HD2900XT 1GB with Thermalright HR-03 R600....

ChaosMinionX · Sep 5, 2007, 04:05 AM

Opening results

pics to follow as well.....Idles at 35C

And ATI Control center clocked it to 890 / 1175 without it breaking 60C....more testing coming

-----Game testing to follow, and FUR rendering stuffs. I am waiting on my 92mm fan before I do anything big.

Rig in my sig, idles at 36C across the board

HD2900XT 1GB with HR03 R600 - Seated with Liquid Metal Pro

So far this thing frikkin rocks.

Will be testing Bioshock at max and testing heatout put.

EDIT: Some pics of it installed.

Dyre Straits · Sep 5, 2007, 04:21 AM

My jaw just hit the floor!!! Eager to see the upcoming benchmarks!

ChaosMinionX · Sep 5, 2007, 04:28 AM

MrSpock2002 · Sep 5, 2007, 05:36 AM

I hate you now. Don't bother coming over either.

ChaosMinionX · Sep 5, 2007, 05:48 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by MrSpock2002

I hate you now. Don't bother coming over either.

You will hate me even more when X38 intel based mobos drop this month, and another HD2900XT 1GB with HR03 gets plugged in

MrSpock2002 · Sep 5, 2007, 06:21 AM

How the fuck do you get the cash to do it? Christ I'm scrimping and scraping to make a decent DX10 Rig and find out I'll probably have to wait til Jan of 08 to do it... I want to cry now. Damn debt.. If only someone gave me a couple of G's...

The money I did have I blew... Bah.

ChaosMinionX · Sep 5, 2007, 06:24 AM

lol.... since June 2006... I have spent around 17grand with newegg... and another 3-4grand with 3rd party providers like sidewinder computers, NCIX, Tank Guys, Performance PC's, Frozen CPU, and Jabtech

Not sure, everytime I enter my credit card number, it seems to continue to approve it

MrSpock2002 · Sep 5, 2007, 06:37 AM

So what is this x38 busniss? I've been looking and now see DVD Drives are now mostly SATA... Sure wasn't that way for me back in the day. I was confident to build a new machine myself.. Figured I'd save cash etc. But now I doubt I'll do it unless I have you or someone else actually pick out all the parts for me on newegg heh.

ChaosMinionX · Sep 5, 2007, 06:42 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by MrSpock2002

So what is this x38 busniss? I've been looking and now see DVD Drives are now mostly SATA... Sure wasn't that way for me back in the day. I was confident to build a new machine myself.. Figured I'd save cash etc. But now I doubt I'll do it unless I have you or someone else actually pick out all the parts for me on newegg heh.

X38 is the new High Performance Enthusiast class Northbridge Chipset.

Its the successor to 975X, as the current P35 is the successor to the P965 chipsets.

Its going to be a beast with PCIE 2.0 and Dual PCIE 16x (full 16x link width)>>> If you want one of these, I would suggest waiting to mid september...

MrSpock2002 · Sep 5, 2007, 06:53 AM

PCIE 2.0 eh? Well this stuff will probably be all old news come January.

ChaosMinionX · Sep 5, 2007, 06:55 AM

Actually PCIE2 isnt even out

And Dual 16x PCIE is a first for intel chipsets.

MrSpock2002 · Sep 5, 2007, 06:56 AM

I did a search seems 3.0 will be out in 2009. Yeah I've been looking at the Intel boards on newegg, only 1 on there that supports crossfire... And I will be staying with ATI, as I myself am an ATI fanboi.

DarksideEE7 · Sep 14, 2007, 05:09 AM

Woa......that's awesome! I'm getting one as well. Where did you order yours? They don't have them at newegg yet. How is the clearance on the memory ICs? I have the 1Gb model as well.

