VIDEO CARD COOLING NEEDED FOR OVERCLOCKING

[clkio]

sorry guys, I have the same post under general hardware and then realized I should have it here. Anyways, I am overclocking my system, so whats left is the video card now. I have a Celestica ati 9600xt 256 and I want to overclock it. But i want the best cooling (not liquid, due to budjet), if anybody can assist me that would be great. thx

 

[Dough1397]

the new zalman vf-700 or whatever it is called... or maybe the artic cooling ati silencer

 

[gobucks]

i wouldn't bother spending that much money on a cooler for a 9600XT - the card just isn't fast enough. I got the zalman VF700, and it's nice, but i mainly got it cause my temps were rediculous (80C under load!!!), and it dropped my temps by like 20C. Anyways, since the 9600XT runs less than $90, and the cooler is around $30, you'd need like a 33% overclock to make it worth it, and i doubt very much you'll get anywhere near that.

 

[clkio]

90$ is pretty low, where did you see it for that cheap?

 

[Doctorweir]

Another vote for my good old trusty VF700

 

[rogue1979]

I have an ATI 9600XT and it overclocks to 585/346 on stock cooling.

The temp sensor says 50C under full load and the stock cooler is modest.

From what I understand all 9550/9600 cores run very cool in comparison to other gpu's.

 

[clkio]

The VF700 doesn't cost much on ebay. I can get it for abour 20u.s. So i think i will go with that.