Whats the CFM, RPM and dB of the Radeon 8500 fan?

[jkadesjo]

What is the
<b>
rotation speed
airflow
and noise level
</b>
of the Radeon 8500 fan?

And if anyone know:

What kind of metal in the Radeon 8500 heat sink made out of?
and how much does it weigh?



This info would really helt me out...


EPoX 8KHA+
Athlon XP 1800+
ATI Radeon 8500 Retail
IBM 120GXP
SB Live! Player 5.1

 

[psykoikonov]

I have an BBA8500LE and have taken the fan apart many times for cleaning. RPM, dB, and airflow are all 0. You think I'm kidding right, well a little but seriously to call it a fan at all is hilarious, you'll never hear it over a 7200rpm HDD or your HSF. The heat sink is probably aluminum (but feels like plastic LOL). And finally the weight........0gm, sorry can't help myself, probably >50gm with the fan on it LOL.

I use a Retail 1800+ (off my CPU) in PCI slot one blowing right dead centre of the core to help it out...ALOT.

Psyko

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[jkadesjo]

Do you have any pictures of your cooling solution? Have you replaced the HSF with another?
i'M THINKING OF REPLACING THE HSF witha Zalman aluminium HSF and a fan that blows in air from the side mounted on a Zalman bracket..

Do you think this would work?

EPoX 8KHA+
Athlon XP 1800+
ATI Radeon 8500 Retail
IBM 120GXP
SB Live! Player 5.1

 

[psykoikonov]

Click the link in my signature and then click on anything you want to know (ie. HSF with pic). The bottom of my HS supposedly came with a mirror finish on the bottom . I don't know for sure as I've never seen it. I know nothing of the Zalman line however a quick search on the board below this one (Cooling...) should yield some info, if not type in Zalman in <A HREF="http://www.google.com" target="_new">http://www.google.com</A>

Psyko (link is right under here, then click on products you want info on


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[funkdog]

Is your Radeon really that hot? I replaced the stock Radeon HSF on my RadeonLE with an old Pentium5 HSF combo, most of the time I have the fan unplugged and just let the big Heatsink cool it. Doesn't get real hot, when I am gaming hard I just plug it in.

question for the other guy, how did you get your LE stable at 290/290?? I had it originally at around 272/270 then it would flake out. Do believe I have the infineon memory 3.2ns (is that right?).

<b>"These are my thoughts, your mileage may vary."

 

[GeneticWeapon]

When I popped the hsf off of my 8500LE, it was bearly glued on, making contact with mostly a corner of the chip..I figured as much. I saw a Pentium 3 cooler mod on the web and tried it with great results...takes up two pci slots, but I wasnt using them anyways. My LE is clocked at 295/315 now and I'm working towards 9000 3D Marks on a budget system...

My Score..<A HREF="http://service.futuremark.com/compare?2k1=6258104" target="_new">http://service.futuremark.com/compare?2k1=6258104</A>

 

[funkdog]

Yeah, I can push mine up to 300/300, but really don't see much of an improvement over stock, so I just put it back to stock.

<b>"These are my thoughts, your mileage may vary."

 

[GeneticWeapon]

Geez Funkdog, you had to have seen an improvement!, did you run 3D Mark before and after the overclock?

My Score..<A HREF="http://service.futuremark.com/compare?2k1=6258104" target="_new">http://service.futuremark.com/compare?2k1=6258104</A>Pic's of my pc before I pimped it.<A HREF="http://www.lochel.com/THGC/html/Genetic_Weapon.html" target="_new">http://www.lochel.com/THGC/html/Genetic_Weapon.html</A>

 

[funkdog]

ran 3dmark2002 got maybe about a 1500 pt increase after overclocking... I used powerstrip at the time, maybe it wasn't really overclocking... I dunno, didn't seem like it was worth pushing the card for so little an increase.

<b>"These are my thoughts, your mileage may vary."

 

[funkdog]

I'm getting a copy of 3dmark03 now and will run it stock and run it at 300/300 and post the results.

<b>"These are my thoughts, your mileage may vary."

 

[funkdog]

I could run 3dmark03 at 285/285, 1.26ghz athlon 140x9, got a whopping 1185 score. Clunked out at 300/300... weird because I could run 3dmark01 at that speed... but it won't let me since I don't have DirectX 8.1 installed now.

<b>"These are my thoughts, your mileage may vary."