Any decent VGA coolers for 9500 PRO?

[KDOG]

I'm interested in giving mycard some better cooling since I'm OCing it at 325/600... Any good ones out there, I don't care if it takes an extra slot!!! Thanks!!!

 

[Nebor]

Zalman HP80-C

 

[Czar]

Originally posted by: Nebor
Zalman HP80-C

I have on on a radeon 9700 pro, loooove it

 

[BoomAM]

Originally posted by: Czar

Originally posted by: Nebor
Zalman HP80-C

I have on on a radeon 9700 pro, loooove it

Same here.
I got one on friday.
Its great.
Have my card OCed to 360/352.50(705). Ive also got a Zalman FB123 and the included 92mm fan on low above it. Cools very nicely.
Pain in the A$$ to install though. On your own anyway.

 

[KDOG]

I can't tell from the pic I got of it, does that cool the memory too?

 

[KDOG]

Also I have an A7N8X Rev. 2 nforce mobo, is there any conflicts known with that?

 

[Czar]

no, only cools the gpu, shouldnt be any conflicts

 

[KDOG]

Are there any that cool both gpu and mem? Or is it not really necessary?

 

[Czar]

not that I know of, you could get the zalman and then when you have fitted it you could try to find small heatsinks to put on the memory

 

[Jeff7]

Can't beat one of these, at least if you only want one PCI slot taken up. 😀 Works on my 9700 Pro anyway.
Could always use an Alpha 6035 if you can find one, or some other tall heatsink with a 60x60mm base.

 

[KDOG]

Hmmm, that Zalman DOES look good, I'll look around....

 

[BoomAM]

Originally posted by: KDOG
Are there any that cool both gpu and mem?

None that are available, although there are several rumors that the cooler seen on the HIS 9800pro(see guru3d review) will be released.

Or is it not really necessary?

No difference. On 90% of todays cards, the memory is limited by voltage and not heat.

 

[etech]

Originally posted by: BoomAM

Originally posted by: KDOG
Are there any that cool both gpu and mem?

None that are available, although there are several rumors that the cooler seen on the HIS 9800pro(see guru3d review) will be released.

Or is it not really necessary?

No difference. On 90% of todays cards, the memory is limited by voltage and not heat.

You may be right but take a look at the bottom right picture.


ASUS A7N8X Deluxe Thermal Images

 

[Vonkhan]

Originally posted by: Nebor
Zalman HP80-C

with the zm-op1 🙂

 

[BoomAM]

Good find that.
But even though the memory is quite warm, there is still a strong chance that he`s limited by voltage, if he was OCing. Memory cooling would only serve to lower the memorys temps, which would help, to an extent, prolong its lifespan.

 

[etech]

Originally posted by: BoomAM
Good find that.
But even though the memory is quite warm, there is still a strong chance that he`s limited by voltage, if he was OCing. Memory cooling would only serve to lower the memorys temps, which would help, to an extent, prolong its lifespan.

not necessarily