My 4600

[mystifmagic]

I finally put the finishing touch on my MSI Ti4600 (only took a few months).

http://www.actvsdei.com/~mystif/images/4600%20front.JPG

http://www.actvsdei.com/~mystif/images/4600%20back.JPG

I bought the ramsinks before the BGA tweakmonsters came out (I might grab some of those), and the cooler is the CoolJag 1U. I will see how high I can overclock tomorrow. Enjoy :)

[TAZTG]

How long have you been working on it? (Few mths), What have you been using in your computer during that time? Looks good hope it OC's as good as you expect.:)

[epik_x]

I rigged a better fan on my 4600 also, even so I still could not go over 325mhz for the gpu....hope thats not the case with you.

[mystifmagic]

Originally posted by TAZTG
How long have you been working on it? (Few mths), What have you been using in your computer during that time? Looks good hope it OC's as good as you expect.:)

I have been using it for a few months, just with the ramsinks and stock cooler. I am able to pull off 336/776 with just the stock cooler and the ramsinks. I am hoping for a higher core overclock now :)

[Ashpool]

You do know to exercise caution with those BGA chips, right? Those things can get pulled off pretty easy from what I've seen.

[mystifmagic]

Originally posted by Ashpool
You do know to exercise caution with those BGA chips, right? Those things can get pulled off pretty easy from what I've seen.

Yes I know very well; in fact I have already removed mine twice ;)

[tYteaZzAzN]

mmmm tasty :D that's one sweet gf4 you got there drew ;)

[CrawlingEye]

Very nice, mystif. That's exactly what my ti4600 is going to look like. I didn't know you were thinking of the jag1u.

How does it work?
I'm probably going to get it and replace the fan (since it uses a 60mm) with something that's at least 30CFM. :)

[pudad]

you seen Tu2's gpu hsf, it is pretyy massive. Great job mystif!!!!

[mystifmagic]

Originally posted by CrawlingEye
Very nice, mystif. That's exactly what my ti4600 is going to look like. I didn't know you were thinking of the jag1u.

How does it work?
I'm probably going to get it and replace the fan (since it uses a 60mm) with something that's at least 30CFM. :)

With the stock cooler I could not hold my finger on the back of the GPU under load for more than 10 seconds. So far my record is an entire 3D mark run without getting very warm at all; I am very impressed with this cooler.

Newegg doesn't have the one I bought anymore (they took it off after I bought mine), the have this one now;

http://65.119.30.151/productimage/35-114-101-03.JPG

It's basically the same thing.

I would put a larger fan on it, but frankly the stock one does a darn good job as is, plus I need one of the two PCI slots it would block. Good Luck :)

Edit: Side note; The fan on mine and the new one are 19Cfm fans.

[CrawlingEye]

I don't intend on anything huge, even a Vantec Stealth 60mm would be a step up from that, I believe.

Something relatively small but efficient.

I'm glad it works well for you, I'll definitely get one then.

Plus, I'm not concerned with newegg. I didn't even know they had them there. :) I had planned on going to www.1coolpc.com

By the way, mystif, how much more of an OC did you get out of it?
(old OC vs new OC?)

[mystifmagic]

Originally posted by CrawlingEye
By the way, mystif, how much more of an OC did you get out of it?
(old OC vs new OC?)

Old overclock was 336/776 at 166Mhz FSB and 326/746 at 195Mhz FSB (due to lack of AGP voltage adjust). I have not overclocked it yet since I have installed the CoolJag; I will probably get a chance tonight when I go for 2Ghz :)

[CrawlingEye]

Good luck, and let me know how it works out. :)

[LAG]

Man, am I jealous! I can only get 310/730 out of my gainward! These things were supposed to be killer o/cers but as it turns out, they aren't or I got a bunk one. Don't get me wrong, its still faster than crap, but it sure would be nice to see some of the speeds you guys are getting out of yours. I don't think I'm willing to swap out the hsf/ramsinks either. I've noticed that you don't get a whole lot of gains in 3dmark from o/cing them either, maybe a few hundred points, and I'd bet you wouldn't see a ton of framerate jumps either.

[CrawlingEye]

:eek:

Mystif's only at 1.7GHz and nearing 13k. Granted, it's an AXP, but even the 1.9GHz one's have trouble reaching 15k or so, so I'd consider his v/c OC very good and showing 3dmark point increases.

:)

[mystifmagic]

Originally posted by CrawlingEye
:eek:

Mystif's only at 1.7GHz and nearing 13k. Granted, it's an AXP, but even the 1.9GHz one's have trouble reaching 15k or so, so I'd consider his v/c OC very good and showing 3dmark point increases.

:)

My current score is with the 28.XX drivers, which suck; I need to try the 40.XX drivers.

I am quite confident I can get well over 13K with my righ, the only way I could get up in the 14K range is if I had AGP voltage adjust, even then I can only guess (I have been complaining to Epox about that).

[pudad]

Originally posted by LAG
Man, am I jealous! I can only get 310/730 out of my gainward! These things were supposed to be killer o/cers but as it turns out, they aren't or I got a bunk one. Don't get me wrong, its still faster than crap, but it sure would be nice to see some of the speeds you guys are getting out of yours. I don't think I'm willing to swap out the hsf/ramsinks either. I've noticed that you don't get a whole lot of gains in 3dmark from o/cing them either, maybe a few hundred points, and I'd bet you wouldn't see a ton of framerate jumps either.

Gainward has better ocing GF3 vcards.

[CrawlingEye]

Originally posted by mystifmagic


My current score is with the 28.XX drivers, which suck; I need to try the 40.XX drivers.

I am quite confident I can get well over 13K with my righ, the only way I could get up in the 14K range is if I had AGP voltage adjust, even then I can only guess (I have been complaining to Epox about that).

Definitely. I can't wait to see what I can do with one of these. :)
I'll need to go full-on with my rig though (meaning, new psu, custom ramsinks complete) and I may have a good chance of 15k with the new drivers... :)

I'm just hoping I get as good of results from the ti4600 as I got with the R8500. :p

Anyway, good luck at hitting 14k. (push by the 1000's, not 100's. :p )

[mystifmagic]

Originally posted by CrawlingEye

I'm just hoping I get as good of results from the ti4600 as I got with the R8500. :p



You will be very pleasantly surprised ;)

[Exec]

First of all - really neat mod there, mystifmagic. How did you attach the cooler, with epoxy?

I'm doing similar mod with my Ti4400 but with the 313C cooler. The only problem with 313C is that you can't use the original cover unless you use 1cm thick fan, anything higher and the cover doesn't fit anymore. I'm planning to use the stock fan with 5V, so it isn't an issue really.

[mystifmagic]

Originally posted by Exec
First of all - really neat mod there, mystifmagic. How did you attach the cooler, with epoxy?

I'm doing similar mod with my Ti4400 but with the 313C cooler. The only problem with 313C is that you can't use the original cover unless you use 1cm thick fan, anything higher and the cover doesn't fit anymore. I'm planning to use the stock fan with 5V, so it isn't an issue really.

Thanks ;) Just normal AS Epoxy mixed with a bit of AS3 so I can take it off later on if need be.

Why are you going to run the fan at 5v? At 12v the fan is extremely quiet.

[Exec]

I tried at 12V, but it was a bit noisy. At 5V it was silent and still pulled a lot more air than the stock cooler, so I was quite happy with it ;)

[mystifmagic]

Originally posted by Exec
I tried at 12V, but it was a bit noisy. At 5V it was silent and still pulled a lot more air than the stock cooler, so I was quite happy with it ;)

Let me know how it turns out :)