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    Graphic Cards Help regarding XFX 8600GT

    The exact card i have is: XFX 8600GT Fatal1ty silent OC Stock clocks: Core 620, Shader 1355 and mem 850/1700 New Clocks: Core 700, Shader 1465 and mem 960/1920 The card is fitted with 256mb samsung ddr3 temp now at idle is 32c and i can'g get any game i own to get it past 46c now with...
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    Graphic Cards Help regarding XFX 8600GT

    Hey Clown This Zalman i got on the card is nearly as big as the card with pipes, it is fairly cold in here a lot of the time too so my temps will rise with the better weather. i dont know where you guys live but if in a hot climate then it will have an affect surely. Stay Cool
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    Graphic Cards Help regarding XFX 8600GT

    i can send you a bios if u want to play with it? not sure if it will cause probs or just open up the card in some way i dunno stay cool
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    Graphic Cards Help regarding XFX 8600GT

    All i have done with my bios is save original using NiBiTor then up the clocks by 10mhz per flash then flash with new on boot floppy with nvflash stay cool
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    Graphic Cards Help regarding XFX 8600GT

    samsung chips on this one
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    Graphic Cards Help regarding XFX 8600GT

    lol i tried uploading a file rather than a pic and was too big pmsl here it is lol yeah it worked stay cool
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    Graphic Cards Help regarding XFX 8600GT

    hmmm i thought it uploaded lol here it is just after playing game so on cool down stay cool
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    Graphic Cards Help regarding XFX 8600GT

    Hey wot u sayin bout stalker lol haha yeah its bad but is a bad habit to get into also. I have now set cpu 250 in bios and ht is still x4 and ram still at 333. i just fitted zalman vf1000 and it idles now at 35c and that fur rendering thingy can only get it up to max temp of 45c. xfx8600gt...
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    Graphic Cards Help regarding XFX 8600GT

    Hey all I have took ddr400 down to 333 and ht multiplier to x4 and left the cpu in bios at 200, installed clockgen and gradually took cpu up to 250. has made all gameplay better except stalker. i have read that stalker is riddled with bugs and all patches and mods seam to mess the game up...
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    Graphic Cards Help regarding XFX 8600GT

    hi again guys i sorted my problem out, S.T.A.L.K.E.R!! i installed and patched it wrong and it has been causing me problems gallore as i have always re-installed it the wrong way. also one of the patches made it crash back to desktop on loading a saved game. I have also got one of the old pci...
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    Graphic Cards Help regarding XFX 8600GT

    haha love the posts in ere they're gr8 guys i cant hear anything now as i have my zalman fan in the front on my case and the one i took off the dual fan psu is now connected again but the lead is long enuff to fix it in the back of the case well besides the neighbours hearing what sounds like...
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    Graphic Cards Help regarding XFX 8600GT

    Hahaaaaa Well after reading all posts on here i decided to stick some arctic silver on my card and i broke off one of the aluminium studs that hold the heatsink on lol, i did a DIY on it and im back on it again phew, alsi stuck another case fan in front of case to get more air from front to...
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    Graphic Cards Help regarding XFX 8600GT

    That sounds like a good plan, i just booted 10 mins ago and idle is now 46. I love Zalman products as they just rock i got flower on north bridge and i plan to go with one on CPU but only if i dont upgrade to core2 in the future and will deffo be looking for Zalman for GPU. I have gone back to...
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    Graphic Cards Help regarding XFX 8600GT

    86c with fur set at 4x msaa for 60000ms score 603
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    Graphic Cards Help regarding XFX 8600GT

    I do plan to upgrade to core 2 duo in the future but at the mo i am happy with this rig playing STALKER n Call of Duty with the odd Racing game :cool2: