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arctic silencer memory overheat :(

tuxy · 2004-05-08 21:40:21

ok i recently got a artic silencer for my radeon 9800 pro before i got this i had the memory overclocked from 336 to 365 since getting it i have to underclock the memory to 320 to stop getting bad artifacts :( im able to push the core alot furter and im very happy with that but what good is it if my memory has to be…

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08-05-2004 10:40pm

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tuxy

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ok i recently got a artic silencer for my radeon 9800 pro
before i got this i had the memory overclocked from 336 to 365
since getting it i have to underclock the memory to 320 to stop getting bad artifacts
im able to push the core alot furter and im very happy with that but what good is it if my memory has to be underclocked

has this happened to anyone else, have i done something wrong?
would memory heatsinks help

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#2 09-05-2004 2:56am
Sir Random

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How long have you had the card?
Tbh, it doesn't sound good if you have to underclock your ram. I'd try replacing the stock cooling and see if that helps, although I can't really see how a VGA cooler could affect your ram this way.
Did you ever push your ram past it's limits? (benching with artefacts)

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#3 09-05-2004 4:23am
tuxy

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Originally posted by Sir Random

Did you ever push your ram past it's limits? (benching with artefacts)

no the first time artifacts showed up was when i replaced the stock cooler

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#4 09-05-2004 4:30am
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Firstly are you you secured the silencer well to the card? Secondly what type of compound did you use? I read somewhere it takes a few days for certain compound to kick it. Maybe thats your problem. Just a stab in the dark.

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#5 09-05-2004 5:12am
tuxy

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Originally posted by neokenzo
Firstly are you you secured the silencer well to the card? Secondly what type of compound did you use? I read somewhere it takes a few days for certain compound to kick it. Maybe thats your problem. Just a stab in the dark.

yes im sure i have no problem overclocking the core now
its just the memory i have trouble with

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#6 10-05-2004 9:16pm
Adeptus Titanicus

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You could stick some small heatsinks to the RAM. Sir Random was going to do this (here) , but I don't know how he got on in the end.

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