The Verax G02 reviewed

[a_h]

Hi Gangster!

Wouldn't this eliminate the floating fan effect on the verax base plate if it was in contact with something?

Of course you're right! I didn't check if it's resting on it, it was only a thought.

That it's too heavy? Uhm, if I think of the thermal paste, I'm not sure wether I could get it off at all.

Great overclocks! Sure it may not be the most precise way, but it shows that the verax performs as expected :-))

With kind regards, Hannes

[gangster]

Yes, that thermal paste does hold things together! But I thought that the weight, over time, would try to separate the plate from the gpu if it wasn't firmly held together. I could be wrong. I do know it's tough to pull a pasted gpu from a heatsink, just like you said.

On the subject of overclocks, it's amazing to me that ANY retail Parhelia chip ran at 220 with the stock heatsink/fan!!! My oem card gets HOT even with an improved cooler at 210.........it's amazing they even run at all!

Be safe, Garr

[a_h]

Hey, it's always good to be on the safe side ;-))!

A retail P must not get that hot a bulk version does, because that's why they test the chips before sorting out. Normally the lower clocked chips have more disordered parts in their inner structure, so they have a higher electrical resistance, which leads to higher temperatures.

But sometimes they just need more bulk chips than they produce, so even if you get a bulk card, it could be a retail chip in it!

Have a nice day (ah Maui!), Hannes

[gangster]

The dang Verax failed last night. It took me a while to trouble shoot the problem, but that's what it was. The card may have ran quite a while without a fan until I noticed the box was locked up, it had been on all day.

But the P still works and I'm back to using the homemade heatsink/fan from hell again now.

Now I'll find out how good there tech support is...

[a_h]

It FAILED? Darn. Torture their tech support people (hey somebody seen my voodoo puppet...?)!!

Mine is ok as I'm checking it with mbm. Runs - dunno - some 100 hours or so.

With my deepest condolescence, Hannes

[gangster]

I'd fly/drive over to South Dakota and torture them, but it's too cold there this time of year!

[gangster]

I'm working on a modification to the Arctic Cooling vga-silencer which is made for ati and nvidia products. I had it on my ati 9700 and am going to see if it's usable on the P. It's awesome on the 9700! $25 to.

EDIT: forget it


I also got to see a Zalman zm80c on a P and it fit alot better than I had heard. About $40 with fan.

[gangster]

Verax gave me a refund today for the bad fan even though I requested a replacement.

I shipped it monday, they got it today and refunded same day! That's exactly 1 good thing I can say about them.