X1800XTTOP · Sep 14, 2007, 10:32 AM

Awww still no one to buy here in sweden. I cant wait for my HR-03/R600.. and then finally my system will be noisless again. Miss my dear X1800TOP ^_^

Anyways, glad youre enjoying it, and those temps look great. Glad its that cool even in passive mode, wich is how im going to run it

procupine14 · Sep 14, 2007, 10:46 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by MrSpock2002

How the fuck do you get the cash to do it? Christ I'm scrimping and scraping to make a decent DX10 Rig and find out I'll probably have to wait til Jan of 08 to do it... I want to cry now. Damn debt.. If only someone gave me a couple of G's...

The money I did have I blew... Bah.

i was kinda curious all this time to be honest

lol

H3X4D3C1M4L · Sep 15, 2007, 06:37 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ChaosMinionX

Not sure, everytime I enter my credit card number, it seems to continue to approve it

That's the spirit!!!

**kris23** · Sep 15, 2007, 07:55 PM

man, i sooo want to see ur credit score right now...... how can you just buy all this stuff pretty much impulsively?

if ur gonna do something like that, buy me something! i always wanted to hold a real Core 2 Duo in my hands.....even if i couldn't use one...

well seriously, i hope ur fun don't end and you keep beefing up that rig of yours... keep the fun going man!

can that 2900 compare to an 8800GTX yet? u sure OCed it alot....

ChaosMinionX · Sep 17, 2007, 03:11 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by kris23

man, i sooo want to see ur credit score right now...... how can you just buy all this stuff pretty much impulsively?

if ur gonna do something like that, buy me something! i always wanted to hold a real Core 2 Duo in my hands.....even if i couldn't use one...

well seriously, i hope ur fun don't end and you keep beefing up that rig of yours... keep the fun going man!

can that 2900 compare to an 8800GTX yet? u sure OCed it alot....

No comparisons yet personally, but I will be posting new scores with X38 pretty soon and a different overclock with cat 8.0 whens its released , but I will be checking out Nvidias next offering

R700 shouldnt be too far off now either...hopefully its not the R600 repeat on waiting.

**Mousey** · Sep 17, 2007, 06:53 PM

*Drooooool*
I wonder if my fingers would melt if i prodded the Heatsink though?

Necrosis · Sep 17, 2007, 07:16 PM

Wow Chaos has groupies!

Quote:

Originally Posted by kris23

man, i sooo want to see ur credit score right now...... how can you just buy all this stuff pretty much impulsively? if ur gonna do something like that, buy me something! i always wanted to hold a real Core 2 Duo in my hands.....even if i couldn't use one... well seriously, i hope ur fun don't end and you keep beefing up that rig of yours... keep the fun going man! can that 2900 compare to an 8800GTX yet? u sure OCed it alot....

Quote:

Originally Posted by Mousey

*Drooooool* I wonder if my fingers would melt if i prodded the Heatsink though?

ChaosMinionX · Sep 17, 2007, 08:25 PM

They want to touch teh core2quad

**kris23** · Sep 18, 2007, 01:10 AM

QUAD CORE!!!

QUAD CORE!!

QUAD CORE!!!!

QUAD CORE!

QUAD CORE!!!!

QUAD CORE!!

QUAD CORE!!!!!!!!

yes i want to touch teh Core 2 Quad

, but man.... i cant afford it

ChaosMinionX · Sep 18, 2007, 01:27 AM

OT: But you can get really cheap quads now...check out the Xeon 3210 its a quad, and is fairly cheap.

Lelisevis · Sep 18, 2007, 08:12 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ChaosMinionX

OT: But you can get really cheap quads now...check out the Xeon 3210 its a quad, and is fairly cheap.

I agree, even the Q6600 is relatively inexpensive when you look back 6 months. It's a case of shopping around, I tend to wait for special offers and deals. The current system im running only set me back about £800-£900 and see's 15,000 in 3dmark 06, it's more of an investment as i'll get a few years from it then sell it on.
Buy the best you can now and make it last. Numerous smaller upgrades will cost you more in the long-run.

PangingJr · Sep 18, 2007, 09:13 AM

yea Q6600 is much cheaper now than before. E6850 price is seem to stay still at this time, but some of today batch E6850 seems quite better than when it first out.
i just haven't seen Q6700 at all.

