Computer Pornography
Naked Radeon 4850
Scandalous!
Biostar did quite a good job of putting thermal paste on, unlike BFG (Big F!@#ing Goop.) Still, there was room for a 3 degree improvement (Celsius, of course!)
Remember, less is more. And that's not what she said.
P.S. Yes, the card is balanced on the 120 mm side panel fan. Yes, I thought I killed the card. It artifacted for two days afterward. BUT GUESS WHAT? IT WORKS NOW, AND IT'S COOLER THAN BEFORE. AND IT'S OVERCLOCKED TO 740 MHz core/1189 MHz memory WITH NO VOLTAGE INCREASE (and I know I can go a bit further on the memory.) BITE ME.
Naked Radeon 4850
Scandalous!
Biostar did quite a good job of putting thermal paste on, unlike BFG (Big F!@#ing Goop.) Still, there was room for a 3 degree improvement (Celsius, of course!)
Remember, less is more. And that's not what she said.
P.S. Yes, the card is balanced on the 120 mm side panel fan. Yes, I thought I killed the card. It artifacted for two days afterward. BUT GUESS WHAT? IT WORKS NOW, AND IT'S COOLER THAN BEFORE. AND IT'S OVERCLOCKED TO 740 MHz core/1189 MHz memory WITH NO VOLTAGE INCREASE (and I know I can go a bit further on the memory.) BITE ME.