thats y la i'm aiming for new PSU this new year...
have to find PSU which can support my new gc...me using crappy PSU...

This post has been edited by rainingzero: Nov 19 2007, 07:04 PM

Well yeah, if you koyak any warranty stickers while you're opening it.


Btw, about the rams, we'll have to do it sometime next week, I'll be in KL whole of this week, family trip.

And 8600GT is no longer 'just on par' with 7600GT with current drivers. Its almost as good as a 7900GS/x1950pro even at stock GT speed (only lag behind a bit), and it can easily be set to 8600GTS speed as long as the core is running on the same voltage (nothing a little hard modding can't fix, if lucky even pencil trick is enough)


No point, you can overclock a 8600GT to GTS easily. Only catch would be the a bit more cooling, set to the same core voltage and have memory chips same as GTS spec. Cards without PCI-E aux power connectors might need a little modding for enough power, but thats about it. GTS for almost RM150 cheaper.

X1950pro doesn't take up much power bro.. comparing it with a X1900XTX is like comparing a superclocked Barton with a typical medium clocked A64. Mine barely goes beyond 60C (on stock la, overclock is about 5-7C higher), and yet its fan is the quietest one in my system.

I can fix that..as it is I already mess around with his PSU quite a bit. Gonna mess around with mine soon.
Btw that connector is still acceptable for graphics cards taking 60-80W or less, more only it starts to become an issue. The voltage drop is usually not that bad unless the connector is FUBAR.

This post has been edited by lohwenli: Nov 19 2007, 07:20 PM

but it still stress more than originally come pcie connector right?

yeah, this week also cannot. really busy. dunno next week also...

i thought there are hardly seen 8600gt which using same chips as 8600gts?? coz most of 8600gts using 1.0ns and 8600gt would be 1.2ns....
the oc-ability between these two chips pretty obvious....

Depends on how much current is drawn by the card. 60-80W is only 5-7A or so, and is actually a bit less since some of it is drawn through the PCI-E, so that much is ok. More than that would result in a voltage drop due to the resistance of the connector. I wouldn't really call it stress, but with high currents small changes in the resistance (like if the connector becomes loose), the voltage may drop all over the place causing the graphics card hang. But seriously, this is usually the least likely of graphic card problems, other issues are far more likely.

You'll be surprised. There are a few manufacturers which try to be funny. Ask @meno, he found one such case (Colorful).

u means the colourful 8600gt UE??that gc was awesome man...its 8600gt, but clocked at 8600gts...

This post has been edited by rainingzero: Nov 19 2007, 10:16 PM

u bro lohwenli
anyway,i see there is a forumer hioon pm me regarding ur crucial,hami kangtau?

First time oc... so happy (actually I dunno where to post, so spam here).
Still learning, hope all the oc korkor and oc meimei (Ace ) will teach me more skilllllz.

hey everyone,
worth or not go for DDR2 1066mhz?
hand itchy again,
thinking to sell of my tracer 800mhz 2gb,
and get 1066mhz 2gb ^,^

reason for sales,
1. higher clock
2. tracer heat up my casing
3. dun really need the bling bling effect coz lazy to play bling bling and modding already

u wanna higher clock?? oc it...
does tracer really produce significant heat??must be really hot...??

even i use at stock also hot,
coz the led and the white led down there,
my old mobo ram slot also degraded colour,
u can imagine normally wat is the temperature...

i could clock it till 1066mhz without a problem,
but the main problem is hot,
wana go futher,
and dun really think to get ram cooler for this baby

This post has been edited by cschun86: Nov 19 2007, 11:08 PM

oic...someone said b4 it caused by the LED controller??

yalo...live outside more syok la

ya... i'm not so active as before, so you guys forgot me is normal la...

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Added on November 19, 2007, 11:18 pmwhat is the vdimm for you to oc the ram up to 1066mhz?

This post has been edited by gsan: Nov 19 2007, 11:18 PM

I set it at 2.2V to OC it to 1066mhz,
didnt test it out at lower voltage yet...

ic... higher vdimm mean more heat generated.

yep. i understand,
also know tat the air flow of my case is not tat good,
coz i already close the front panel one
now the situation even worst,
the entire casing heat up more after add the fire dragon 8800gts into it...
just notice the system temperature raise till 46'C...
46'C at all stock speeD >.<"

This post has been edited by cschun86: Nov 19 2007, 11:30 PM

lol...time to go for water cooling

hah... case could not fit in anymore,
have to change case b4 go WC lol,
but I am the kind tat lazy check always,
even my rig is cleaning each 4 months lol...

icic... so which casing you looking for? ah lian?

last time my housemate got ah lian V2000+ and TJ07 in hand,
and he wana let go one of them,
at last, didnt go for any of them,
bought a 2nd hand 8800gts indeed,
coz could sell me 7600gt at RM300 at last 2 week.

if wana change case,
might go for V2000+ black lo,
coz the case got roda, and air flow are better than TJ07.
but the TJ07 are better in design, very tempting too