Thermaltake DuOrb vs Zalman VF900-CU (lots of pics)

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Originally Posted by Vapor

When it's loaded, it may just be too much heat for those two (low cost) heatpipes to handle...idle temps are very, very good.

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Must be "low cost" pipes because even a VF900 on a GTX loads at 70C according to this thread
http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/...d.php?t=159723

damn i had high hopes for this duorb as its not as big as that hr from thermalright. oh well

Great review thanx! So does that duorb work on HD2900s? I thought the 2900 had the same holes as the X1900 around the core.

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Originally Posted by SSXeon

Great review thanx! So does that duorb work on HD2900s? I thought the 2900 had the same holes as the X1900 around the core.

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If it can't keep an 8800 cool I doubt it'll keep a 2900 cool

Just installed the Thermaltake DuOrb on my Inno3D 8800GT and idle temps are 20C lower and 28C in Crysis.. Booyeah!!!

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Originally Posted by gundersausage

Just installed the Thermaltake DuOrb on my Inno3D 8800GT and idle temps are 20C lower and 28C in Crysis.. Booyeah!!!

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how good is 88GT on Crysis?


Leadtek 8800GT + DuOrb

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Originally Posted by PcCI2iminal

how good is 8800GT on Crysis?

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I get 50 FPS in 1920 x 1200 on Medium settings in the built in flyby bench

In game it is gorgeous and very smooth

Did you not put any heatsinks on the VRM's of the 8800 GT ? Sad to hear that the VF900 will outperform the Duo orb when mounted on a 8800 GTX. I wonder what would happen of you mount the VF900 on the 8800 GT.

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Originally Posted by Astennu

Did you not put any heatsinks on the VRM's of the 8800 GT ? Sad to hear that the VF900 will outperform the Duo orb when mounted on a 8800 GTX. I wonder what would happen of you mount the VF900 on the 8800 GT.

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nope ,i used with no sinks on VRM for 2 long months hehehe

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Originally Posted by Astennu

Did you not put any heatsinks on the VRM's of the 8800 GT ? Sad to hear that the VF900 will outperform the Duo orb when mounted on a 8800 GTX. I wonder what would happen of you mount the VF900 on the 8800 GT.

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i recently took the VF900 off my old x1800xl and it works well on my GT. Load temps of 65 max @ 756core/1890shader, in crysis, ati tool, and tabula rasa w/ all settings to max. I'm not talking just running 1 min at load, talking stabilized max temp - constant temp over time - flat line across.

Idles around 40-42.

If you don't mind. Could you do a Duo-orb vs AC S1 w/Yate Loon DS12L? Very nice work on the comparison.

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Originally Posted by Diverge

i recently took the VF900 off my old x1800xl and it works well on my GT. Load temps of 65 max @ 756core/1890shader, in crysis, ati tool, and tabula rasa w/ all settings to max. I'm not talking just running 1 min at load, talking stabilized max temp - constant temp over time - flat line across.

Idles around 40-42.

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I might try that as well i still have a vf900 somewhere. But i'm worried about the uncovered VRM's.

i would really like to see a comparison of the DuOrb and VF1000. i plan on buying one of them and i would like to see how each cools a 8800 GT; right now i am going with the DuOrb

Awesome job!! thanks for the info....:clap:

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Originally Posted by cloned

i would really like to see a comparison of the DuOrb and VF1000. i plan on buying one of them and i would like to see how each cools a 8800 GT; right now i am going with the DuOrb

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I would pick the other one. The Duo only had two heatpipes. And when you put it at a 8800 GTX a VF900 seemed to be cooling better. Soms say it has low quality heatpipes. The VF1000 also have more heatpipes and you can also mount two fans on it so i would go for the VF1000 instead.