Heatsink that is compatible with Radeon 4870 and Radeon 5850?

[lsquare]

Because of the high prices of the Radeon 5850 at the moment, I'm tempted to just get the 4870 just to use until the prices of the 5850 drops. My little brother is using an ancient Geforce 8600. While the prices of the 4870 are not at an all-time low, it's still low enough for me to consider and it still performs great with the latest games like BF: BC2. I'm going to use it to power my dual 24" LCDs with 1920x1200 resolution. The cards that I intend to get will be using the reference AMD design. I want to get a replacement cooler to reduce the amount of noise that will be created. My question here is whether there are any replacement coolers on the market that will fit both the Radeon 4870 and 5850?

 

[eklock2000]

Scythe Musashi...

http://www.scythe-usa.com/product/vga/002/scvms1000_detail.html

It was absolutely silent on my HD4870, even with fans on full blast. In a closed case though. Also, I kept the stock plate on to cool the VRMs.

EK2K

 

[lsquare]

Did you put the fans on the heatsink? Or you ran it passively?

Has anyone here used the Scythe Musashi on a Radeon 5850?

 

[RussianSensation]

"The distance between the mounting holes of the Radeon HD 5850 cooler is the same as on the Radeon HD 4870/4890 (75.5 millimeters), so you can try to install an alternative cooling system on this card. For example, a Thermalright T-Rad2 with two 92mm fans (1500rpm)." - Source: http://www.xbitlabs.com/articles/video/display/radeon-hd5850_3.html

Alternatively, Accelero Twin Turbo Pro:
http://www.overclock.net/ati-cooling/675703-aftermarket-cooling-solutions-ati-hd-5850-a-2.html

Both are $42-$45, found here:
http://www.svc.com/vga-cooler.html

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And there is also Accelero S1 Rev 2:
http://www.svc.com/fan-acces1.html

The biggest problem with 4870/4890 series and even 5850 series is VRM cooling.
$8 here:
http://www.frozencpu.com/products/95...890HD4870.html

Also all of these will be compatible with 5870.

Something to think about is a new 4870 ~ $150. Add any of these coolers + VRM + fan (for the S1), you are looking another $50 with shipping. That's $200. More or less, no one will pay you more than $100 for this card in 12 months. Probably even less.

So if 5850 is $200 in 12 months, you will have a cash outlay of $100 (from selling your 4870 for $100). Just buy the 5850 now for $300 and call it a day. Performance in BF:BC2 is good!

http://www.xbitlabs.com/articles/video/display/battlefield-bad-company-2_6.html#sect0

How about 5770?

At your resolution, the performance difference between 5770 and 4870 isn't that much:
http://www.techspot.com/article/255-battlefield-bad-company2-performance/page5.html