Kazeko · Sep 21, 2007, 11:58 PM

So, Chaos, think you could give me you $.02 on this? I'd like to toss an HR03+ on my 8800GTX, but I"m thinking the NB HS/F will get in the way.

http://img464.imageshack.us/img464/7526/pict0007gn7.jpg

Think it'll fit with a fan on it?

ChaosMinionX · Sep 22, 2007, 12:18 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Kazeko

So, Chaos, think you could give me you $.02 on this? I'd like to toss an HR03+ on my 8800GTX, but I"m thinking the NB HS/F will get in the way.

http://img464.imageshack.us/img464/7526/pict0007gn7.jpg

Think it'll fit with a fan on it?

It shouldnt have any problem in that... looks like plenty of room even after the 25mm's needed for a fan. Figure the heatsink itself takes up no more room than 1 extra expansion slot, so it should fit in there, and the fan can always hang off a bit of the heatsink, but 100% it will fit one way or another.

If that doesnt work facing the NB, you can always reverse mount the HR-03 and have it take up some PCI slots if you dont need them. and if you do like for say a NIC or something, id suggest using that PCI-E 1x slot above your card.

Kazeko · Sep 22, 2007, 12:32 AM

Ordered. Let's hope there's no issues with that north bridge.

I just worry about how far above the card it sits.

It may come down to taking off the fan on the NB and let it be passively cooled (not an issue, it's at 29C with a semi-decent overclock on a hot day.)

ChaosMinionX · Sep 22, 2007, 12:52 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Kazeko

Ordered. Let's hope there's no issues with that north bridge.

I just worry about how far above the card it sits.

It may come down to taking off the fan on the NB and let it be passively cooled (not an issue, it's at 29C with a semi-decent overclock on a hot day.)

Make sure though, those 680i's tend to get really frikkin hot.

Chaosophy · Sep 22, 2007, 04:33 PM

ChaosMinionX, quick question if it's ok.

I've just fitted one of these and I'm a bit worried about something, wondered if you could check it on yours. Or if you or anyone else can shed some light on my issues.

Basically I want to know what the 'VDDC slave temps' are that ATi Tool can monitor?

Reason I ask is that prior to fitting the cooler these temps sat in the low/mid 90s when under stress before but now in fitting the HR-03 they shot up over 100 before I bottled it and stopped the test.

The only thing I can think is that I need to completely flood the square frame around the CPU chip with TIM as the old gunky stock stuff seemed to fill this space. At the moment I only put TIM on the top of the chip and the matching square on the heat sink.

thanks.

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DarksideEE7 DriverHeaven Newbie Join Date: Oct 2005 Posts: 13 Rep Power: 0	Woa......that's awesome! I'm getting one as well. Where did you order yours? They don't have them at newegg yet. How is the clearance on the memory ICs? I have the 1Gb model as well. __________________ HIS X1950 Pro 661.5/823.5 AMD 3800+ X2 @ 2.655 GHz Team Xtreem Cronus Micron Abit AT8 32X RD 580 Xpress 3200 Crossfire

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MrSpock2002 Because I said so! Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Watkins Glen NY Posts: 542 Rep Power: 0	How the fuck do you get the cash to do it? Christ I'm scrimping and scraping to make a decent DX10 Rig and find out I'll probably have to wait til Jan of 08 to do it... I want to cry now. Damn debt.. If only someone gave me a couple of G's... The money I did have I blew... Bah.

Sep 5, 2007, 06:37 AM	#8
MrSpock2002 Because I said so! Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Watkins Glen NY Posts: 542 Rep Power: 0	So what is this x38 busniss? I've been looking and now see DVD Drives are now mostly SATA... Sure wasn't that way for me back in the day. I was confident to build a new machine myself.. Figured I'd save cash etc. But now I doubt I'll do it unless I have you or someone else actually pick out all the parts for me on newegg heh.

