Arctic Silencer rev. 3?

Discussion in 'Hardware' started by Zephyr, 19 Feb 2005.

  1. Zephyr

    Zephyr Go V-Boy, Go!

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    I just ordered one off Xoxide, on sale for $10.00. According to some review sites, the 3rd rev. works on the 9800Pro AIW, so I'm in luck :). Interestingly, the 9800Pro AIW is clocked exactly the same as a standard 9800Pro, has the same specs (plus the media schtuff..), and has the same core. Yet, the card performs consitantly worse than a regular 9800Pro in benchmarks (500-700 less in 3dmark03). I assume this is because of the extra resources on the card being used up by the TV Tuner and the ATi Theater chip.

    The card also overclocks for **** because of the tiny reference hsf. Having been scaled down to fit the TV Tuner, it has horrid cooling, and won't overclock more than a few mhz. So, I bought an Arctic Silencer rev.3.

    Basically, I just wanted to know what anyone's experience with this cooler has been, and if anyone has successfully fit it on a 9800Pro AIW?
     

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