Can you post the make and model of your card please. I need to look up info on it .

Shinky Dink Graphics Cards are the next fad.

nvidia gforce 9800 gx2 1gig ddr3 dual dvi/hdmi

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Here's a couple of links to read through:

http://www.overclockers.com/forums/show ... p?t=606658

http://hardforum.com/showthread.php?t=1421792

Give it a go, hell at worst nothing happens, so it's worth a shot..and if it does work, that'd be just awesome for damn sure! Keep us posted!

I'm still curious what card it is..does it say what it is on the cooler itself? Most vid cards do. But either rate, give that a go, like I said it's a shot in the dark, but hell at this point you got nothing more to lose with it. Cheers.

EDIT: Oh a 9800GX2, that's a dual GPU, dual PCB vid card. Those are known to run hot as hell. Doing the oven trick could be a royal pain in the ass. The cooler is a pain to take apart and the card itself is 2 cards made to work as one. The bulk of the cooler is actually in between the 2 cards. Having some extra thermal paste is a must though, but you should be able to get some for a few bucks that'll do just fine...make sure it's non-conductive though. So there's a secondary card that plugs into the primary card to run a sort of on card "SLI" without needing to do it on the motherboard. The first GTX295's were like that too. Here's some instructions to take it apart:

http://www.overclock.net/hardware-news/ ... 00gx2.html

Edit part II: I have seen used versions of that card stateside run around 120-150...and really, you'd be better off getting a used GTX260 or GTX280 at that price. Or go ATI and get an HD5770. Runs DX11, uses less power, is very oc-able, and runs neck and neck with a GTX260.

Here's some prices from Newegg.ca:

http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.as ... -_-Product

http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.as ... -_-Product

I'm sure spending a bunch of money on a new card isn't what you wanna do right now, and really we could probably find a good deal down here and ship it to ya on something used. Sure used is a risk, but for sure start with baking your GX2, if that don't work and ya still want to find a solution, I'll be more than happy to help on my end to find you something and get it heading your way for as cheap as possible. Cheers.

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Good on ya mate !