maybe because the stock fan aint much of a cooler?
seriously if u need to lower more temp u need much more powerful cooler, aka aftermarket cooler.

even with my rig--> see signature;
I can oc until 14k only. lazy to tweak it up atm.
even with 14k I'm quite satisfied.

Zotac amp was my dream gc before. after went to LYN, no stock so dont have much choice terpaksa angkat gigabyte. but now Im glad I did. Not such a bad card.

Looks nice but in contra of my theme.

wah, 2 weeks but never try to see the capabilities of the system?
Just get rivatuner and monitor it while playing. should only takes u 2-5mins only.

Zotac amp is suppose to be better because of the memory speed (2000Mhz) compared to Gigabyte (1900Mhz)
But still, you won't notice its differences in gaming. Only in benching.

Hmm..I didnt check my card is using what chipset..
must be qimonda based on kaiser_falco's talk.
how bout if I put memory heatsink on it? will it be better?

well, I just OCed the proc. The GC I left as what it is on factory overclocked. from 2.4Ghz to 3.2Ghz. Scored 14k. pretty good already. no need for supreme OC.

hehehe...
its because you need to monitor the temp while load. Might as well do it while playing games like crysis. see how cool@hot this card can get.

do update on the card's capabilities and performances here.

damn this evening was so hot, my rig shutted off during crysis >_<
perhaps the temp reaches 100 degrees last I checked it reached 82.

it's getting hotter these days. Gonna find some supplemetary cooling for my baby here. Poor her..already have a fever

EDIT: Just finished Crysis my 2weeks old rig!! Damn love the ending scene that was not lagging at all

This post has been edited by alexandros_18th: Jan 22 2008, 09:02 PM

it seems that gigabyte card can't use rivatuner to set the fan speed. That's what ppl talked before and I also didnt notice any changes from the fan speed ingame.

details very high on 1280x1024. didn't check the fps but its quite smooth. i say it should be 28-30fps.
hmm..omega again? I will only try it once there are good reviews for it.

If I enable AA the performance will drop few fps.
I turned off AA for best fps.

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Added on January 23, 2008, 4:46 pm@blurjoey, use the hardware monitoring in riva tuner. after u opened it, play a high performance games like gears of wars @ crysis, then after somewhile minimize n look at the temperature.

This post has been edited by alexandros_18th: Jan 23 2008, 04:46 PM

The OSD is quite ugly
I'll stick to minimizing my apps. Won't affect me after all.

voltage control chip? what's that? First time hearing it.

what about the temp bro?

Welcome to the club then