dling Posted December 22, 2003 Posted December 22, 2003 i would like some info. on a good vga cooler for a (ati) 9800 pro. im going to try to o/c the gpu, as well as the memory, and i don't went to kill my card. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eva_Unit_0 Posted December 22, 2003 Posted December 22, 2003 That great big Zalman thingey with the attachable fan would do a good job of cooling the core. Maybe some tweakmonster ramsinks for the ram. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mazakman Posted December 22, 2003 Posted December 22, 2003 That great big Zalman thingey with the attachable fan would do a good job of cooling the core. Maybe some tweakmonster ramsinks for the ram. Excellent choice if you've got the room. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
captor Posted December 22, 2003 Posted December 22, 2003 anyone know of a good waterblock for the 9800? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sYstEmATiC Posted December 22, 2003 Posted December 22, 2003 http://www.dangerden.com/mall/Blocks/maze4gpu.asp these are decent. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Will Smith Posted December 22, 2003 Posted December 22, 2003 the best air cooling option i find for the 9800's is the zalman. First off you don't have to worry about a fan crappin out on you and jeopardizing the cooling of the gpu. and you have the option to also add the zalman fan to provide even better cooling. Now as far as the ramsinks go the tweakmoster ramsinks wont work with the zalman. You need to get generic memory heatsinks that have a low profile. so tht they can fit under it. Like i posted before my 9800 pro is at 400 mhz mem and core with the zalman w/ low profile ramsinks and that is without the additional fan added on to it. So by far i find that to be the better option for air cooling a 9800. Now water cooling would be better on the gpu and the memory if you find someone that can make a custom memory block for you. I have seen it done and it work very nicely although the price is more expensive. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nagash Posted December 22, 2003 Posted December 22, 2003 You also might want to look up the artic cooling VGA silencer. I got my 9700 Pro up to 396.5 core with it. It doesn't have ram cooling, and I haven't ordered any yet, so I can't comment on that. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
clay31 Posted December 22, 2003 Posted December 22, 2003 speaking of the zalman i just orderd one on line and i also need to find some low profile mem heat sinks.my card isnt overclocked so i wont really be able to let u know how it cools,but i will try to see what temp it keeps my non over clocked 9800 pro at.providing i can find a program to mesure vid card temps without buying acual hard ware. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
dling Posted December 22, 2003 Posted December 22, 2003 great info. , thanks for every ones help Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
lilkev715 Posted December 22, 2003 Posted December 22, 2003 I have used both the Arctic Cooling VGA Silencer and the Vantec Iceberq 4 on my radeon 9800 non-pro and both work fine. I favor the Arctic Cooling VGA Silencer as there is more surface area for the heat to disapate. I know SVC has the VGA Silencer for $21.99 right now. As for memory cooling, I use OCZ BGA Ramsinks. They are not too tall in height and they do a decent job in cooling. They come in either aluminum or copper versions. They use thermal tape to attach to the ram so you dont have to deal with thermal epoxy. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paranoid Posted December 22, 2003 Posted December 22, 2003 The Zalman Hetpipe VGA cooler helped me get 10 more MHz on my 9600 Pro, currently 475/666. Before I installed it I got 466/660 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ziggy54354 Posted December 22, 2003 Posted December 22, 2003 what kinda low profile ramsinks are u using kev? I was thinking about tweakmonster rev1's but they are aluminum. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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