12 Mar 2013
Extreme League
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Hardware Details
Processor
Model
Intel
Core i7 3770K
Ivy Bridge
Cooling
Liquid Nitrogen
Cores
6,400.00 MHz
(82%)
Memory
Product
G.Skill
PI
Cooling
Air (Custom)
Type
4 GB
DDR3 SDRAM
Speed @ 2,604 MHz
Timings
tCAS: 9.0
tRCD: 11
tRP: 9
tRAS: 28
Videocard
Model
Radeon HD 4890
(RV790)
(ATI Radeon HD 4000 series )
Cooling
Liquid Nitrogen
Speed
1,210.00 MHz
(42%)
/
1,250.00 MHz
(38%)
Comments
Good stuff!
How do you keep the VRM cool? I don't see heatsinks.
I'm asking this, because I'm going to bench 4890 soon, but it will be my first HD4890 under cold.
No sinks. Full pot, so there's a reasonable amount of PCB cold creep. But those fans in the back of the picture, I also have one of those pointed at the VRM which was moved for this picture - they move a lot of air. Afterburner tops out at 1.5V, so not a ton of voltage involved.
Dunno if that might be holding me back under other benches. I tried running 3d06 also last night but couldn't get it running under respectable clocks. Gotta figure that out but haven't spent much time on it yet.
I personally use the TPU GPU clock tool, which works fine for reference cards - you can increase VMEM too.
I found a passive zalman VRM heatsiink for HD4890 in my boxes, so I'm gonna use that + a strong fan.
Had a great card (1130/1330 1.4625V Vgpu - '01 on water), but it died under a strange circumstances at 24/7 clocks.
Does that tool have profiles? I often use the keyboard hotkeys afterburner gives. May try that out for vmem tho at least. Thanks.
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