well i guess you can, but bear in mind it's gonna make the card run at higher temps, and sometimes if you oc over it's limit it can spoil the card. can cause artifacts, or even worse, your card might not boot up at all..

i think if got bulk also not so cheap leh..rm350 wor..if it's 9600gt then maybe ok la..but 9800gt?? maybe the price is rm530..typo rm350..
sure many ppl go pczone ask for that card, see see not rm350..

3-way sli is only for high end models. i cant really remember which models exactly low end models like 8400gs do not have 3 way sli. they dun even have sli connectors on them. midrange models only have 2-way sli. unless it's done via software without connecting the sli bridge, then it's a different story.

my friend had a laptop with intergrated geforce 6150, it was running at 80+ to 90C when load. quite scary though. luckily it did not melt the parts inside. IMHO 56 idle and 65 load is still quite ok.

reminds me of my bro's biostar 7300gt. passive cooling, idle temp around 80+C, load temp can exceed 100C! dunno why it's super duper hot. tried various methods to improve airflow in the case, but i dont think it worked. after about a year or so using it, it died.

nope..cant find a fan that can suit the mounting holes. 3rd party heat sinks are overbudget..so just left it like that lo..good thing that it was a cheap card. if not sure sakit hati.

bah...maybe the next time when i face this prob again. the 7300gt is already dead happened some time ago, that time still din know much about cooling stuff.

This post has been edited by dlwl: Aug 21 2008, 08:35 PM

i guess it doesnt really matter vertical or horizontal. wat's important is the air is blowing pass the card, keeping the card cool.

usually the fan has 3-pins and it connects to the headers on your motherboard. if your motherboard don't have enough, usually when you buy fans they provide extensions with 4-pin molex which connects to the power supply. it's ok to just put the fan inside without attaching it to anything if you don't move your case. for me i usually put cable ties at 2 corners at least, just to secure it into position.

depends how many molex your psu have, but usually fans don't take up much power 3 or 4 is normal i guess. regarding the headers on mobo, depends on what type of mobo. some high end mobos got more than 3 or 4 fan headers. low end ones might have 2 at least. you might wanna limit the number of fans in your casing, you don't want your case to sound like a jumbo jet when it's on

you can always use the 9600gso for physx, and the 9800gt to render graphics...

shouldn't it shut down already at 15x C? IMHO usually the alert or shutdown temp is around 120+C...

yup..looks like the gts one..and the xfx cooler looks like 6800gt last time saw someone selling xfx 8800gt with this cooler last time, cant believe that it was a 8800gt. looks almost exactly like a 6800gt. asus the 9800gt name also so power, "ULTIMATE"..

if really rm350 i also run together with you to lyp d..

@Papermate123,
you wanna make your card faster in what way? mainly is thru overclocking.

yeah..waiting for crysis warhead..another game to tax the gpu kaw kaw...
mine too, dun hav much games now..and kinda bz with assignments also. so now either never play at all or play back some old games. not really old la..DoW, Assassin's Creed etc..

i would rather have less performance, than to have blue screens popping up at anytime when i play games. try reverting to the old driver as 016 said. you might not even notice the small increase in performance when using the new driver.

how much does it stress your gc? got as stress as benchmarks? tot of trying folding soon..haha

yours is not bad either ma..9800GT wor..still very powerful to handle everything you throw at it today

probably it's just another typo. sometimes pricelists have mistakes. should be rm530 i think.

yeah...maybe can grab 2 also..play SLI..