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MrSpock2002 Because I said so! Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Watkins Glen NY Posts: 542 Rep Power: 0	PCIE 2.0 eh? Well this stuff will probably be all old news come January.

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MrSpock2002 Because I said so! Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Watkins Glen NY Posts: 542 Rep Power: 0	I did a search seems 3.0 will be out in 2009. Yeah I've been looking at the Intel boards on newegg, only 1 on there that supports crossfire... And I will be staying with ATI, as I myself am an ATI fanboi.

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X1800XTTOP DriverHeaven Addict Join Date: Feb 2006 Posts: 316 Rep Power: 0 System Specs	Awww still no one to buy here in sweden. I cant wait for my HR-03/R600.. and then finally my system will be noisless again. Miss my dear X1800TOP ^_^ Anyways, glad youre enjoying it, and those temps look great. Glad its that cool even in passive mode, wich is how im going to run it

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kris23 Going Insane..... Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Los Angeles Posts: 6,018 Rep Power: 131 System Specs	man, i sooo want to see ur credit score right now...... how can you just buy all this stuff pretty much impulsively? if ur gonna do something like that, buy me something! i always wanted to hold a real Core 2 Duo in my hands.....even if i couldn't use one... well seriously, i hope ur fun don't end and you keep beefing up that rig of yours... keep the fun going man! can that 2900 compare to an 8800GTX yet? u sure OCed it alot.... __________________ Hardwareheaven Super-Moderator Building a new computer system and not sure where to start? Click Here! last updated (5/18/11) Rosewill FUTURE case replaces CM 690 II with its greater interior length. Building a PC: Step by Step Guide Written by Kristopher Pedemonte and Nathan Marks-Forder Edited by Allan Campbell Questions or Comments? feel free to post them in the forums!

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ChaosMinionX USB 3 dot oh Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Boston, MA Posts: 1,911 Rep Power: 47 System Specs	OT: But you can get really cheap quads now...check out the Xeon 3210 its a quad, and is fairly cheap. __________________ ::Heatware:: How you can help DriverHeaven by using Digg!

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PangingJr Member Join Date: Mar 2003 Posts: 5,989 Rep Power: 71	yea Q6600 is much cheaper now than before. E6850 price is seem to stay still at this time, but some of today batch E6850 seems quite better than when it first out. i just haven't seen Q6700 at all.

Sep 21, 2007, 11:58 PM	#26
Kazeko DriverHeaven Lover Join Date: Sep 2007 Posts: 174 Rep Power: 0 System Specs	So, Chaos, think you could give me you $.02 on this? I'd like to toss an HR03+ on my 8800GTX, but I"m thinking the NB HS/F will get in the way. http://img464.imageshack.us/img464/7526/pict0007gn7.jpg Think it'll fit with a fan on it?

Sep 22, 2007, 12:32 AM	#28
Kazeko DriverHeaven Lover Join Date: Sep 2007 Posts: 174 Rep Power: 0 System Specs	Ordered. Let's hope there's no issues with that north bridge. I just worry about how far above the card it sits. It may come down to taking off the fan on the NB and let it be passively cooled (not an issue, it's at 29C with a semi-decent overclock on a hot day.)

Sep 22, 2007, 04:33 PM	#30
Chaosophy DriverHeaven Junior Member Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: London, England Posts: 41 Rep Power: 0	ChaosMinionX, quick question if it's ok. I've just fitted one of these and I'm a bit worried about something, wondered if you could check it on yours. Or if you or anyone else can shed some light on my issues. Basically I want to know what the 'VDDC slave temps' are that ATi Tool can monitor? Reason I ask is that prior to fitting the cooler these temps sat in the low/mid 90s when under stress before but now in fitting the HR-03 they shot up over 100 before I bottled it and stopped the test. The only thing I can think is that I need to completely flood the square frame around the CPU chip with TIM as the old gunky stock stuff seemed to fill this space. At the moment I only put TIM on the top of the chip and the matching square on the heat sink. thanks.