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get it if you are more comfortable with it. it'll reduce temps to around 53c probably and the silencer will probably reduce temps to around 57c on the core. about same difference. well withing acceptable limits even if you oc.
 
in your case, zalman.
I suggest looking up fs/t forums on here. I got a great deal on a Artic VGA Silencer fro a 9800pro recently.
prices should be lower than in stores and the people yuo deal with are actually nice and knowledgeable.
 
I already bought the arctic cooler. Doesn't matter then. It says something about if the heatsink doesn't come off then a thermal pad is used and I have to heat it with a dryer until it comes off. I don't know how to do that. And the instruction manual seems kind of simple. I don't trust myself doing it right reading the quarter of a page manual. And since the gpu got so hot, could it have been damaged?
 
Thanks! But how do I know right now that it's the fan and not the gpu or vram or something like that?
 
vram has nothing to do with it. very few cards except o asus evemn measure vram temps since it's nto worthwhile. If the Core, or gpu(or actually vram for that matter) had enough voltage ot overpower your fan, it would be running at about 2x the voltage stock(probabyl 3-4x for DDRIII ram) which would'de fried it and since you havent done a voltmod and i'm assuming it still works, it's nnot a gpu overvolt. must be fan problem.
 
Could it be that the GPU has been poorly manufactured? Like it's not properly made so it's hot?
 
no, because then you would have many display problems(artifacting, instability, blank screen). besides, all gpus are tested and binnedat the factory for defects. a defective gpu is VERY rare.
 
what do you have? can you take a pic or something? those gromets are pretty useful if you dont want your card to short and smoke.
 
I don't have a digital camera. I have a piece of metal that looks like a cross with 4 holes on each end and a rubber pad that looks like a short cross. And instead of the pieces of popped up metal that's supposed to contact the ram, I have 8 glooy pieces sticked on to the same area with a paper cover that says "pull remove" on them. That's it.
 
ah. the rubber pad and mountaing bracket(x shaped piece of metal) do basically the same thing, better actually. less chance of crushing core or applying unequal pressure.
 
The cross shaped metal is bent towards one direction. When I apply it which way should the bend direction go towards? And I if I have the sticky pads to place on vram do I still have to spread the heat glue onto the vram?
 
And what about that thermal pad that the manual mentioned? Do I have to heat the cards with a hair dryer like the manual said?
 
And it said to clear glue on the gpu. What should I clean it with? And it said to use alchol to wash it, isn't that kind of risky because I can waterdamage the card if I spilt some?
 
Originally posted by: dsj
The cross shaped metal is bent towards one direction. When I apply it which way should the bend direction go towards? And I if I have the sticky pads to place on vram do I still have to spread the heat glue onto the vram?
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According to the manual the sticky pads are thermal pads. So if I have thermal pads guled onto the heatsink for the ram I don't have to spread paste over the ram pieces right?
 
The thermal pads for the ram look abit off positioned. They don't like up that straight. Is there any problem with that? And How do I know if the heatsink is touching the GPU and VRAM? What if there's a slight space and I can't tell but they are not touching?
 
are these thermal pads provided originally wth te card?if so, remove them andclean residue with alcohol. thenapply some paste. thermal pads are 1 timeuse only.
 
No, they are glued onto the nvcooler. In your picture there are 4 popping up copper pieces. But instead of these I have 8 thermal pads glued to the heatsink of the cooler.
 
put some thermal compound on the heatsink(thin coat, 1mm or less) and touch the heatsink to the gpu. then take it off, if the coat is not perfectly spread on the heatsink too, then it is not making good contact.
 
What do I do if there's not good cover? Just sand a piece of the heatsink off like that guy did?
 
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