dino-new Posted October 15, 2003 Posted October 15, 2003 What's the best cooling for a 9800 pro. I'm talking heat sink and fan. Since I don't have and am not ready to get liquid cooling yet. Thanks, Devin Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
d3bruts1d Posted October 16, 2003 Posted October 16, 2003 Cooling topics beling in the cooling forum. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
FanATIc205 Posted October 16, 2003 Posted October 16, 2003 theres really only one aftermarket option and thats the zaleman zm series heat pipe coolers . thou peoplel like to take 2u server h/s cooljag seems to be the fav and mod it to fit on the 9800. also the stock amd coolers that come with bartons have been a fav lately too but that takes up alot of pci slots Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ne1n Posted October 16, 2003 Posted October 16, 2003 zalman products. best heatpipe IMO Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuperdogBYC Posted October 16, 2003 Posted October 16, 2003 an easy option is to look for a relatively good all copper cpu hsf and glue it on. i did it for a couple of friends, bought a 60mm dynatron hsf from newegg(only cost $9) put a layer of arctic epoxy on the outer shim and arctic silver thermal paste on the core itself, stuck it on and now he is running it at 450mhz core, 380mem without breakin in sweat. Specs: Barton 2500+ @ 3200+ 2342Mhz asus a7n8x deluxe mobo corsair twinx512 pc3200 llpt series aspire turbo 520w psu 3 80mm + 92mm Tornados Radeon 9600 pro Maxtor 7200rpm uata 133 8mb cache 60gb Samsung cdrw/dvd combo philips 52x cd drive Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
dino-new Posted October 16, 2003 Posted October 16, 2003 (edited) Well I put the Zalman on the 9800 pro, I can't get over 425 mhz gpu. Any ideas on a heat sink that would fit to get me up to 450 mhz? I'm not sure which to go with. Thanks, Devin Edited October 16, 2003 by dino-new Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ravix Posted October 16, 2003 Posted October 16, 2003 You may not be able to. Heat is not the only issue when dealing with overclocking. All chips are unique. Some are great overclockers and some can barely be overclocked at all. If you already have a zalman/fan on there, I doubht you can get much more out of it. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
GTSticky Posted October 16, 2003 Posted October 16, 2003 I added the Thermaltake Giant II to my Radeon 9800 Pro 256MB card. It OC's a bit more than it did with the stock cooling, but still artifacts right the heck up above an 8% OC. /Shrug. I'd take it off and restore the stock cooling because the Giant II is so.. Giant, but I'm lazy. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
FanATIc205 Posted October 16, 2003 Posted October 16, 2003 (edited) if your getting artifacts @425 the only thing that would get you to 450 would be a voltmod and some heavy cooling . my 9800 pro doesnt like anything above 411core i got a bad one for overclocking. i thought 420 was good till i ran aqua mark and got snow all over the place had to go to 411 Edited October 16, 2003 by fanATIc1205 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
dino-new Posted October 16, 2003 Posted October 16, 2003 Ya I'm getting snow at 425. But it doesn't show up for a while. Think if I get it cooler it will be better. I got a swiftech liquid cooling system las night. It's great. I'm thinking about adding a water block to the gpu with an extra radiator. What do you guys think? Devin Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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