With the ram sinks in hand I was trying to decide how to attach them. It was either going to be Thermal Epoxy or Frag Tape. I opted for Frag Tape because I felt that I would rather remove these expensive products upon getting a newer video card rather then selling or giving away this card with them attached.
Installation was a snap. With the frag tape applied to the bottom of the heat sinks I simply placed them onto the ram chips and held them tight to make sure they wouldn't be falling off in the middle of a frag fest.
With all 8 installed I was ready to see if my money and time was going to make a difference on OC'ing. Before this mod I was not really able to OC this card very much. with the core and memory being aggressively clocked at 275 from the get-go and me being able to only push them up to 285'ish each prior to the mod I was looking for anything to make me happy. With my fingers crossed I hit power and watched win2k load. Well seeing this showed me I at least hadn't Killed the card in the process, so far so good.
I only use power strip as my overclocking tool. With it booting at the default of 275/275 I just upped both the memory slider and core slider to 300 each and prayed. Excellent so far so good. Time to stress it out with running loops of 3dMark 2k1. I put it to run the program 10 times. I watched it the first time through looking for anything out of the ordinary and was surprised that there were none. After letting it run its course I was surprised again that it didn't kick me out to the desktop. OK not enough proof for me. I set up UT jacked it up to 1600/1200 everything maxed and started playing online. Two or so hours later I was extremely tired and just let my system sit there for another hour or so. Everything went flawlessly. I am extremely happy.
Well...I'm one happy guy. Got myself a nice little OC and a sweet looking video card (to bad I just changed my case and don't have a window in it presently to so off my bitchin video card.)
~Plus's~
Copper
Tin coated to prevent tarnishing
Small but Effective
High Quality
~Con's~
expensive compared to other ram coolers
If you have a tight space to fit in ram sinks these are the ticket. Hope you enjoyed this review. If you are interested in purchasing these fine or other fine products head over to HighSpeedPC.