It depends on the brand of ur gc.
For instance, Palit and Gainward do not allow it since there's warranty sticker on the backplate.
Other brands u can change back to stock cooler what...

This post has been edited by owikh84: May 23 2009, 07:46 AM

can use a hair dryer to slowly peel off the warranty sticker

I also prefer to set my GC fan to 100%, helps keep the chip cooler. silicon does degrade faster with prolonged heat exposure but then again it has a pretty long lifetime so it would probably only kaput when the GC is obsolete. But I would rather change the fan than having a dead GC

This post has been edited by BurgerRI: May 23 2009, 08:42 AM

hello guys i want to know whats the max stable 3d oc any of you while gaming using palit gtx 260 sonic core 216 55nm without voltage tweak and with voltage tweak for core/shader/memory

as its very cheap now for rm 630 so its under my considerations thanks in advance.

check gtx260 oc thread in overclockers united,most of them cn go beyond 720 on core

Not for me......

my card always spins at nearly 100% during load.

mm...wat is SLI?i see one XFX Geforce 9300 motherboard
quite interest can give some suggestion?

Geforce 9300 refer to integrated display.. if your need pc for home theater (watching movie) its suit u..
if u need for gaming.. u can do Hybrid SLI.. Mainstream setup..

This post has been edited by zoule HCo: May 23 2009, 08:28 PM

mean that u combine ur gc wif ur intergarted gc n u need to buy geforce gc to do that.

What u tell is not SLi...It is hybrid Sli...

yea.that is wat i mean .bibi,hybrid sli is gc n mobo.sli is gc n gc

hybrid sli basically means that when the dual GPU are idle it will be in an "off" state and will be switched over to geforce integrated graphics to save power

Err can u explain further bro? not really understand ur statement...

this link should explain further what is hybrid sli http://www.hardocp.com/article.html?art=MT...GhlbnRodXNpYXN0 ....its good for people that is running 2 graphics card....save powers during idle cause it is turned off

anyone use gtx275???
any comment about this card,either the pros and cons...
currently confuse to choose between the gtx260 or gtx275..

GTX275 is far more too expensive to compare to GTX260 but the performance is like 5% only.....performance over value ratio...GTX275 is not worth at all.

it is better to buy the gtx 260 since its quite cheap already and the performance difference between both graphic card u wont even notice....same goes to upgrading 4870 to 4890

that means gtx260 is more valuable in term of money we spend???
can i play recent games at 23" inch lcd with high settings with gtx260??
is it good enough without upgrade since i will not upgrade in 2-3 years..
sorry for asking too much...
thanx..

should be no problem hanging on for 2 or 3 more years,unless game developers go crytek way (if u know wat i mean ).

but if u have higher budget get the gtx285,will definitely last longer

well, i still think tat gtx 260 is better even though if u have $$ to buy gtx 285
when gtx 260 is no longer good to handle games, gtx 285 mostly near outdated tat time
so, go buy gtx 260

go for zotac 9600GT AMP nice card for budget people..lol