BFG maybe special edition 6800s?

[PacFu]

I picked up a 6800 GT for a buddy of mine at best buy yesterday and it has a TOTALLY different HSF than my evga referance cooler.

Its almost fully copper with one heat pipe and 2 fans, with built in blue LEDs and blue PCB. Is this a special edition or is it just that BFG changed their design? if you go to bfgtech.com they show the card on the 6800 page if you wanna see what I mean.
Card here

Anyone get a bfg before these designs or have they always been this way?

 

[THUGSROOK]

its not new. only BFG and Leadtech cards offer those coolers.
my BFG5900 came with one.

honestly? it aint so great, i replaced the cooler long ago.

 

[PacFu]

on your 5900? what did you replace it with?

 

[CaiNaM]

Originally posted by: THUGSROOK
its not new. only BFG and Leadtech cards offer those coolers.
my BFG5900 came with one.

honestly? it aint so great, i replaced the cooler long ago.

it's actually a bit different. the 6800 is a heatpipe design; the 5900 was not. dunno if one is more effective than the other tho, personally i don't think the new one cools as well as the nv ref. cooler.

 

[nitromullet]

http://forums.anandtech.com/messageview.cfm?catid=31&threadid=1369714&

another thread about this cooler with pics.

 

[CP5670]

I am having some problems with my card and it has this new cooler, although I don't know if that has anything to do with it. I will probably have to replace it; should I try asking them for a card with the old style reference one instead?

 

[streetphase]

i got one, i pulled the card and slapped arctic silver 3 on it.. im running @ ultra clocks right now. It can go higher too, but i havent tried...

 

[THUGSROOK]

Originally posted by: PacFu
on your 5900? what did you replace it with?

a cpu cooler and some ramsinks.
dropped my loaded temps 15*C 🙂

 

[Actaeon]

Originally posted by: streetphase
i got one, i pulled the card and slapped arctic silver 3 on it.. im running @ ultra clocks right now. It can go higher too, but i havent tried...

How have your temps fared with the AS3 compared to the regular stuff? Might be a good idea for me to slap some AS3 on there...

Originally posted by: nitromullet
http://forums.anandtech.com/messageview.cfm?catid=31&threadid=1369714&

another thread about this cooler with pics.

Hehe, I was about to link to my thread! Ya beat me too it. That other guy has much better pictures.

I honestly don't know if this copper cooler is any better than the reference design... some say it doesn't, some say it does.

Eh... whatever. It runs fine at Ultra speeds 🙂.