Best cooler for x1900xt/xtx?
Started by
mozzer11
, Oct 09 2006 02:11 PM
#1
Posted 09 October 2006 - 02:11 PM
#2
Posted 09 October 2006 - 11:56 PM
i wouldnt worry about it just yet... wait till you actually get teh card and then see how hot it runs and how loud it is
it just a bit to premature to go out and buy a cooler for a card that you dont even no if it will run hot or not
just wait and see run it first then make your decision
troppo
it just a bit to premature to go out and buy a cooler for a card that you dont even no if it will run hot or not
just wait and see run it first then make your decision
troppo
#3
Posted 10 October 2006 - 04:44 AM
zalman vf900, can't go wrong with it. but yeah get the card first and then decide on the cooler
#4
Posted 12 October 2006 - 11:56 PM
that GPU cooler is great for the GPU yeah sure
but what about the RAM????
it has no RAm sinks what so ever and your RAm heats will go through teh roof and eventually the card will destroy itself
the stock fans on the X1900XTX covers the RAM aswell cooling them down so in a way its using the fan to do 2 things cool the GPU and the RAM activly
with out that design you would only be cooling the RAM(s) passively and with the clock speeds of them it just wouldnt be able to happen i would suggest not even replacing the fan at all unless you can some way to cool both the GPU and the RAM activly
i found this though which i think is pretty good because it actively cools both the GPU and the RAM:
its called the Arctic Cooling Accelero X2
you can find it here:
http://www.techpower...ling/AcceleroX2 im pretty sure you can use it for the 1900 because it was designed for the 1K series its a shame that they didnt reveiw it on a 1900 but maybe you could find online somewhere
thats my point of veiw
troppo
but what about the RAM????
it has no RAm sinks what so ever and your RAm heats will go through teh roof and eventually the card will destroy itself
the stock fans on the X1900XTX covers the RAM aswell cooling them down so in a way its using the fan to do 2 things cool the GPU and the RAM activly
with out that design you would only be cooling the RAM(s) passively and with the clock speeds of them it just wouldnt be able to happen i would suggest not even replacing the fan at all unless you can some way to cool both the GPU and the RAM activly
i found this though which i think is pretty good because it actively cools both the GPU and the RAM:
its called the Arctic Cooling Accelero X2
you can find it here:
http://www.techpower...ling/AcceleroX2 im pretty sure you can use it for the 1900 because it was designed for the 1K series its a shame that they didnt reveiw it on a 1900 but maybe you could find online somewhere
thats my point of veiw
troppo
Edited by troppo, 13 October 2006 - 12:11 AM.
#5
Posted 13 October 2006 - 10:06 AM
Actually the vf900 comes with passive coolers, and ATI cards usually have 4 memory modules on the top four on the bottom and most coolers wont cover them effectivley arctics usually dont. But memory doesnt need a great deal of cooling its heat output is very low even at normal clocks the usually dont even need a heat sink and usually ati cards dont get cooling on half the memory modules with stock coolers.
The vf900 is the best cooler you can buy its got the best cooling on the market its also much lighter and smaller than its competition and very easy to install the only possible critique is that it doesnt remove the air from the case but that would be difficult with that type of cooler and you couldnt get that good cooling with a blower.
So the memory cooling thing is just nonsense.
The vf900 is the best cooler you can buy its got the best cooling on the market its also much lighter and smaller than its competition and very easy to install the only possible critique is that it doesnt remove the air from the case but that would be difficult with that type of cooler and you couldnt get that good cooling with a blower.
So the memory cooling thing is just nonsense.
#6
Posted 13 October 2006 - 01:55 PM
of course if you r rich and wouldn't mind forking over 10-20 extra you could get the latest zalman fszv 9 basically the vf900 with a better fan and "cooler looking" cause it's fatal1ty. you get 300 extra rpm on the fan which usually mean 2-4 degrees difference depending on the card during load. Of course you sacrafice silence but it's up to you. The vf900 memory coolers are sweet, they work very well as long as you clean the mem chips before sticking them on there. Get some as5 while you are at it.
#7
Posted 13 October 2006 - 08:41 PM
You dont get much cooler than the vf900 iver never heard of one ever going past 50C, and usually max load for me with a high overclock is 45 with one of those things.
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