posted 04-02- 04:11 AM               

Add a good fan to the cooler on the cards CPU (200mhz rated fan)

Try to add some cooling to that little metal cooler on the top back corner of the card, that thing gets damn hot.

I've been able to overclock to 173mhz, after that no matter how much cooling I've added things lock up, but thats still 30mhz more than standard.

I have notice no increase in FPS etc AT ALL after overclocking my V3 2000 even though it does benchmark a bit faster in 2D.

Hope this helps you out some semmern

posted 04-02- 04:11 AM               

Add a good fan to the cooler on the cards CPU (200mhz rated fan)

Try to add some cooling to that little metal cooler on the top back corner of the card, that thing gets damn hot.

I've been able to overclock to 173mhz, after that no matter how much cooling I've added things lock up, but thats still 30mhz more than standard.

I have notice no increase in FPS etc AT ALL after overclocking my V3 2000 even though it does benchmark a bit faster in 2D.

Hope this helps you out some semmern

posted 04-02- 06:33 PM               

At best, overclocking without extra cooling (fans) will cause you intermitant lockups forcing a hard reboot, and at worst it will screw up the card completely. For the price of a p200 heatsink and fan (just take the fan of the heatsink and attach it to the one on the card) I'd not risk it at all, the voodoo generates so much heat it's unreal, much more than your CPU does, and needs alot of cooling. IMO even the 2000 series should have been released with a cooling fan as spec.

My honest answer..

Add a P200 rated fan to the heatsink on the voodoo. Also, either buy a set of twin "Card Coolers" (They mount above the cards and blow down over them) or if you have any old power packs lying around, open them up, remove the fan and mount it in the case to blow onto the card itself.

I'm very touchy about cooling, and I can tell you honestly the V3 2000 needs it, it wouldn't be a good idea not to add fans even without overcloking IMO.