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Hi all
Does anyone know whether this card gets very hot or is noisy as I am considering it as an upgrade to a 3800+ rig (from 9800 pro)? I have a 525W hiper PSU but heat/noise is a big consideration and can get the card for £125 at the moment. Was considering a 7600GS or GT as an alternative.
Thanks
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My Old X850XTPE was quite hot, went upto around 75 degrees with the stock cooler at full load. I changed the stock cooler for a Zalman VF700-CU & this brought down the temps to under 65o under full load. The Zalman is also much quieter than the stock cooler but it still takes up 2 slots.
It would pull around 18AMPS under full load too, but I think the Hiper should be ok? I use a Hiper TypeR 580 Modular jobbie & this is fine.
I have just changed my 850 for a X1800XT 256. This card is even larger & runs hotter than the 850 with the stock cooler but after I put the Zalman on there it was down to around the same as the 850 in terms of heat & noise.
I can recommend the X1800 as it cost around £150 all in & gives me a score of 10K with 3DMark 05! The 850 was giving me under 7K.
Saying all of that, I think the 7600 would be both cooler & quieter if slower than both of the ATI's mentioned.
Scott
Thanks Scott for the detailed answer much appreciated!
I have a X850 Pro unlocked to 16 pipes and clocked to XT speeds running in my shuttle SFF system and that only has a 250watt PSU and it works fine.
Full-load recently with the hot weather has seen it reach 85 degrees but it only has a single-slot cooler whereas the real XTs I think use a dual cooling solution. You could boil and egg on it but since it doesn't artifact or crash so I don't care ;)