Vista - RivaTuner question

**xguntherc** · 09-18-2008

ya it would be lower, and quiet.. you will enjoy it, give it a go.

and yes matt. I heard that 110c is normal. or somewhat normal. but IMO. thats not right, and nothing that hot is going in my case.. thats why I LOVE my 260 thats Oc'd way past the 280. that idles at 50c and load is 61c. thats with it clocked from 576 MHz default to 740 MHz core clock.. this thing Zips!

**mattinahat** · 09-25-2008

Quote: Originally Posted by xguntherc

well, for CPU clocks testing. I'd get Prime95, or Orthos, and for GPU. just get 3DMark06 and run that. thats all.

so your getting the Tuniq Tower huh, that will keep your CPU cool. get good thermal paste. Like artic silver 5.

Just as a user experience note: I have a tuniq tower and use the TX1 thermal paste (or whatever it is called that comes with it) and the temps are almost identical to AS5. Why spend 5 - 10 dollars (AUD) when you can use a freebie for no extra cost...

Clocking a GTX260 over a GTX280 still won't give you the same performance. The 280 has 240 cores whereas the 260 has only 192 cores. Memory bandwidth 280=141GB\s 260=112GB\s. Memory interface width 280=512 260=448.

These are mostly small differences but when added together the 280 seems a lot more powerful then the 260. Then again if it overheats before you can use it then performance doesn't really come into it

Anyway thats my two cents.

**xguntherc** · 09-25-2008

True.. I didn't use the little bottle that came with it. I already had some Silver 5 so I used that.

09-18-2008	#31 (permalink)
xguntherc Vista Ultimate x64 1,210 posts	Re: RivaTuner question ya it would be lower, and quiet.. you will enjoy it, give it a go. and yes matt. I heard that 110c is normal. or somewhat normal. but IMO. thats not right, and nothing that hot is going in my case.. thats why I LOVE my 260 thats Oc'd way past the 280. that idles at 50c and load is 61c. thats with it clocked from 576 MHz default to 740 MHz core clock.. this thing Zips!
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09-25-2008	#32 (permalink)
mattinahat Vista Ultimate x64 SP1 264 posts	Re: RivaTuner question Quote: Originally Posted by xguntherc well, for CPU clocks testing. I'd get Prime95, or Orthos, and for GPU. just get 3DMark06 and run that. thats all. so your getting the Tuniq Tower huh, that will keep your CPU cool. get good thermal paste. Like artic silver 5. Just as a user experience note: I have a tuniq tower and use the TX1 thermal paste (or whatever it is called that comes with it) and the temps are almost identical to AS5. Why spend 5 - 10 dollars (AUD) when you can use a freebie for no extra cost... Clocking a GTX260 over a GTX280 still won't give you the same performance. The 280 has 240 cores whereas the 260 has only 192 cores. Memory bandwidth 280=141GB\s 260=112GB\s. Memory interface width 280=512 260=448. These are mostly small differences but when added together the 280 seems a lot more powerful then the 260. Then again if it overheats before you can use it then performance doesn't really come into it Anyway thats my two cents. Last edited by mattinahat; 09-25-2008 at 06:23 AM.. Reason: Adding more stuff
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09-25-2008	#33 (permalink)
xguntherc Vista Ultimate x64 1,210 posts	Re: RivaTuner question True.. I didn't use the little bottle that came with it. I already had some Silver 5 so I used that.
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