Some new scores .....
Today i finally managed to install the ATI Silencer 5 rev 2 on my x800 xl.
it took much head scratching and the use of a saw amongst other carpenter tools ( to cut-off some plastic protusions from the cooler) to finally get it right........phew. (not to mention i had to completely disassemble the m/c to level out the m/b tray properly, removing the nf4 cooler cover of the DFI ultra m/b etc...)
well the effort was worth it since i got a reduction of temperatures of about 25 ~ 30 C on load and about 10C at idle. (yup that is correct , conservatively speaking ....)
previously on running any gfx heavy program the temps used to shoot up to 80+C and on the ATI tool to find the max core etc it used to touch 90+ C.
After the installation of this cooler the temps never went above 54 ~ 56 C during running of any of these (below) tests and on the ATI tool finding max operations.
at idle the gpu temps is about the same as my cpu i.e. about 36 ~ 38C.
impressive cooler indeed ......
due to the lower temps i could overclock a bit more.
my new settings are
Core = 428mhz , previously core = 408 ~ 410mhz
mem = 545 mhz (1090) , previously = 528 (1056)
Cpu = 295 fsb (HTT)
System Ram = @ 5:6 ratio i.e. roughly @ 245 mhz 2-2-2-5, 1T , vdimm = 3.1V
3Dmark01 = 28,079 , my Previous High = 27,116
3D mark03 = 12,313 Previously = 11,839
3Dmark05 = 5660 , Previously = 5430
Aquamark3 = 78,503 , My Previous high = 77,194