Cooling 9800xt

Fenderplayer · 09-April-04, 09:05 PM

I have a 9800xt and i'm sure as you know, this thing runs pretty hot?? What do you think of putting zalman heasink/fan on the gpu, and thermaltake ram heatsinks on the ram??

KayinStorm · 09-April-04, 09:07 PM

YES! DO IT! IT's always a good idea to cool a video card, especially one like that...

Spc. Forces Bob · 09-April-04, 09:08 PM

i concurr... i whole heardedly concurr.

ZENNZZO · 09-April-04, 09:19 PM

Why not just make the whole system wet? and be able to clock the works to 3.6ghz and the card to the moon?

Jhix Zildjian · 09-April-04, 09:23 PM

thats a great idea! or try to use water cooling. its a great way to cool a high end card

lcpiper · 09-April-04, 09:28 PM

That GPU runs at around 75watts right ?

That's about the same as a lot of CPUs these days.

So I suppose you should take a similar approach.

And if I transposed the two, I can't say that I would turn too a passive HS in order to improve cooling on my CPU. I might if I were trying to go near-silent, but I wouldn't if I were trying to lower my temps.

I would consider ducting it in order to maximize air cooling.

mot19 · 09-April-04, 11:11 PM

dude slap that 9800xt up with a artic silent cooler

lcpiper · 09-April-04, 11:46 PM

You talking about this guy ?

I'll have to check it out and see what it does.

ZENNZZO · 09-April-04, 11:59 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by lcpiper


	That GPU runs at around 75watts right ? That's about the same as a lot of CPUs these days. So I suppose you should take a similar approach. And if I transposed the two, I can't say that I would turn too a passive HS in order to improve cooling on my CPU. I might if I were trying to go near-silent, but I wouldn't if I were trying to lower my temps. I would consider ducting it in order to maximize air cooling.

Gotta agree there...Case air flow management is still a must, even if you went the water route. Zalmans site will tell ya that extra cooling with that huge HeatPipe is nessasary as well...
On the system below I have an 80mm ducted to the mosfet's and a 120mm fromt intake as well, and it's all H2O.

mot19 · 11-April-04, 03:12 AM

arctic cooling vga silencer that icpiper posted. It ownz

09-April-04, 09:05 PM		#1 (permalink)
Fenderplayer Apex Techie II	Cooling 9800xt I have a 9800xt and i'm sure as you know, this thing runs pretty hot?? What do you think of putting zalman heasink/fan on the gpu, and thermaltake ram heatsinks on the ram??

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09-April-04, 09:07 PM		#2 (permalink)
KayinStorm Apex Tech God	YES! DO IT! IT's always a good idea to cool a video card, especially one like that...

09-April-04, 09:08 PM		#3 (permalink)
Spc. Forces Bob Apex Elite Expert Tech	i concurr... i whole heardedly concurr.

09-April-04, 09:19 PM		#4 (permalink)
ZENNZZO Direct Cool Hoe	Why not just make the whole system wet? and be able to clock the works to 3.6ghz and the card to the moon?

09-April-04, 09:23 PM		#5 (permalink)
Jhix Zildjian Apex Techie Wannabe	thats a great idea! or try to use water cooling. its a great way to cool a high end card

09-April-04, 09:28 PM		#6 (permalink)
lcpiper H2-Hoe	That GPU runs at around 75watts right ? That's about the same as a lot of CPUs these days. So I suppose you should take a similar approach. And if I transposed the two, I can't say that I would turn too a passive HS in order to improve cooling on my CPU. I might if I were trying to go near-silent, but I wouldn't if I were trying to lower my temps. I would consider ducting it in order to maximize air cooling.

09-April-04, 11:11 PM		#7 (permalink)
mot19 Apex Tech God	dude slap that 9800xt up with a artic silent cooler

09-April-04, 11:46 PM		#8 (permalink)
lcpiper H2-Hoe	You talking about this guy ? I'll have to check it out and see what it does.

11-April-04, 03:12 AM		#10 (permalink)
mot19 Apex Tech God	arctic cooling vga silencer that icpiper posted. It ownz