Which HS/Fan combo for a GF2 GTS and a few other questions

[Windogg]

I'm going to remove the stock HS/fan on a 32Mb VisionTek GeForce GTS. I was wondering which of the following should I get as a replacement:

Copper Video Heatsink

BlueOrb

Both are confirmed to fit just fine with the clips that come with the card.

Also does anyone know if VisionTek uses just heatsink paste or a thermal epoxy on the GPU? What is the best way get the sucker off if it is glued on?

Finally does the card use 4 or 8 memory chips? I want to mount some small heatsinks on the memory to get a little extra juice out of the card.

Windogg

 

[chiwawa626]

Well Copper has better heat transfer then other metals im guessing the blorb isn't as good at heat transfer. But then again the orbs have a diffrent design that might help. Then look at CPU heatsink comparisons the hedgehog (all copper heatsink) beats any orb any day. I say go with the copper one you could use a better fan for more airflow.

 

[Windogg]

I spent the extra $2 and went with the copper HS/fan.

Now the question is how easy will it be to mount everything. I plan on using ArcticSilver paste on the GPU and ArcticSilver Epoxy on the memory chips.

Windogg

 

[Daudi]

Well, the stock hsf is plenty I think. Overclocking the core doesn't do anything really anyways. I would just add some heatsinks to the memory and oc the memory a bunch, that's where you'll find the biggest performance increase.

 

[chiwawa626]

Overclocking the GPU creates a lot of heat, and not too much in preformance gain. I find if you leave the core and overclock the memory as much as u can,you get the best increase in preformance. Be wise on your choice of memory sinks.