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Geeky1
6 Jul 2003, 6:55am
12079 in 3dmark2001se. Not bad for a 2-year-old card (Radeon 8500 64MB DDR)

I managed to get the 8500 up to 326.5MHz core and 303MHz RAM (:eek: ), and the 2500 was @ 3070MHz :wow:

Of course this required rather, ah, insane cooling... ;)

4 120MM fans mounted in window blowing cold air into room across exposed components, Delta 7K rpm 60x38mm on R8500 w/copper 1u heatsink, 119cfm Vantec Tornado cooling video RAM, 2 Comair Rotron Major DC 6.75x6" fans, a SLK-800a, and a Tt SmartFan2...

Pix of cooling

//EDIT; I THINK I typoed the cpu speed- I'm pretty sure it was 2.37GHz :rolleyes2 :shakehead
Geeky1
6 Jul 2003, 6:57am
CPU, Video cooling
croc_
6 Jul 2003, 6:58am
LMAO, nice work. :D
profdlp
6 Jul 2003, 7:04am
Hey, you could give helicopter rides in that rig!:D


Prof
Geeky1
6 Jul 2003, 7:21am
Prof;
It's probably not a good idea to give me ideas... I'm at home, by myself, with a box of tools, a soldering iron, wire, heatshrink, and 50+ fans... someone may end up getting hurt... :D
mcwc
6 Jul 2003, 7:58am
All that without ramsinks:wow:
Impressive!!! Now, I just need some money...
Geeky1
6 Jul 2003, 8:16am
MCWC, I took the RAMsinks off because they simply didn't work. I got the exact same oc with them that I did without them. However, I used the themal tape that came with them, so I'm thinking that that was part of the problem. Eventually I'll get around to gluing them on with Arctic Alumina, but I'm lazy, and I don't feel like doing it right now :D
Thrax
6 Jul 2003, 9:55am
And once again, Geeky proves that RAM sinks are worthless.

That said, they look cool.
gibbonsl
6 Jul 2003, 10:20pm
my god that had to sound like an wind tunnel
danball1976
6 Jul 2003, 10:50pm
Whats the lava lamp for in the back ground? Is it to show how warm it can get in that area? ;D :p :D
Geeky1
7 Jul 2003, 1:52am
:rolleyes: it's there because I'm too lazy to clear off my desk to take pix of the computer...
RWB
7 Jul 2003, 2:23am
Damnit... I will forever miss those days when I had my computer like that on my bed, floor, TV stand, a box I found outside, a stack of books, in my damned lap like a baby!

I will forever miss being able to buy a whole new PC every month, or at least being ableto upgrade half the machine at a time.

I will of course miss the money I had back then also :(

BUT I SHALL ALWAYS REMEMBER THE FUN I HAD!
Geeky1
7 Jul 2003, 7:17am
That comp's out of it's case 'coz I'm in the middle of modding it because frankly, it sucks. It's an Antec SLK-3700AMB. Does just fine for stock computers, but even with 2 90cfm 120mm fans, it can't handle an OC'd 2500...
WuGgaRoO
11 Nov 2003, 6:40am
praise to geeky1 for an excellently nutzy mod job
mmonnin
11 Nov 2003, 6:50am
I have gotten higher with my Radeon 8500 LE 64mb. Not clocked nearly as high tho. I didnt have CPU OCed as high when yo first made this thread.
Geeky1
11 Nov 2003, 7:18am
mmonnin:

Spoilsport. :D
keto
11 Nov 2003, 7:48am
nice job would you prefer a chocolate chip or a ginger snap? ;)

I'm moving both my systems from the far side of the office to beside the window tomorrow, should be worth a few MHz on both teh P4 and the AMD.
SimGuy
11 Nov 2003, 12:49pm
Moved To Benchmarking Forum :)

3000 MHz?! OMFG Well done. :eek2: :eek2:
mmonnin
11 Nov 2003, 2:01pm
Hold on a sec. Mine was at min settings. I am guessing yours is at default. No way am I going to do better with a slower cpu, slower chipset, and slower clocked card. I only get like 10k then.
edcentric
11 Nov 2003, 2:23pm
Nice case.
Hardcore lives, and its name is Geeky1
Geeky1
11 Nov 2003, 5:26pm
Simguy, like I said in the edit... I'm near-positive that was a typo. There's no way a 2500 could hit 3GHz.