After Market or No After Market?

[jimmyj68]

About to conclude a trade-in deal with EVGA for a new 8800GS video card. The cooling systems on these cards looks pretty effective and quietly efficient. Is there anything to be gained by substituting an aftermarket GPU cooler?

 

[LittleNemoNES]

I would hold off until there is something that will do a significantly better job. So far reports are that stock cooling is quiet and efficient.

 

[josh6079]

Is there anything to be gained by substituting an aftermarket GPU cooler?

Sure, higher clocks which in turn give better performance. I've got my eye on this beings how I already have a water cooling setup: Click

Of course, the air coolers that come stock with them do the job and I may not overclock my next rig at all. I like doing it, but I think I'll take a break and game more instead of troubleshoot and game. They'll already offer great performance.

 

[jimmyj68]

OK - I'll keep it stock since I never overclock. Thanks for the wisdom words.