$300 6 month old Vid Card... wasted...

Jerkoff · Post by **Jerkoff** » 25-09-2003 15:36

Well, I haven't played the past 2 weeks because my Radeon 9700 pro is toast. Did the voltage mod and it was fine for 6 months until I dropped the soldering iron on it while redoing the soldering. It must have gouged out a little piece of the board or a trace or something... sigh. All my fault, I know, I know... Butttttt...

I've been saving up for another car, so I had the extra 3 bills to get a 9800 PRO yesterday (my b-day present for me, lol) :p

. I'm not going to go solder on the card directly now, I think I've learned my lesson there, but I did voltmod the vcore, and overclocked it to 450/340. Did the voltmod w/ a smd grabber, the card is running fairly cool still, but more cooling would help.

. Putting a waterblock/TEC on it very soon, hoping to get over 500 core. I'm also planning on not messing this one up, lol. The 9700 was good enough for me, I got a 400/340 overclock, i'd rather I didn't mess it up, but oh well.

Just wondering if anyone else voltmods their stuff or uses watercooling. I have voltmods on my mobo, and all my old vid cards, lol. The 9700 was the 1st one i messed up, and it didn't even fry, it was my mistake for dropping the hot iron on it. Ahh yes, I'm a bonafide computer geek now.

Wasn't like this a year ago, I tell ya.

Maegrim · Post by **Maegrim** » 25-09-2003 20:33

why would you solder the card on the mobo?

Jerkoff · Post by **Jerkoff** » 26-09-2003 05:25

No

, you solder resistors on the mobo, and you can do the same thing on the vid card too. It lets you get higher overclocks by raising the voltage

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Maegrim · Post by **Maegrim** » 26-09-2003 07:29

i'll stick to doing absolutely nothing about it

Armagon · Post by **Armagon** » 26-09-2003 18:25

Overclocking may get higher performance, but it kills the card faster.

drifter · Post by **drifter** » 26-09-2003 19:00

/me thinks there's a lesson to be learnt...

don't jerk off in the bathroom whilst soldering… x_X

uberslacker · Post by **uberslacker** » 26-09-2003 19:32

hehe, sorry to hear about that man. but yeah if i knew how to do that kinda crap i'd help ya, but all i got are friends who will do it for me lol

Vealslap · Post by **Vealslap** » 26-09-2003 21:42

I love doing that kind of shit.. Computers have been my pastime since I was about 6 (good ol 8086)... Haven't burned up the Radeon 9700 yet... but voltmods, and any other type of overclocking definitely decreases the lifetime of it, but hell, we live in a world where technology changes every day, so if I only get 2 years out of a 4 or 5 year card... its all good..

I also do alot of modding for PS2 and XBOX... XBOX is an awesome tool.. Especially with XBMP and the ability to play streaming movies from the comp in a .bin format!!

Fallen · Post by **Fallen** » 27-09-2003 02:52

fs|Pele · Post by **fs|Pele** » 27-09-2003 07:37

whatever jerkoff said : it sounded expensive !

Dazlin · Post by **Dazlin** » 27-09-2003 10:51

even if u do overclock and it kills the card faster...

these days newer better cards are out every other month so who cares

MeSSiaH{FCU} · Post by **MeSSiaH{FCU}** » 27-09-2003 21:04

I'm just gonna leave my 9800 pro like it is kthx..works fine, just need a new processor =(

[1234]Jr · Post by **[1234]Jr** » 28-09-2003 09:11

Dazlin wrote: even if u do overclock and it kills the card faster...

these days newer better cards are out every other month so who cares

Well unless you get £150+ a month, you would..as would i..and all the other paupers on the forum :p

BlackFlame · Post by **BlackFlame** » 28-09-2003 21:02

aye i agree, i dont have a good card to mod
/me cwies