Originally posted by: Bateluer
Originally posted by: smoothvirus
I have the VisionTek 4870. I purchased the VF1000 to cool it but I haven't installed it yet. As others have noted, the VF1000 only comes with enough heatsinks for the RAM, but not the VRM chips. So I went to Microcenter to get more of the Zalman heatsinks but they were sold out. However they did have these:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/...x?Item=N82E16835108071 , so that's what I got.
Now that I'm looking at photos of other peoples VF1000 installations, it looks to me like the VF1000 is going to overlap the VRM chips, in which case it's very unlikely the Swiftech heatsinks will fit. Guess I'll find out in a few days.
Let me know how your experience with the VF1000 goes. I don't think the Swiftech ram sinks will fit though. I had some on a 7800GS AGP card. They cool really well, but their adhesive blows and they are likely going to be too tall. Not sure about the clearance of the VF1000 cooler though. Oh, I epoxied the ram sinks to my old 7800GS because the thermal tape was so crappy, so keep an eye out when you install them on the VRMs.
I also sent an email to HIS regarding the issues with the stock cooler, perhaps I can convince them to send me an updated BIOS that will resolve the fan speed problem and enable PowerPlay. That'd be a cheaper solution than either the Twin Turbo or the VF1000. Naturally, I'd share such a BIOS with AT as well.