High end GFFX heatspreader mod

[Bra!nFreeZe^]

Hi this mod is for all of you with the high end fx cards say FX5800U/NU FX5900U/NU/XT and the FX5950 (Im not sure though if they have the heatsink)

I lost 15 degrees C with the stock cooler on the card by removing the heatspreader on the core..

BEFORE (idle) : 56 degrees celcius
AFTER (idle) : 41 degrees celcius

The card without the stock cooler and with the heatspreader attached:


The "tools" needed for dismounting the heatspreader:


By squeezing the thin edge of the blade in between the heatspreader and the gpu chip it starts to loosen and you should do this approx' to the 2 edges of the heatsink then i could just snap it of with my hands from there:


And when you're all done and you pray that you havent ruined your card then it should look something like this


I hope that all you fx users can use this to sqeeze the last mhz out of your cards, but im sry to say that I myself cant tell you an approx gain on the core because I havent tried overclocking this card yet, but I would really like to know how much you can manage to get and how big a temp drop you gained...
And beware that you dont crush your core now...I almost did

I wont take any responsability!