7950GX2 Cooling

[Farmer]

There doesn't look like there is a way, aside from cutting the bezel in half, and you still wouldn't know what cooler fits or not.

Why didn't nVidia ship this product with a more effective cooler designed specifically for this type of card, as opposed to what looks like two single-chip 7900GT coolers stacked on top of eachother?

 

[adairusmc]

Well, there a water cooling block for the thing "coming soon", if you are into that sort of thing.

http://www.highspeedpc.com/Merchant2/me...creen=CTGY&Category_Code=CoolMatic7950

I took my coolers off, and replaced the compound with some Arctic Silver 5, and it did help a little bit. I do now know what the airflow in your case looks like, but the stock coolers have been working great for me, I have not had any heat problems at all.

 

[Farmer]

I realize that. I dont even have the card, just putting together a system on paper.

For instance, if we were to purchase another 7950GX2, and quad SLI, would there be heat problems? I would assume under some circumstance that, yes, the thermal performance would not be that great. This would obviously be a small problem if there were aftermarket cooling solutions, but.

 

[adairusmc]

I would think that as long as you have good air circulation in your case, it would not be a super huge problem. Yeah, they run hot, but I dont think they are THAT bad as far as heat goes. The stock cooler works great for me, but I am pushing quite a bit of air through my case.

 

[josh6079]

How the hell can one replace the cooler?

You can't yet.

Well, there a water cooling block for the thing "coming soon", if you are into that sort of thing.

http://www.highspeedpc.com/Merchant2/me...creen=CTGY&Category_Code=CoolMatic7950

Ouch, 90 degree bends with resisting water tracks......
It's a step, but the fact is the build of the 7950 isn't the best for aftermarket cooling solutions.

This one seems to be built better as far as flow is concerned: http://www.dangerden.com/news.php

Different angles:
http://www.dangerden.com/images/blocks/7950/large/7950_top_view2.jpg
http://www.dangerden.com/images/blocks/7950/large/7950_side_view.jpg
http://www.dangerden.com/images/blocks/7950/large/7950_back_view.jpg

I just think that by the time these coolers really get rolling, G80 will be sweeping the industry.

 

[Nightmare225]

Which shouldn't be much longer.