Any decent aftermarket coolers for a 6950?

[SpeedZealot369]

Hey forum I just bought one of these cards, the 2gb version and it's fully unlocked. I do enjoy a quite computer, I was wondering if there are any decent aftermarket coolers for this model?

thanks

 

[HumblePie]

Thermalright Shaman

 

[badb0y]

Thermalright Shaman

Bam, make sure you have room though.

 

[SpeedZealot369]

Wow that looks awesome, but is there anything a bit cheaper say around 50 dollars or so?

 

[SpeedZealot369]

anyone?

 

[badb0y]

There is also the arctic cooling accelero xtreme plus if you want, should be cheaper check mwave.

 

[netxzero64]

how about the thermalright spitfire?

 

[Makaveli]

Artic cooling Twin turbo pro!!





This is it on my 4890 before I transfered it to my 6950 in like 5 mins.

 

[WaTaGuMp]

IMHO stock coolers keep cards well within safe temps now a days. Spend the money on something else.

 

[MagickMan]

IMHO stock coolers keep cards well within safe temps now a days. Spend the money on something else.

he's talking about noise.

 

[Makaveli]

IMHO stock coolers keep cards well within safe temps now a days. Spend the money on something else.

lmao is this a joke post.

You forget the second reason people swap coolers NOISE!

My AC cooler is quieter than the stock cooler can only dream about.

And I will take my card being at 60c load vs 85-90c with a the stock cooler.

 

[3DVagabond]

IMHO stock coolers keep cards well within safe temps now a days. Spend the money on something else.

Not always. You have an Asus 6850. That's a well cooled card. Not all cards are though. Quite a few are marginal, at best. Besides, nothing wrong with cooler running electronics. Heat is one of the nemesis's of electronics, in general.

 

[WaTaGuMp]

Not always. You have an Asus 6850. That's a well cooled card. Not all cards are though. Quite a few are marginal, at best. Besides, nothing wrong with cooler running electronics. Heat is one of the nemesis's of electronics, in general.

The cards are tested before selling them, IMHO they are not going to sell a card if it doesn't stay cool enough. They will stay cool enough to run fine as long as there is nothing wrong with the cooler itself. I have never had a card die in my many years building computers because of the stock cooler not doing its job. I use to buy aftermarket cooling, it didn't do anything to make the card live longer. People do it to satisfy their piece of mind, too each his own I say on that. You do not need the lowest possible temps you can get, but I do understand people getting the lowest they can, to me its all about SAFE temps, not the lowest possible.

 

[VeryCharBroiled]

cooler cards may OC slightly better too.

but noise is my main reason for my adding AC accelro xtreme GTX pros (can the name be any longer?) to my SLId BFG GTX285s. they do folding@home 24/7 (100% load, fans always set to 100%) and man what a difference in noise. wife loves em even more than I do heh. also allowed me to push the shaders up a bit too, above 1700 they dont like temps over the low 60s as it give errors while folding.

 

[SpeedZealot369]

I actually have a twin turbo pro on my 5850, some people are saying it fits on a 6950.. can anyone confirm this? and if so is it hard or tricky.

thanks