AM	#6
BladeRunner Cooling Savant Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Chesterfield Uk Posts: 459	I'd hope any water block that is stated for use on Radeon 9xxx cards has shim avoidance in it's design. That Atlantis is nice but will pretty much not allow any form of ram water cooling, something petter wants as did I __________________ Zero Fan Zone

06-12-2003, 12:56 PM	#8
BladeRunner Cooling Savant Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Chesterfield Uk Posts: 459	I suppose it's possible, just easier to design a VPU block that is not in the way rather then further complicate the already more than complex enough ram block making for a 9700. With surface mounts all-round the ram and elsewhere along with no card holes it's not an easy one for ram blocks. My ram blocks are 10mm high, (barb hole size dictating the thickness on mine more than anything else), So If an Atlantis were used with a design like mine it would need to give minimum 10mm clearance once it has tubes on those barbs. __________________ Zero Fan Zone

06-10-2003, 04:02 PM	#2
petter Cooling Neophyte Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Denmark Posts: 16	This should be the link: http://www.deviantpc.com/articles/ati9700wc/index.shtml But it links to the index of deviantpc.com.

06-11-2003, 02:29 AM	#4
petter Cooling Neophyte Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Denmark Posts: 16	I think I figured out how to make the cooling of the card so that it is not to difficult to make and at the same time performence well. I will post some pictures here when done, it will be a while though. I am looking forward to surfing your site after the updates.

06-12-2003, 04:26 PM	#9
8-Ball Cooling Savant Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Oxford University, UK Posts: 452	All good and well, but OCPC seem to have gone under. 8-ball __________________ For those who believe that water needs to travel slowly through the radiator for optimum performance, read the following thread. READ ALL OF THIS!!!!

06-13-2003, 04:34 AM	#11
8-Ball Cooling Savant Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Oxford University, UK Posts: 452	I'll admit they look nice, but the performance wasn't too competitive. 8-ball __________________ For those who believe that water needs to travel slowly through the radiator for optimum performance, read the following thread. READ ALL OF THIS!!!!

06-13-2003, 06:36 AM	#12
TerraMex Cooling Savant Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Portugal, Europe Posts: 870	>I'll admit they look nice, but the performance wasn't too >competitive. True, but sometimes being practical as it is, tipped the scales in their favour. Having a waterblock that takes alot of work to assemble (including taking out the shim) , but performes very good, versus a waterblock that you can mount in "1,2,3 presto", alot of people go for the second option. And there arent that many GPU blocks supporting 1/2". At least in this part of the Atlantic . Most stuff here is zalman, innovatek or aqua computer. And for my 1/2" system, that's a "no no". __________________ "we need more cowbell."

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