Anyway to silence my Geforce 6800?

[jahjahbinks]

Right now I use a program to automatically control the fan speed on 6800, when I am not gaming, the fan spins at low speed but it is still audible. I want to know if there is a solution that allows the noise to drop lower or even mute completely with reasonable temperature. (~50C idle is fine)

[KoukiFC3S]

check out the artic silencer
http://www.arctic-cooling.com/vga1.php

[[XC] leviathan18]

or zalman vf 700 cu

[mnewxcv]

or a passive cooler

[Martijn]

Passive would be fine, but a good airflow is definately needed then...

[mnewxcv]

gigabyte offers(or offered) a 6800nu with a passive cooler. it was available to anyone, so it had to work even where bad airflow was. it was pretty big tho.

http://www.bjorn3d.com/Material/ReviewImages/n68128dh/n68128dh-3.jpg

http://www.bjorn3d.com/Material/ReviewImages/n68128dh/n68128dh-4.jpg

http://www.bjorn3d.com/Material/ReviewImages/n68128dh/n68128dh-2.jpg

[Ampz]

WC is often silent atleast mine is.

[OpTiX]

there was someone on anandtech selling a custom passive heatsink for the 6800 not sure it he had sold it yet, it had heat pipes on it too looks very promising

[mnewxcv]

im getting a gigabyte 6800 in about a week. it has a passive cooler. I will trade you for your cooler. http://i14.ebayimg.com/04/i/05/8b/90/be_1.JPG

theres a pic. let me know

[RPGWiZaRD]

wouldn't just rivatuner work and put fanspeed to 60% or sth :)

At least I'm using that with my 6800GT and have it constantly running at 75% speed.

[Major_A]

Alternatively you could pull the stock cooler plate off and rig up a 70MM fan. I did this before I bought my NV Silencer.

[nn_step]

Silencer if you have a tight case
Zalmann if you have plenty of room for air to move

[mnewxcv]

OR my cooler lol

[Emillos]

Zalman vf-700 is the best solution.. wery nice cooler. Have it myself on my old ti4200 :)

[Hydrus]

Is it sure that VF-700 fits in 6800GT?I used it in my 6600GT,excellent work