Posted by AlecStaar
I USED CPU COPPER HEATSINKS INSTEAD!!!
I applied one of the CPU heatsinks + fan combos above also to my GeForce4 Ti4600! BUT, not modded with Delta, stock fan only this round!
(AND, I got to use my 23.1 cfm fans from the ones I have on CPU's above as well, BONUS! No wasted fans from my mod above...)
I applied the YSTech 23.1 cfm fans from my CPU heatsinks which my 51.1 cfm Delta's took the place of, to my GeForce4 Ti4600 huge aluminum AT PowerSupply heatsink's on its lower RAM!
They're way way cooler literally & figureatively speaking now as well... No waste either of the equipment!
Instead of the Thermaltake Copper GeForce 4 cooler in fact to my GeForce Ti4600 which I was considering!
Was a bit of 'wire-splicing & electrical tape hell' because of 3 to 4 pin connections & having to extend one to reach the CPU motherboard fan shunts, but worth it! The ends DID justify the means!
(WORKS GREAT TOO! Better I'd wager, by FAR, than even this thermaltake unit which has gotten great initial reviews (over stock heatsink + fan combo on GeForce4 units)):
THERMALTAKE COPPER GeForce4 Cooler photo for reference:
10cfm approx out of its fan vs. 23.1 cfm by YSTech fans on the CPU cooler heatsink I used in lieu of the thermaltake offering, stock setup of the CompUSA copper gamer heatsink + fan combo!
PLUS, the Thermaltake good as it is, has WAY less surface area than the Copper CPU cooler pictured above!
That CPU cooler is applicable to the GeForce4 Ti4600 CPU as well (bonus!) but eats PCI slots!
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MY RESULTS:
Dual Intel Pentium III 1ghz Cpu's set overclocked now at -
+17x 7.5mhz increments via Abit VP6 SoftBIOS
1.9 volts
1127mhz (had to go DOWN from 1140 here oddly once the GeForce4 was WAY overclocked... 13mhz loss, but worth stability. It worked but was unstable suddenly. Not temperature related, cool day today at 69 degrees F...)
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Ram Speeds on 512mb PC-133 Micron RAM set at -
Turbo
Cas/3 (for overclock it is better than Cas/2)
4 way interleave x 128mb sticks = 512mb
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PCI latency set at 16 (down from default 32)
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GeForce4 now STABLE & FASTER at:
330mhz core GPU processing speed (up from stock 300) - 10% gain
* NOTE & EDIT PART AFTER LONG TESTING OPERATION/DURATION OF THESE SETTINGS FOR MEMORY:
I can go up to 335, but it does not last too long... this is just the unit itself I imagine & not temperatures... timings in the circuitry traces on the video card itself may be the issue, or even in the GPU itself. Timings & shapes of traces, matter, in board design.
770mhz memory processing cycle speed (up from stock 600) - nearly 30% gain here, I have not tested IF I can nab that though, I may yet be able to here!
* NOTE & EDIT PART AFTER LONG TESTING OPERATION/DURATION OF THESE SETTINGS FOR MEMORY:
I ended up doing 755 on memory: was getting small artifacts on 2d even in browser, & after 5 hours I lockup & was seeing small specks on Quake III Arena screens:
This WILL work in winter though when temps go down in ambient surrounding area!
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Quake III Arena test was done at:
640x480 FULL OpenGL settings
q3config.cfg file set for visuals best
4xAA
8x Anti Isotropic set
With full Quake III colors set Trilinear & full details.
160fps (great speed) on Q3DM6 for those setting for me. I test in the area on the high cliff with 'bounce elevator' where the Red 100% armor is & 100% health boost blue orb.
(Widest area in that map, & STRONG test of Quake III motor: Has hard times with open areas.)
Need to get a GOOD demo test for Quake III Arena 1.31 patch build though, old ones do not work anymore!
Anyhow: This mod & running 640x480 makes FULL use of 4xAA & 8x AntiIsotropic worth it, decent performance from them, stable & NO LOCKUPS and HIGH FRAMERATES due to low-res usage!
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* OVERALL: $20 for an average 20% increase in performance, cooling, & life-expectancy/duration of board too...
FOR 5% of the video card's cost!
That $20 cost of another CompUSA Copper/Thin-fin heatsink ONLY represents 5% of the cost of the GeForce at $427.00 for me as well...
* This was a GOOD investment! I came out WAY ahead in cost/benefit terms AND in terms of performance on the cheap AND STABLE TOO!
APK
P.S.=> I used one of these tall things, because I have 2 HUGE Aluminum heatsinks from an old AT PowerSupply I attached to my GeForce4's RAM on the lower end... eating 3 PCI slots already! This being the case, I got a fan + heatsink combo that way outperforms the Thermaltake unit even. 2x++ the cfrm output at 23.1 on its fan, & way more surface area from the copper heatsink itself! apk