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Tweakmonster Rev. 4 "Standard"
RAMsinks
& Thermaltake Crystal Orb
Companies: Tweakmonster
/ HeatsinkFactory
Products: Rev. 4 "Standard" RAMsinks / Thermaltake Crystal
Orb
Street Price: 8 RAMsinks for ~$26 / Crystal Orb ~$13.99
Date Reviewed: May 6, 2002
Reviewed By: Vinny
Overclocking: (Cont)
The fastest I was able to get this card to go
with the stock cooling was 248MHz Core / 540MHz RAM. Note, this is only 8MHz Core
& 40MHz Memory over the stock speed, not too hot. So lets compare how
the stock cooling did against the modified card.
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OCed Speeds:
GPU-248MHz
Memory-540MHz |
Memory
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GPU
Core |
| Stock Card - IDLE |
46.4°C / 115.5°F |
61.3°C / 142.3°F |
| Stock Card - LOAD |
52.3°C / 126.1°F |
64.8°C / 148.6°F |
| Modded Card - IDLE |
42.6°C / 108.7°F |
57.1°C / 134.8°F |
| Modded Card - LOAD |
49.8°C / 121.6°F |
61.6°C / 142.9°F |
Now that I have all this new cooling on the video card I was able to push it
up to 258MHz Core / 565MHz RAM. I am sure I would be able to push it faster if I
had a bit more time to work with it, but sometimes time constraints suck that
way. I will be posting a follow-up on Overclockers
Forum after I get back from my business trip and take another shot at
getting her to go faster. With the added cooling that is 18MHz Core & 65MHz
Memory over stock speeds, OR 10MHz Core & 25MHz Memory over the previous
overclocked limit with the stock cooling.
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OCed Speeds:
GPU-258MHz
Memory-565MHz |
Memory
|
GPU
Core |
| Stock Card - IDLE |
N/A |
N/A |
| Stock Card - LOAD |
N/A |
N/A |
| Modded Card - IDLE |
43.9°C / 111.0°F |
59.8°C / 139.6°F |
| Modded Card - LOAD |
51.3°C / 124.3°F |
62.3°C / 144.1°F |
Conclusion:
Both of these products really do live up to their names. The ability to
squeeze that much more power out of my video card makes them definitely worth
the time and money. From the stock score of 8,191 3D marks, to a previous best
of 8,349 (+158 over stock), to a new high of 8,503 (+312 over stock / +154 over
prev. OC) I can say that I am definitely happy with the results. Plus with the
card running overclocked at its higher speeds, the temps are still just a
hair lower than they were when the card was running at stock speeds with the
stock cooling!
One thing to note, I have a 120mm fan mounted on the side of my case that
blows over the video card and PCI slots however I didn't turn it on while
running the tests because a lot of people don't have such cooling and it
wouldn't produce the same results. Obviously with this fan on keeping things
chilled I hope to gain a few more MHz out of the card.
Gamers & Overclockers alike will definitely want to get their hands on a
set of these to cool their video cards (if you don't already use them of
course). And to help make that dream come true the Tweakmonster is sponsoring a
giveaway contest! Winner gets a brand new set of RAMsinks...either the Standard
or BGA version! Head on over to the **Contest Page for
details** on how to enter and win!
**Contest!** **Contest!**
**Contest!**
For the Average User - 6 of 10
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