bikerdude on 20/8/2009 at 11:20
Quote Posted by Brian The Dog
That's a bit beyond my capability - I just plug the thing into my PC and expect it to work :D Underclocking seems to have solved the problems (no crashes over the past few days), so BIG thanks everyone! I will buy a nice shiny replacement card sometime in the new year when they've been reduced a lot (those GX275's look quite nice and just about in my price range)
what are the underclock values..for the core and mem.
Brian The Dog on 20/8/2009 at 15:11
400 and 600x2=1200
bikerdude on 20/8/2009 at 20:17
Quote Posted by Brian The Dog
400 and 600x2=1200
hmm your loosing loadsof performance, your core is running 150Mhz under stock. How did the search go for the receipt? have you contacted the manufacturer as yoiu may be able to get if fixed by them..
Brian The Dog on 21/8/2009 at 09:58
I found the receipt from Novatech, it was bought in October 2006, so is 34 months old. Palit say on their website to contact the retailer for RMA's, but on their US returns page they say they only will accept RMAs up to 24 months old. So it looks like I can't return it.
The 2 main games I play seem happy enough with it underclocked. You're right though, it is underclocked by quite a bit, this was just a first attempt to see if it would run. I will try moving it back towards the nominal speeds to see if I can get it to run faster.
bikerdude on 21/8/2009 at 22:39
Quote Posted by Brian The Dog
. I will try moving it back towards the nominal speeds to see if I can get it to run faster.
you really, really need to see if the thermal paste between the heat sink and gpu is intact - get a mate to check if dont feel comfortable doing it. Btw where in the Uk are you..?
Brian The Dog on 21/8/2009 at 22:51
London. I do have some spare Arctic Silver 5 left over from the PC build, (I'm happy enough putting computer bits together, but I've never taken the fan off a graphics card, is it straightforward?), so presumably I can use that as the thermal paste?
bikerdude on 22/8/2009 at 02:51
Quote Posted by Brian The Dog
London. I do have some spare Arctic Silver 5 left over from the PC build, (I'm happy enough putting computer bits together, but I've never taken the fan off a graphics card, is it straightforward?), so presumably I can use that as the thermal paste?
Dude, your close enough for me to come down to you and have a look at this card! or if you prefer you cam come upto me - I live just outside Watford, just of j20 of the M25... and yeahs its dead simple popping the heatsink of and cleaning the old paste and applying the AS5...
Brian The Dog on 22/8/2009 at 13:21
Thanks for the offer! I will have a look on the web on Monday to see how it's done. If I can't follow it, I may take you up on your offer.
