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Old 04-19-2006, 09:35 PM
mashie MDVA Gawd, 9.3 Years
 
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Watercooled PPU
Well you know someone had to do it so here it is, a watercooled BFG PhysX PPU.




The mounting holes follow the good old GF4 standard so no problem to find a suitable block.





Just remember that low profile blocks might have issues with the barbs coliding with the unfortunately located capacitor. The angle isn't the best but 3/8" ID tube can easily be fitted.
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Old 04-19-2006, 09:36 PM
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WOW, very nice. Didnt think it happen this fast!!

How did you get your hands on one? Order it from a Systems Manufactor?
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Old 04-19-2006, 09:37 PM
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How high did you overclock it to?!?
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Old 04-19-2006, 09:39 PM
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How high did you overclock it to?!?
Would you even be able to overclock them?
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Old 04-19-2006, 09:41 PM
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Well I managed to order one before Overclockers UK had to stop selling OEM cards a week ago.
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Old 04-19-2006, 09:42 PM
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Well I managed to order one before Overclockers UK had to stop selling OEM cards a week ago.
Ah, I plan on getting my with UT2007. My only motivation to get one
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Old 04-19-2006, 09:45 PM
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Ah, I plan on getting my with UT2007. My only motivation to get one
I decided to get one now as I was in the middle of adding watercooling to the system, it is a mess to add waterblocks afterwards.
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Old 04-19-2006, 09:47 PM
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Nice to see it was you, mashie, who did it first. Looks great
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Old 04-19-2006, 10:20 PM
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nice work man! congrats for being a pioneer!
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Old 04-19-2006, 10:54 PM
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Now you just have to be the first to volt mod a PPU!
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Old 04-19-2006, 11:20 PM
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Now you just have to be the first to volt mod a PPU!
Or LN2/Phase change one.
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Old 04-19-2006, 11:49 PM
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Ah, I plan on getting my with UT2007. My only motivation to get one
what about GR Advance warfighter coming out soon?
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Old 04-19-2006, 11:50 PM
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thats very [H]ard
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Old 04-19-2006, 11:56 PM
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Wow, so fast...and it looks really good too.

Hm. Kinda makes me wonder though..since this is the same card that supposedly had a fan blockage for a week and didn't screw up.
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Old 04-20-2006, 12:55 AM
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Wow, so fast...and it looks really good too.

Hm. Kinda makes me wonder though..since this is the same card that supposedly had a fan blockage for a week and didn't screw up.
It was also sitting idle the whole time because....well...there wasn't anything for it to be doing!
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Old 04-20-2006, 01:18 AM
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It was also sitting idle the whole time because....well...there wasn't anything for it to be doing!
Not true...
http://www.hardforum.com/showpost.ph...6&postcount=37

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I did extensive testing of the boxes demo during that period. With a heatsink that small I can't imagine it takes very long to get to its max temperature. There is no usage meter that I am aware of, so I really am not sure how much of the PPU’s resources the demo uses though.
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Old 04-20-2006, 08:31 AM
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Wow, so fast...and it looks really good too.

Hm. Kinda makes me wonder though..since this is the same card that supposedly had a fan blockage for a week and didn't screw up.
It got hot enough to melt the plastic fan, however it is nice that some chips actually can handle a bit of a heat without letting the magic smoke out.

Hmm, thinking of it, I wonder how the equivalent of graphical artifacts due to overheating will be displayed on an overheated PPU? Random pieces starting to fly around you?
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Old 04-20-2006, 08:48 AM
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Very Nice Mashie!
Next you just need to find a way to WC your own brain!


I didn't even know the PPU was out yet, looks like I have to go try to buy one now.
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Old 04-20-2006, 08:53 AM
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Very nice Mashie...man...i really need to get up to speed on the PPU, I've been a little out of the swing of things for a little while now.
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Old 04-20-2006, 08:54 AM
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It got hot enough to melt the plastic fan, however it is nice that some chips actually can handle a bit of a heat without letting the magic smoke out.

Hmm, thinking of it, I wonder how the equivalent of graphical artifacts due to overheating will be displayed on an overheated PPU? Random pieces starting to fly around you?
I've already had some pretty comic bugs happen at times in HL2 and Oblivion, one particularly recent in Oblivion where down in an Ayleid ruin something weird happened with one of the traps and a person got caught in an never ending ellastically stretching mess thumping around the room along with a ton of blocks. Never ended, even if I zoned out and back in. And that's without a PPU at all, much less an overclocked one
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