XFX 7800GT heatsink same as eVGA 7800GT CO?

[Eureka]

This (XFX):
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16814150124

And this (eVGA):
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16814130256

Look like they have the same cooler.

Norm

 

[mwmorph]

no the xfx cooler is much shorter. the co cooler is jsut a 7800gtx cooler i think. the xfx cooler looks like a cut down version.

 

[fierydemise]

The eVGA is clocked a little faster but the XFX looks cool and has a better bundle both have a great warrenty so its a toss up IMHO

 

[Eureka]

LOL... well my cousin got the XFX one because it's cheaper and has a custom heatsink, and because the eVGA one is out of stock.

Does it do the job as well/better as the regular GT one?

Norm

 

[mwmorph]

the evga one would cool better i would think. It's a tossup. I'm personalyl not a fan of motogp or x2 and i own farcry and quake 4 so the bundle is meh ot me, but in truth, I liked quake 4 better. Far cry was jsut a little ot tatically based and slow paced. I grew up on Wold3d/doom and i'll die playing games like Wolf3d/doom.

 

[christopherzombie]

**This is just for a compare of Aluminum and Copper HSFs for 7800GTs**

I have two EVGA 7800GTs. One is a standard N518 and the other is a CO N516. The 7800GT CO (N517) and CO SE (N516) both have the 7800GTX HSF, but it's on a 7800GT PCB. It looks like XFX uses a similar cooler, but it doesn't have the black metal back-plate on the rear side of the PCB. This may have something to do with the GTX having RAM on the rear side, and the GT has all it's RAM on the front. My guess is that XFX doesn't use GTX cooling on it's GTs. Copper is a bit heavier than aluminum, so EVGA uses the back-plate to support the extra weight.

Here are a few cooling and overclocking figuers:

Aluminum HSF 7800GT N518 as a single card:
Idle: 42c
Load: 65c
Stock speed: 445/1070
Overclocked: 510/1250

Copper HSF 7800GT N516 as a single card:
Idle: 38c
Load: 63c
Stock speed: 470/1100
Overclocked: 475/1180

As you can see, the copper HSF keeps it a few degrees cooler over stock. But with my cards, the standard 7800GT has a higher maximum overclock. Others may have better luck overclocking. And this only compares EVGA's 7800GTs and not XFX's cards. But temps shouldn't vary much when cooling the same G70 GPU with the same material.