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Same overclocks as my 18112 score. I added some more optimized XP/VGA tweaks. :D

What kind of tweaks??? :)

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Same overclocks as my 18112 score. I added some more optimized XP/VGA tweaks. :D

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BTW: Nice score... Now you are #1 on your own list!!!!!

Congrats!!!

Thanks...my #1 position will probably be taken over next week. :( Though I'm back on top for now. :D

I'll PM the tweaks/mods to ya in a sec.

Thanks I got them!

Now I am modding my setup here... I have my trusty IR thermo to make sure the temps are not too hot :)

Hey Colossus, also try THIS. I've noticed around a ~40 point increase with older 3dmark scores. I didn't have enough time to do it with my 18330 score. :(

Good luck and may the overclock be with you. :)

if you wait for the 256mb radeon9800 pro, you may get around 23k marks! nice cpu speed, if you can get a 200fsb, thatll help greatly

Sorry but 2Mhz on the FSB would not make that much of a difference :)

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Hey Colossus, also try THIS. I've noticed around a ~40 point increase with older 3dmark scores. I didn't have enough time to do it with my 18330 score. :(

Good luck and may the overclock be with you. :)

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I dont think I am going to get by with this gpu volt mod. My core temps on the GPU is amazingly hot. Even with my blower, blowing 300cfm onto the heatsink :(

How do you remove the heatsink?

I grabbed my dremel and put on of those small cutting disks on there. Then I flipped the card over and very carefully went over the bottom of the push pins. The spinning blade was within acouple mm of the card. :eek: But I'm always careful so I never have any problems. After you cut the bottoms off theres tiny plastic rods in the middle of the push pins which keeps them intact. I then used a very thin screw driver(about 2mm thick) and push the rods through the card. After the rods are pushed through the pins come off easily.

It may seem difficult understanding what I just wrote, but you'll see what I mean after you graze the bottom of the pins off.

Wow, that seems pretty dangerous just for taking off the heatsink. When I took the heatsink off my brothers 9700, I just pinched the ends of the push pins and pushed themback through the holes. I pinched the ends with needlenose pliers, and I was done in about 10 seconds. :) One thing I noticed that I have been telling people to check with high 9700 temps (Coloosus, you should definitely look into this) is that their heatsink probably is not making flush contact with the GPU. When you take the heatsink off Colossus, you will notice there are some brackets that surround the GPU. You can pop these suckers off, and it will most likely drop temps conisderably, because those things seem to do more harm than good. So basically just get rid of those (a razor blade should do fine, just slide it underneath very carefully, and then pop them off) you can reseat the heatsink and it should be perfectly flush on the core. :)

Dude, I've tired so many times squeezing those push pins together with pliers. For some reason it just doesn't work while others like yourself state that its so easy. :mad:

Yeah, the dremel is dangerous, though I've got a steady hand. :)

I've cut the pins off that way with all of my video cards. If the plier method works by all means do it that way.

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Dude, I've tired so many times squeezing those push pins together with pliers. For some reason it just doesn't work while others like yourself state that its so easy. :mad:

Yeah, the dremel is dangerous, though I've got a steady hand. :)

I've cut the pins off that way with all of my video cards. If the plier method works by all means do it that way.

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I know you aren't a n00b but... You have to push the pin down on the other end first, so it is loose. Then you pinch the end with the pliers. That would be the only reason I could think of as to why it doesn't work for you. If you still have tried that and it doesn't work, I don't know what to say, bad luck I guess. :(