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Joshua B.

Joshua B.

Joined on 07/28/05

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Most Favorable Review

HD2900XT for 300 bucks

SAPPHIRE Radeon HD 2900PRO 1GB GDDR4 PCI Express x16 CrossFireX Support Graphics Card 100214SR
SAPPHIRE Radeon HD 2900PRO 1GB GDDR4 PCI Express x16 CrossFireX Support Graphics Card 100214SR

Pros: This is the exact same card as the HD2900XT 1GB down to the heatsink. The only difference is the core clock speed. This card runs at 600MHz stock, and the XT runs at 740MHz. I've gotten mine up to 857/2296 on stock cooling.

Cons: No 8pin adapter, although it's not needed unless you want to overclock using CCC. Riva tuner 2.05 is a better program to use anyways.

Overall Review: I got it for thirty dolla less, I wish Newegg would stop raising their prices when they notice interest in a product.

10/13/2007
Most Critical Review
Multi Functional Controller on 5.25" Bay
Multi Functional Controller on 5.25" Bay

Pros: Looked nice. Lots of features.

Cons: Died within 16 hours of use.

Overall Review: I had it powering a FM121, CNPS9500LED fan, a hard drive cooler with two 60mm fans and one 80mm fan. I tested it outside the case with more fans than that and it ran fine. Then I spend three hours re-wiring for this thing and the temp prodes and it dies :(

HD4850 rocks

VisionTek Radeon HD 4850 512MB GDDR3 PCI Express 2.0 x16 CrossFireX Support Graphics Card 900241
VisionTek Radeon HD 4850 512MB GDDR3 PCI Express 2.0 x16 CrossFireX Support Graphics Card 900241

Pros: Single slot Cheap! Nearly twice the performance of a HD3780 PCI-e 2.0

Cons: Runs fairly hot Little driver support Single piece heatsinker (hard to change to aftermarket)

Overall Review: It's a great card, I'm seeing higher frames with higher settings than before with my HD3870. Currently running at 1920x1200 and I don't have a game that can make it lag (save for Crysis) BUY it! You'll love it

Best VGA cooler for the buck

Thermaltake CL-W0052 Tide Water All in One VGA Liquid Cooling module
Thermaltake CL-W0052 Tide Water All in One VGA Liquid Cooling module

Pros: It's very quiet, easy to install and can remove 120W of heat from your GPU. The water is UV reactive too. Comes with Al heatsinks, tiny but they work.

Cons: Big. Plastic seems like it could break easily. No voltage regulator cooling for X1900 series, it gets very hot, had to add a 80mm fan. y only big issue with this is that the plastic case over the top side of the unit (the bottom half is Al and the water is in another seperate tank..no leaks :) ). The plastic does not seem very strong and I was worried that I was going to snap it at some points.

Overall Review: This thing rocks. I have a X1900XT and when overclocked with the stock cooler it would surpass 100C at load. With this it rarely passes 50C. This allows for an extra 50mhz on the core clocks. It is, however, quite large. I have mine mounted upright almost against my case window. I zip-tied it to the rear vent next to the pci-slots. M Overall, if you are looking for upgraded cooling for your graphics card, buy this. It fits just about every card out there...but not the AIW series from ATI because they have a different mounting hole pattern. Also remember that this will not lower your temps that much unless you have an already hot card. Putting this on a 9xxx series or 7600 or lower won't drop the temps by more than maybe 2-3C.

It lives

Controller, Panel
Controller, Panel

Pros: It works again.

Cons: ZERO

Overall Review: It came back to life after three days of pretending to be dead. It's xx dollars, just buy one and stop reading reviews for this thing.