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Old 09-February-08, 01:57 AM   #1 (permalink)
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I have an 8800gts 320mb in my rig now. It has been overheating lately... I was wondering if I should replace the cooler on it. Any suggestions for which one to use? price is not an issue because I want quality and want my video card to be safe.
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Old 09-February-08, 03:10 AM   #2 (permalink)
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Remove the cooler,clean all the dust from it ,and reapply a quality thermal paste like arctic silver ceramic.

Also turn up the fan on it with either the Nvidia software
NVIDIA nTune


or riva tuner
RivaTuner v2.06 download from Guru3D.com

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Old 09-February-08, 04:32 AM   #3 (permalink)
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Remove the cooler,clean all the dust from it ,and reapply a quality thermal paste like arctic silver ceramic.

Also turn up the fan on it with either the Nvidia software
NVIDIA nTune


or riva tuner
RivaTuner v2.06 download from Guru3D.com

Yup, RBIEZE has it covered
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Old 10-February-08, 09:45 AM   #4 (permalink)
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Sounds like a plan. Thankfully, I already have some arctic silver from putting in my CPU. Hopefully that'll work for me. Thanks!
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Old 10-February-08, 10:32 AM   #5 (permalink)
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If it's still overheating after replacing the thermal paste and adjusting the fan speed
I'll recommend getting one of these. I've got them on my 8800GTX's and there doing
a very good job for me. And they look good to :-)
Newegg.com - Thermaltake CL-G0102 VGA Cooler - Retail
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Old 12-February-08, 03:33 AM   #6 (permalink)
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or you could go with one of these new Zalman 2 piece coolers.

I've got 2 on the way now for my new rig.

Ram and Vreg
Zalman RHS88 Memory Heat Sink for NVIDIA 8800 Ultra, GTX, GTS Products Model: ZM-RHS88 [ZM-RHS88] : Performance-PCs.com, ... sleeve it and they will come

Gpu cooler
Zalman VF1000 LED Copper Heat Pipe VGA Cooler Products Model: ZM-VF1000 [ZM-VF1000] : Performance-PCs.com, ... sleeve it and they will come

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