Asus 7900GT Top, extra fan?

[faye]

I got this card,

Anyone got this card?
when stock cooling, how far can you clock it?

and do you need extra cooling for this?

I see this card with very little heatsink and fan, i wonder if i need extra fan.

and if i really want an other fan to replace the stock fan, which can i use?
Did Zalman has one of this? I saw Inno3d has this Zalman hsf built for it. I wonder if it is selling a standalone version.

 

[Ike0069]

I was just looking at this card.
Where did you get yours, and how are the accesories that came with it?

This is supposed to come with an improved cooler than the stock x1800XT, so I'm not sure why you would need a bigger one. Do you have a link to the one you purchased.

 

[darkswordsman17]

Judging by the looks of it, if you're running stock speeds then it should be fine. Might be able to do some overclocking, maybe not. From what I can gather comparing its HSF to the stock one, is that the stock one seems to be marginally smaller. They look like they use the same fan. The real difference seems to be that the stock one is copper and this one isn't (or else is colored to not look like copper), however the stock one has the flimsy and crappy soldered on fins.

The main reason I changed HSF is due to the noise. The stock HSF had an annoying whine that I personally thought was much worse than an X1900XT which you hear a lot of people complain about. I have a Zalman Vf-700 AlCu and there's basically no difference in temps (actually idled a little lower with the stock HSF, but load temps are probably cooler with the Zalman). I would recommend the copper version, or a modified NV5 Silencer if you have the room (need to free slots unerneath the video card).

If you're thinking about doing the voltmod, then definitely pick up something better.

 

[faye]

I got this from Hong kong,

Actually the fan is working perfectly, however it seems kinda small. and the fan turns quite slow.

I can afford it to run a little faster and a little bigger.
so i find a replacement.

The stock cooling system is working perfectly once again.