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    I think my X1800 XT is melring

    Well with a temp after gaming of 96 degrees I should be, so lookes like it's time to ditch the stock cooler, any recomendations ??

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    Re: I think my X1800 XT is melring

    96º is a bit high. Highest I've seen is under 90º and I'm running with a modified profile to slow down the fans on the stock cooler to reduce noise (using ATiTool). How's the airflow in your case and have you checked for dust?

    For comparison, once the PC's warmed up my card idles at 68º at 22% fan speed.

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    Re: I think my X1800 XT is melring

    Accelero X2.. cheapest great cooler you can get for any X18/900 series card..

    dropped my old X1800XT from 60-85C to 40-65C
    Me want Ultrabook


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    Re: I think my X1800 XT is melring

    I've got a Lian Li PC7 + case, to be honest I guess with the stock fans in there, a system temp of 40 degress is perhaps a bit too warm so will have to get myself some decent fans in there aswell, probs get some Yate Loons or ambers in there aswell as the Accelero X2 that sawyen has recommended.

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    Re: I think my X1800 XT is melring

    Arctic Cooling S1, no fan should be able to handle an X1800XT, but if you strap your own 120mm with zip ties, performance will be outstanding.

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    Re: I think my X1800 XT is melring

    Quote Originally Posted by Behemoth View Post
    I've got a Lian Li PC7 + case, to be honest I guess with the stock fans in there, a system temp of 40 degress is perhaps a bit too warm so will have to get myself some decent fans in there aswell, probs get some Yate Loons or ambers in there aswell as the Accelero X2 that sawyen has recommended.
    System temp could be reading from your northbridge. My NB ('System' temp) of my DS3P sits at 40 most of the time yet my case, gfx card and CPU are relatively cool.

    Are you sure the gfx fan is increasing RPM when it gets hot?

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    Re: I think my X1800 XT is melring

    Yeah when the X1800XT fan speeds up you'll know about it. Noisy things they are.

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    Re: I think my X1800 XT is melring

    Quote Originally Posted by JIM_BOB7813 View Post
    System temp could be reading from your northbridge. My NB ('System' temp) of my DS3P sits at 40 most of the time yet my case, gfx card and CPU are relatively cool.

    Are you sure the gfx fan is increasing RPM when it gets hot?
    It's the noiseiest part of my PC, when it's going full tilt, you know about it. Eeveryone in the house can hear it when it's going.

    Going to order a the mentioned GPU cooler and some new case fans.

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    Re: I think my X1800 XT is melring

    I have an accelero x2 for my 1800xt. It dropped the temps and the noise. Only issue is it doesn't exhaust the air out of the case so make sure you have good case ventalation.
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    Re: I think my X1800 XT is melring

    After buying an X1950 Pro, and finding it was faulty I decided to grow a spine and take a screw driver to the X1800 XT. Spent an hour carefully taking it apart, cleaned out a really thick layer or dust that was under the copper fins in the gpu cooler itself, then cleaned the contact point on the GPU HS, put a fresh layer of thermal compound on, put the card back together, held me breath on power up and it span into life.

    Idel temps are 61 degree's now instead of 80, and it gets to around 73 when gaming, all this on the stock cooler and it's really quiet when gaming now, you don't hear it going full tilt like you used to

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