Cooling necessary for 9500 NP Overclock

apapia

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So go on Newegg and order a Radeon 9500 NP for $150. It comes with the new red pcb with L-shaped Infineon 3.3ns memory and Wizzard's softmod 9500 -> 9700 works great! I use RadClocker to turn it up to 380 core/ 310 memory. Now I'm wondering if I could get more out of the card by adding memory heatsinks and a Chrome Orb. I'm considering buying the 9x00 cooling kit over at www.2cooltek.com - what do you guys think? Will a Chrome Orb and some small heatsinks do the trick to get 400 / 330 or better or is the performance increase I might get not worth it? Also, www.svc.com has the Thermaltake GIANT II Heatpipe VGA Cooler which may be really sweet. I'm wondering if memory sinks would even fit with that beast of a cooler though. Thanks for input, you guys are the best!