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Whats the most recommended cooler of 9700NP?

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SilverTrine

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Its a Powercolor 9700np. I havent paid much attention to whats the best cooler. I hope to put a better(not signficantly nosier) cooler on an also put ramsinks on the memory to get it up 9700pro speeds. Thanks for the assistance in advance.
 
If you want to keep your warranty, stick with the stock cooler.

If you're willing to void it, the Arctic Cooling VGA Silencer at SVC.com seems very highly recommended. It'll not only cool your card well and quietly, but it should lower case temps as well. It's the same cooler HIS labels as "IceQ" on their Excalibur 9800 series cards.
 
you wouldn't need extra cooling for 9700pro speeds, at most, you can just replace the tiny little fan on the heatsink with a stronger fan and you'll be set.
 
I replaced my heatsink/fan with the Arctic Cooling unit. Now what I need to know is how to check the temps of the card. Does ATI make such a utility?
 
He was replying to the person that started this thread, "which cooler for my 9700np". If you want to know how hot your video card is, better get a thermal probe setup. You probably wont want to know when you see a GPU runs considerably hotter than a CPU and start freaking out.
 
You folks should petition ATI to include core temp reading in their drivers. Nvidia did a nice job on that. ATI should include that ASAP.
Anyways, I was replying to the OP saying "The one it came with". The fan provided from the manufacturer is more than adequate for cooling.
Unless you plan to burn up your card with and insane o/c and let it reach lava temperatures. And if you have Infineon 3.3ns DDR, you are out of luck reaching pro speeds. I have heard that Samsung and Hynix DDR is what you want for that. Also, the 9700np and 9700 pro use the same hsf and neither of them have ramsinks.
 
Originally posted by: Tullphan
So how will I know if it's doing it's job or if my 9700Pro is slowly melting? hehehe
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Well, the cheap, nontechnical way is to (carefully!) touch the heatsink while the card is running a 3D app. Ground yourself first by touching the PSU housing, and use a light touch, as the HSF should be hot. If it's hot/warm, then you know the contact between the GPU and the HSF is good, and heat is being transferred. If it's not hot, then you may want to check that you applied the correct amount of thermal goop and the HSF is seated properly.

Otherwise, I think the only way to check temps on a 9700P is to physically attach a temp probe.
 
Well, i'm using that arctic cooling unit, so I can't hardly touch the heatsink due to it being surrounded by the "duct work" for the fan/exhaust.
Any other way short of getting a probe?
(Gawd, can't we think of another term besides that? Brings back flashbacks from a proctologist visit gone bad!)
 
I've got a PowerColor 9700np. I think the factory cooler is more than adequate for it, even with a little overclocking. Considering that's it's same HSF that's used for the much hotter running 9700pro and is actually BIGGER than the factory HSF for the 9800Pro, it's really hard to beat.
 
Originally posted by: Tullphan
So how will I know if it's doing it's job or if my 9700Pro is slowly melting? hehehe
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Also if you start noticing visual abnormalities (artifacts, spots, lines, color splotches).
 
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