Overclocking 9800Pro, worth getting RAM Heastinks?

SouperComputer

Picked up a 9800Pro over the weekend with an arctic silencer, which I must say I am very impressed with.

Its clocked at 420 core and 360 RAM (378, 338 default) right now.

Just wondering if these give an appreciable performance gain with RAM speeds?

ATM the case it is setup in could do with more ventilation, but still I think the RAM should go further.

Are there better heatsinks that I could get? Perhaps copper ones?


[edit] what about these? €11 to ship is a bit pricy tho, even if the are copper! [/edit]

conzy

Touch the ram while its running at full load, If its warm there is no point in getting ram sinks, if it is very hot, ram sinks should help, but I doubt they are worth ~€10 as you might get another 10mhz..........

BadCharlie

SouperComputer wrote:

Picked up a 9800Pro over the weekend with an arctic silencer, which I must say I am very impressed with.

Its clocked at 420 core and 360 RAM (378, 338 default) right now.

Just wondering if these give an appreciable performance gain with RAM speeds?

ATM the case it is setup in could do with more ventilation, but still I think the RAM should go further.

Are there better heatsinks that I could get? Perhaps copper ones?


[edit] what about these? €11 to ship is a bit pricy tho, even if the are copper! [/edit]

Had that video card. My card did not clock well on ram did all right with core. I think 445 was around the best i could get it.
I don't think its worth it my self. You wont notice any differince when playing the game with 5 or 10mhz better clock on the ram.

SouperComputer

Cheers lads, the RAM is very hot, but im happy enough with the results for €60 so I think ill go without the heatsinks.

gline

just a word of warning, do not get those revoltec ramsinks, had 2 sets, they are too heavy and keep falling off the ram chips that face downwards,avoid them completely, ocz ramsinks are better

DemonOfTheFall

Had the thermaltake ramsinks they sell in peats on my 9800 pro. They held on grand, the design probably meant that they did next to no cooling though. Didn't matter much since the bloody card died after a few months...