9800SE in a Dell Modding Question..

[Counter-Strike]

Ok so I have an older Dimension 4400 I have been fooling around with lately.

Here are the specs:

1.6 GHz P4 Williamette @ 2.0 GHz Stable
9800SE Click Here For The Link To The Card
768MB PC2100 RAM - 2.5-3-3-6
60GB Maxtor ATA133 HD
LITE-ON CD+RW Drive

Now what if I decided to buy a Zalman VF700-CU and replace it on the 9800SE with the stock HSF. Instead of that cheap thermal compound they give I would use AS5 of course.

It says that it is compatible with all VGA cards of the 9800SE so I am guessing it will fit. My Dell case has a TON of room. Now the question I have for you is would it be enough cooling to flash it to Pro or XT speeds for a fraction of the cost? Or could I at least OC it decently?

 

[PZEROFGH]

the VF-700 will defintely keep it cool enough for a pro flash, not sure about XT, try to OC it to XT speeds, then if its stable flash it. The VF-700 keeps my 9800pro flashed to 9800XT cool and OCed a little over stock 475/375 which stock is liek 419/360 i believe

 

[Powerslave]

Ok so I have an older Dimension 4400 I have been fooling around with lately.

Here are the specs:

1.6 GHz P4 Williamette @ 2.0 GHz Stable
9800SE Click Here For The Link To The Card
768MB PC2100 RAM - 2.5-3-3-6
60GB Maxtor ATA133 HD
LITE-ON CD+RW Drive

Now what if I decided to buy a Zalman VF700-CU and replace it on the 9800SE with the stock HSF. Instead of that cheap thermal compound they give I would use AS5 of course.

It says that it is compatible with all VGA cards of the 9800SE so I am guessing it will fit. My Dell case has a TON of room. Now the question I have for you is would it be enough cooling to flash it to Pro or XT speeds for a fraction of the cost? Or could I at least OC it decently?

I would guess it would do some sufficant overclocking. When I bought my 9800 PRO, it was 380/680 and I overclocked it to 450/750 on the stock cooler, but I had a few extra fans blowing on it. With a better heatsink I would think it would do the work of the extra fans I had, you should be able to reach PRO speeds at the least. Core clock on se is 350/600 so it should be really easy.

 

[Counter-Strike]

Yeah. If I can't flash that's fine, I can always OC to Pro or XT speeds

 

[Lonewolf5460]

how were you able to o/c a dell?

 

[PZEROFGH]

im guessing he flashed the bios from the mobo manufacter directly instead of using the dell bios's

 

[Lonewolf5460]

or he used one of those programs that mess with the clock chip

 

[Ridlyn]

You may want too add maybe another case fan in, because dell's case tend to run really hot, due to insufficient cooling.

 

[PZEROFGH]

or he used one of those programs that mess with the clock chip

how do you do that, i want to OC my dell right now

 

[Counter-Strike]

Yeah I used a different BIOS. And you can't add case fans, unless you cut a hole yourself. Dell's cooling is actually quite efficient.