omg computer in basement = whoaaaa :O

[Xuvial]

I suppose another issue with triple-slot DCII is that since it's so goddamn heavy, it starts sagging in the PCI slot. My elegant solution is what most 580/6970 DCII owners have ended up doing:

[Cellery]

I think somebody needs to get into firelands and sober up....(Also Gogo full towers with 220s... But next thing you know you're gonna realize that your computer stays cooler when you don't wrap it in a sweatshirt or have an inch of dust covering everything.)

[DeltrusDisc]

I think somebody needs to get into firelands and sober up....(Also Gogo full towers with 220s... But next thing you know you're gonna realize that your computer stays cooler when you don't wrap it in a sweatshirt or have an inch of dust covering everything.)

YOU AGAIN.

Also @Xuvial.... what is your little stand made out of? :P

[Xuvial]

YOU AGAIN.

Also @Xuvial.... what is your little stand made out of? :P

Oh it's just a whiteboard marker, turned out to be the perfect height.
PROFESSIONALLY GODDAMN SLEEVED WITH BLACK TAPE.

[Cellery]

bored waiting for fireworks and ran outta blue posts to read so poked.the forums and saw some dummy posting something about computers running cooler in cooler rooms.... Craziness I tell you

[Sephiracle]

I wish my gpu idle'd at 25, 9600gt's run really hot, it usually idles around 45-50. At least my CPU sits at 30, upstairs

I really should take the computer down stairs to see what temps I get though, it's gotta be at least 15 degrees cooler down there from the 2nd floor.

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At the end of the day u'r still referring to him as friend...

[DeltrusDisc]

I wish my gpu idle'd at 25, 9600gt's run really hot, it usually idles around 45-50. At least my CPU sits at 30, upstairs

I really should take the computer down stairs to see what temps I get though, it's gotta be at least 15 degrees cooler down there from the 2nd floor.

My old 9800 was like 60+ all the time. =S

@darkydark - Heyyyyy, do you know what quotes can imply? They can imply a term not being the right one, or perhaps sarcasm!

[BicycleMafioso]

I suppose another issue with triple-slot DCII is that since it's so goddamn heavy, it starts sagging in the PCI slot. My elegant solution is what most 580/6970 DCII owners have ended up doing: <snip>

Eh. All graphics-cards sag. Even my not-heavy-at-all windforce GTX460 does.
For my HD6970, I'll solve this by just attaching the two 6+2-pins from above, and having them tight, so it hangs off of them. :P

[Asera]

Eh. All graphics-cards sag. Even my not-heavy-at-all windforce GTX460 does.

You should see how bad the old Asus HD 4870 Dark Knight I used to have in my work tower sags. It sags well away from where there's any weight on the card at all... it's very strange.

[DeltrusDisc]

You should see how bad the old Asus HD 4870 Dark Knight I used to have in my work tower sags. It sags well away from where there's any weight on the card at all... it's very strange.

Ooooo, I like the sound of this card "Dark Knight".... got any pics?

[Asera]

Ooooo, I like the sound of this card "Dark Knight".... got any pics?

It's not a very good card. The cooler looks nice, but it's pretty crappy.

[Sephiracle]

It's not a very good card. The cooler looks nice, but it's pretty crappy.

I wouldn't even venture to say the cooler looks nice. Looks like you could grill on it.

[DeltrusDisc]

Ewwwwww. Damn. I was expecting some actually cool slick looking card. But this has nothing covering the heatsink and fan! Q.Q

[Saithes]

Ewwwwww. Damn. I was expecting some actually cool slick looking card. But this has nothing covering the heatsink and fan! Q.Q

Haha, the dark knights were Asus' pre-DirectCU pretty much lol

[Asera]

Haha, the dark knights were Asus' pre-DirectCU pretty much lol

Experience with them tells me why they ditched them in favour of the DirectCU.

[Saithes]

Experience with them tells me why they ditched them in favour of the DirectCU.

Well, the Dark Knights are nickel if I recall and weren't very effective with heat. They also used a solid block rather than ones with heatpipes directly touching but the overall concept for the DirectCU came from the Dark Knight heatsinks. They were essentially a cheap way to market "better" cooling when it really wasn't better.

[BicycleMafioso]

Ewwwwww. Damn. I was expecting some actually cool slick looking card. But this has nothing covering the heatsink and fan! Q.Q

You do realise that not so long ago, cards were single-slotters as standard, and not past the GTX200-series or so (I think?), that real shrouds started appearing; Much to the bafflement and amusement of people :3

My Graphics Card just before my GTX 460 was barely a singleslotter. Passively cooled with a bit of heatsink stuck. (nVIDIA Fx5200 for reference)

[Asera]

You do realise that not so long ago, cards were single-slotters as standard, and not past the GTX200-series or so (I think?), that real shrouds started appearing; Much to the bafflement and amusement of people :3

My Graphics Card just before my GTX 460 was barely a singleslotter. Passively cooled with a bit of heatsink stuck. (nVIDIA Fx5200 for reference)

Remember the first reference HD 4850 with the single slot blower?

I remember mine... idling at 74 celcius.

._.

[Saithes]

Remember the first reference HD 4850 with the single slot blower?

I remember mine... idling at 74 celcius.

._.

Lawl my friend had a 4870 that idled that high with a single slot >.<