Best cooling option for an ATI Radeon X800 XT?

[nlkccom]

I just purchased an ATI Radeon X800 XT. Using the ATI Tool, I noticed the temperature on the card is quite high. It idles as 50C-60C, and peaks at 85C-90C at high load. Is this normal?

I'm thinking about OCing the card, so I want to replace the stock heatsink & fan. What's the best cooling option for this particular card? I've noticed the Arctic Cooling ATI Silencer 5 Rev. 2 is quite popular, many claimed the card very quiet and also reduces the temperature significantly. Can anyone give some suggestion?

Also, I've never replace an headsink & fan before, how difficult is the process?

 

[psihog]

if you just want lower temp, you can adjust the fan speed with atitool or other utilities. http://www.techpowerup.com/atitool/
I think default fan speed is pretty slow. Down side is it gets quite loud
Get AC Silencer if you want cool and quiet.

 

[mcmikemc]

I got this a week or two ago:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16835118117

I love it. I went from the stock speed on my BFG 6800GT (370/1.0) with load temps of 90C to an overclock of 400/1.1 and the load temps are now 75C.

 

[SPARTAN VI]

Using an AC5 rev. 2 Silencer on my X800XL, purrs at 40-65 idle/load. I'm in CA and on the second floor, so it idles pretty warm.

 

[Brian48]

Originally posted by: nlkccom
I just purchased an ATI Radeon X800 XT. Using the ATI Tool, I noticed the temperature on the card is quite high. It idles as 50C-60C, and peaks at 85C-90C at high load. Is this normal?

I'm thinking about OCing the card, so I want to replace the stock heatsink & fan. What's the best cooling option for this particular card? I've noticed the Arctic Cooling ATI Silencer 5 Rev. 2 is quite popular, many claimed the card very quiet and also reduces the temperature significantly. Can anyone give some suggestion?

Also, I've never replace an headsink & fan before, how difficult is the process?

Unless you're having heat related problems, I'd leave it alone.

 

[govtcheez75]

I'm selling a VF-700cu, and a ATi Silencer 4 if you're interested. I used the VF-700cu on my X800XT PE for a few weeks before moving to water. Before putting that on my card, it wouldn't overclock past 10-15mhz over stock speeds without getting artifacts since it would hit near 80degrees at full load. After installing the VF-700cu, the idle temps dropped by about 10 degrees and load temps dropped nearly 20 degrees and would overclock much more without any aritfacts.

...not to mention that it got MUCH MUCH quieter.

The ATi silencer is pretty much new since it's not compatible with my MoBo. I installed it and had to take it off.