Thermaltake G4 VGA cooler

BrokenArrow · 19-March-03, 02:12 AM

Ok, has anyone used one of these, or do you think its worth a crap if you are trying to OC your video card. I have a 128mb gf4 ti4200, and i was considering squeezing a bit more performance out of it.

http://www.thermaltake.com/products/chipset/g4.htm

This is what I have now, its an Albatron GF4 Ti4200P (I think, it came with the rig).

http://www.albatron.com.tw/VGA_Card/Ti4200P.asp

Let me know what u all think

BigAkita · 19-March-03, 07:20 AM

Yes, I have one on a Gainward Ti-4200. Works pretty good, I broke 11K in 3DMark.

Gladiator · 19-March-03, 08:09 AM

I used their smaller blue VGA/Chipset cooler on my geforce 2.
Worked very well. But I do not know if it will be as good on a geforce 4.

It was a blue thermeltake fan. I got to look for a link

BigAkita · 19-March-03, 09:56 AM

I had a Blue Orb on a Ti-200 and it worked fine, but can't compare to the GF4 version.

Gladiator · 19-March-03, 10:00 AM

Here is a pic of my old gf2, sorry thats its a nasty pic, nasty camera

I sold that card a few days ago on ebay:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...tem=3406531226

Only sold it cause I was upgrading but it was a hell of a fan and not even loud

BZA · 19-March-03, 10:47 AM

Yo BA, did you have a problem with the bottom of yours not being flush? I read a review that said that the particular cooler they got was not flat and didnt contact the entire GPU. The review i read, they lapped it down with 400 grit, 600 grit, 800 grit, 1000 grit, and 2000 grit paper to get it all on the same level.

Was this an isolated incident or a pattern? Anybody have one and paid attention to it?

BigAkita · 19-March-03, 01:19 PM

Honestly, I don't know. I automatically lap anything that goes onto my CPU or GPU. I don't remember any unusual concave patterns while I was lapping it; at least no more than heatsinks usually have.

That brings up an interesting point though; recently I bought a Maze3 and didn't notice it had P4 mounts on it. I went ahead and lapped it and it had a wicked depression in the center. It took me hours to smooth it out. After I noticed I had the wrong one and received the correct one, I lapped the new one. It required very little work and the bottom was flat and shiny in about 20 minutes. Two blocks from the same company. I guess it's not unlike chips with their production runs, each run is a little different than the other.

19-March-03, 02:12 AM		#1 (permalink)
BrokenArrow Apex Advanced Techie	Thermaltake G4 VGA cooler Ok, has anyone used one of these, or do you think its worth a crap if you are trying to OC your video card. I have a 128mb gf4 ti4200, and i was considering squeezing a bit more performance out of it. http://www.thermaltake.com/products/chipset/g4.htm This is what I have now, its an Albatron GF4 Ti4200P (I think, it came with the rig). http://www.albatron.com.tw/VGA_Card/Ti4200P.asp Let me know what u all think

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19-March-03, 07:20 AM		#2 (permalink)
BigAkita n00b-ass reviewer	Yes, I have one on a Gainward Ti-4200. Works pretty good, I broke 11K in 3DMark.

19-March-03, 08:09 AM		#3 (permalink)
Gladiator Apex Tech Fanatic	I used their smaller blue VGA/Chipset cooler on my geforce 2. Worked very well. But I do not know if it will be as good on a geforce 4. It was a blue thermeltake fan. I got to look for a link

19-March-03, 09:56 AM		#4 (permalink)
BigAkita n00b-ass reviewer	I had a Blue Orb on a Ti-200 and it worked fine, but can't compare to the GF4 version.

19-March-03, 10:00 AM		#5 (permalink)
Gladiator Apex Tech Fanatic	Here is a pic of my old gf2, sorry thats its a nasty pic, nasty camera I sold that card a few days ago on ebay: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...tem=3406531226 Only sold it cause I was upgrading but it was a hell of a fan and not even loud

19-March-03, 10:47 AM		#6 (permalink)
BZA Semin-Hoe-Le Supp-Hoe-Ter	Yo BA, did you have a problem with the bottom of yours not being flush? I read a review that said that the particular cooler they got was not flat and didnt contact the entire GPU. The review i read, they lapped it down with 400 grit, 600 grit, 800 grit, 1000 grit, and 2000 grit paper to get it all on the same level. Was this an isolated incident or a pattern? Anybody have one and paid attention to it?

19-March-03, 01:19 PM		#7 (permalink)
BigAkita n00b-ass reviewer	Honestly, I don't know. I automatically lap anything that goes onto my CPU or GPU. I don't remember any unusual concave patterns while I was lapping it; at least no more than heatsinks usually have. That brings up an interesting point though; recently I bought a Maze3 and didn't notice it had P4 mounts on it. I went ahead and lapped it and it had a wicked depression in the center. It took me hours to smooth it out. After I noticed I had the wrong one and received the correct one, I lapped the new one. It required very little work and the bottom was flat and shiny in about 20 minutes. Two blocks from the same company. I guess it's not unlike chips with their production runs, each run is a little different than the other.