gigabyte gt

mike2h · Oct 19, 2004, 07:57 PM

card is installed & running at 400/1100. utility program says temp is 50c. very quite card. cooling is a heatpipe with what looks like a 40mm blue lit fan.
the only problem is the size of the heatpipe on top of the card. it is pushing on my swiftech nb cooler. i am hoping those al pins screw out of the base. take out 3-5 should fix it.
the heatpipes also protrude fairly far into the case-farther than leadteks gt setup- so if you have one of those zalman fan mounts you will have to move it around a little bit.
the card is a one slot solution.
just for s...s & giggles i used the oc optimise utility in the nvidia drivers. they came back with a 412/1132 oc. now being that that little prog tends to be on the consevative side.....
anyway a great card. as soon as i find something to stress it i will let you know.
actually think i am better off even if i had gotten the full leadtek gt.

Nacht · Oct 20, 2004, 02:32 AM

sounds like a winner to me

take apart the heat sync and put on some AS5 and ceramique...doing that alone lowered my temp 7 degrees, even when overclocked higher than before.

mike2h · Oct 20, 2004, 04:40 AM

ran 3d 2001 back to back. temp never went over 60c.
the heatpipe setup is a little tricky. think i will leave well enough alone for now.
besides gives me something to look forward too when this card starts to get 'slow'.

Oct 19, 2004, 07:57 PM	#1
mike2h DriverHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: norcal Posts: 6,483 Rep Power: 91 System Specs	gigabyte gt card is installed & running at 400/1100. utility program says temp is 50c. very quite card. cooling is a heatpipe with what looks like a 40mm blue lit fan. the only problem is the size of the heatpipe on top of the card. it is pushing on my swiftech nb cooler. i am hoping those al pins screw out of the base. take out 3-5 should fix it. the heatpipes also protrude fairly far into the case-farther than leadteks gt setup- so if you have one of those zalman fan mounts you will have to move it around a little bit. the card is a one slot solution. just for s...s & giggles i used the oc optimise utility in the nvidia drivers. they came back with a 412/1132 oc. now being that that little prog tends to be on the consevative side..... anyway a great card. as soon as i find something to stress it i will let you know. actually think i am better off even if i had gotten the full leadtek gt. __________________

Oct 20, 2004, 04:40 AM	Thread Starter #3
mike2h DriverHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: norcal Posts: 6,483 Rep Power: 91 System Specs	ran 3d 2001 back to back. temp never went over 60c. the heatpipe setup is a little tricky. think i will leave well enough alone for now. besides gives me something to look forward too when this card starts to get 'slow'. __________________

Oct 20, 2004, 02:32 AM	#2
Nacht ein Krieger Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Clemson Uni Posts: 3,127 Rep Power: 0	sounds like a winner to me take apart the heat sync and put on some AS5 and ceramique...doing that alone lowered my temp 7 degrees, even when overclocked higher than before.