Got my 2CoolTek order yesterday. It took only 4 days since I sent the Money Order and everything was satisfactory; especially the Arctic Silver II. I have now managed to obtain the coveted maximum Front-Side Bus clock for my VT6X4, 150Mhz. 8) Since the Pentium III’s multiplier is locked, as far as I can go is a mediocore 750Mhz (5×150). I seriously think that I could make it to 825Mhz (5.5×150), though. Anyways, Arctic Silver kicked my “GheTTo 3M tape strung across the HSF’s” ass. The thermal tape probably wasn’t a good idea in the first place, cause it seems to trap little air pockets. So don’t even try it.

Loog’s all freaking out about shit, so I tested his Geforce2 GTS today and have determined that there is nothing wrong with it. I’ve been tweaking it a little bit, but haven’t got around to enabling 4X or Side-Banding (AGP Driving Value needs to be changed). I got it clocked to around 215/264 (default is 200/333) but after that there were artifacts all over. Again, the Driving Value should help that a little. Overall, my current Viper2 is only marginally slower than Loog’s GF2 GTS. In 3DMark 99 Max (my favorite video benchmark), the Viper2 is untouchable on the Race at 72.8fps and that was with a 140Mhz FSB and default clocks. The only reason to get a GeForce over a Viper2 is the stability. I had faith in S3 and Diamond, but nobody else did.
Formatting is a good thing, people. As long as you have taken the time to go through your entire drive and backup important files, formatting the primary drive should clear up a lot of registry problems and other general crap-ups that occur over time. So, have fun with your format, Loog. 😛






