IWatkins

Well, I like my 9700 Pro very much indeed.

I bought the one with the heat sinks and heat pipe (i.e. no fan).

Picked the PC up to fit it into on Friday and found I had problems fitting it.

One heat sink sat right up next to a voltage regulator riser board and the other side blocked a PCI slot that I needed (only got 2 32-bit PCIs, the others are 64-bit jobbies).

So, tried to modify it to fit and mananged to break the "heat pipe", I thought a little bend wouldn't hurt, "crack!!". Doh !

So, it has now one heatsink and a couple of fans cable tied on

Moral ? Have a look in the PC you are going to fit one to *before* you order it.

Anybody know of a good aftermarket heatsink/fan combo for 9700 Pros ?

Also, is a 3DMark2001 of 12012 any good ? Was going to download the 3DMark2003 until i saw how big it was. Gulp !

Cheers

Ian

[Edited by IWatkins - 5/19/2003 12:38:23 AM]

Daz34

AFAIK there are no aftermarket Heatsink & Fans available in the uk for a Radeon 9700 apart from the Zalman heatpipe ones but this one is available in the US.

Darren

jase555

i have got 12k on a gf4 ti 4200 with 3dmark 2001se, you really need the newer version to appreciate the 9800, got around 3800 on the new one with a 9700 non pro.

jase

rik1471

just repeat what you just said without sounding like a geek

IWatkins