How quiet is the arctic VGA silencer on a 9800 PRO?

jblinkj182 · Post by **jblinkj182** » Tue May 11, 2004 10:09 am

I am just thinking ahead and I have a couple questions. I am not a quiet freak but if I could make my system a little quieter with it then I might.

Anyways, at stock speeds is it quieter than the 9800 PRO stock cooler? Also I have heard that you can Overclock the card to 9800 XT settings, is this hard to do, is OCing this video card hard?

Basically genreal questions, thanks

Nebor · Post by **Nebor** » Fri May 14, 2004 1:04 am

Yes, it's quieter than the stock cooler. And yes, it's easy to overclock as long as you have a masters in Electrical Engineering, and a steady hand.

daba · Post by **daba** » Fri May 14, 2004 2:00 am

It's quiet! I can barely hear mine on my Radeon 9800 Pro...

I use omega drivers and overclocked it a while ago, but set it back to stock once I reformatted my HDD's. It's easy to do via Omega Radlinker.

apocalypse80 · Post by **apocalypse80** » Fri May 14, 2004 5:47 am

At low it's very quiet , at high it's pretty noisy but always hugely quieter than the reference ATI cooler.

Overclocking it is pretty easy , but your card may or may not reach 9800XT speeds.
The easiest way to overclock it should be ATItool , since it also automatically tests for artifacts.

jblinkj182 · Post by **jblinkj182** » Fri May 14, 2004 9:08 am

Is it like the A64 MSI boardscool and quiet stuff, will it go faster when gamning and back to quiet when just webbrowsing?

I dont care for the OC really, jw, but for now lets say I am not

Post by **Rusty075** » Fri May 14, 2004 10:12 am

The fan speed on the Silencer is controlled via a toggle switch on the PCI plate, its not automatic.

Even on low speed its cooling power is equal to that of the stock Ati cooler. If you're not overclocking, you can just leave it on low all the time. (even if you do overclock, you can usually just leave it on low anyway)

jblinkj182 · Post by **jblinkj182** » Fri May 14, 2004 12:38 pm

ooo so I can leave it on the quiet setting and run my card at stock speeds fine?

hmmmm what do do

jblinkj182 · Post by **jblinkj182** » Sat May 22, 2004 8:31 am

How hard is it to install on a 9800 Pro and is this the right one for my card?

http://store.yahoo.com/svcompucycle/vga-rev3.html

thanks again

greeef · Post by **greeef** » Thu May 27, 2004 3:43 pm

i installed one on my 9800 non-pro, it was very easy.

With ramsinks fitted and a flash to a new bios, i have it at 420/390, which is beyond XT speeds, and i keep the arctic cooler on it's low setting.

griff

Wedge · Post by **Wedge** » Thu May 27, 2004 3:57 pm

jblinkj182 wrote:How hard is it to install on a 9800 Pro and is this the right one for my card?

http://store.yahoo.com/svcompucycle/vga-rev3.html

thanks again

It's very easy. I did it blindfolded. Seriously, it's simple and you can overclock (if you wish) with the fan on "low" setting.

And yes the link you posted is the correct one. Order, install, and enjoy. Just be sure your case already has good ventilation/airflow.