VGA Cooling

[lolper]

I have a Sapphire 9800 pro with samsung memory. It seems to be getting a little hot what cooling do you recommend i use Heatsinks or full vga coolers?

[ArcticFox]

Tweakmonster RAMSinks seem to be the best:

http://www.tweakmonster.com/ramsinks/choosing/

As for GPU cooling, grab a Thermaltake replacement, along with some ArcticSilver 5 thermal paste.

[lolper]

whats the thermaltake called?

[Sweeper]

Thermaltake chipset and vga cooling

[RamonGTP]

The best cooler by far in terms of low noise AND best cooling all round is the Arctic Cooler... I'm using it on my 9800 Pro and can clock it past XT speeds with no problems. Installiation is very easy as well, and it uses a similar cooling solution to the FX 5900 so that the hot air is expelled out of the case, giving you lower overall case temps as well.

http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProduc...186-101&depa=0

[lolper]

how much is the cooler and do i need to get ram sinks?

[embj]

Your best bet is to get a Thermaltake Giant III, IMO. I bought one last week as I stated in your last thread. It's a bit high in price (it just came out like 2-3 weeks ago) but, it's worth every penny. This baby has two heatpipes and already has 8 copper ramsinks included with it. My graphics card runs cooler at these overclocked speeds than what it did with at the stock speeds with the stock cooler.

I've gotten it to 485mhz x 380mhz (Core x RAM) instead of 378 x 337.5 which is the stock. With the original cooler I got it up to around 400mhz x 350mhz.

Here is a pic of mine, here.

[RamonGTP]

Here's a graphics card cooler round up if you're interested.

http://www.madshrimps.be/?action=getarticle&articID=149

[Sweeper]

Using a Laser Mini-Temp to find the temp, My thermaltake Giant II keeps my card at 95F / 37C (9800 NP) 425/310 (620DDR)

[sweeper2]

what about a GE Force4 TI4200 64 mg? I found a nice one at the thermaltake site but can't find it at newegg...? Do most VGA coolers mount to all video cards? I don't want a Giant II or III as way to big, want to find a nice HSF preferably and not to expensive. How fast does the TI4200 stock fan spin anyway???

here is what I want...

http://www.thermaltake.com/coolers/chipset/a1394.htm

anyone have a vga cooler willing to sell?