New Zalman cooler (VF900 DUAL HEATPIPES)

[Sume4]

Il put some pics tomorrow when i got a digital camera..hopefully. And the zalman IS ON GEFORCE 7800GTX now cus im too afraid to void the warranty atm. Propably on weekend when i got few beers having a party in my head ill fit it on XT.

But as i said the mounting is EXACTLY the same on x1800xt. You just need vf700 mountings and the 7000Al-Cu or Cu.

And i have a BTX case. The geforce looked like a when i had it in the case Prolly have to make something to hold the radeon properly.

[g0dM@n]

I personally never liked arctic cooling silencers... I think they're overrated, and I've always wanted to try a Zalman VF series... just never got to it.

[Revv23]

ive got a thermalright SP-94 on my X800gto right now... its about 20c colder then my VF-700... the card overclocked to 600mhz stays under 40c...

while i prefer modding my old heatsinks for videocard use (XP-90 will probably end up on next card) this is a great alternative and to me it would be my first choice. even if the eccelero performs a bit better, this is a better design imo.

[g0dM@n]

I have a modded SK7 that will fit any 9500/9700/X800/X850 card so far. It kicks major butt with my 70mm TMD fan.

[Revv23]

Pictures if anyone is interested.

[OV3RCLOCK3R]

Thats ghetto

In the last pic, it looks like as if the card is bent a bit

[CPLB]

Il put some pics tomorrow when i got a digital camera..hopefully. And the zalman IS ON GEFORCE 7800GTX now cus im too afraid to void the warranty atm. Propably on weekend when i got few beers having a party in my head ill fit it on XT.

But as i said the mounting is EXACTLY the same on x1800xt. You just need vf700 mountings and the 7000Al-Cu or Cu.

And i have a BTX case. The geforce looked like a when i had it in the case Prolly have to make something to hold the radeon properly.

I really want to do this. My VF700 just isn't cutting it. Do you have to bend the fins on the 7000? Please post pics!

[mbm]

So I have to buy both a VF700 for the mountings? and then the 7000Al-Cu?

[RIDDICK]

Beautiful dissy!! When in shops?

[Revv23]

Thats ghetto

In the last pic, it looks like as if the card is bent a bit

your right about that, thats how i ensure good contact.... theres a shim there for a reason.

[Sume4]

doh double post

[Sume4]

Heres few pics of 7000Al-Cu mounted on GTX: sorry for the bad guality and the card not being mounted on to a motherboard.

http://img234.imageshack.us/my.php?i...47small3ct.jpg
http://img293.imageshack.us/my.php?i...40small7rn.jpg
http://img293.imageshack.us/my.php?i...48small6gn.jpg

[Sentential]

Heres few pics of 7000Al-Cu mounted on GTX: sorry for the bad guality and the card not being mounted on to a motherboard.

http://img234.imageshack.us/my.php?i...47small3ct.jpg
http://img293.imageshack.us/my.php?i...40small7rn.jpg
http://img293.imageshack.us/my.php?i...48small6gn.jpg

I assume the mounting holes line up with the card? If thats true I might buy one and so something similar to what you have.

[g0dM@n]

I assume the mounting holes line up with the card? If thats true I might buy one and so something similar to what you have.

Hey Sen!

And this is the man that I bought the SK7 off of that mounts to almost all Radeon cards from 9000 series and up.

Sry, Sen, but last time I used it was when I was testing out that bundle of GTO²s that I bought 2 months ago.

Have any of you guys tried drilling 2 holes and threading the heatsinks? You can then bolt down the heatsinks instead of ruining the fins... not to say that the sp94 doesn't look sexy on that card! I guess I should kept my old thermalright heatsinks...

[Hicks]

Someone should really produce like XP90's, or similar to fit on video cards

I imagine if they made 2 varients, 1 to fit on the 7800 and 1 to fit X1800's, they would sell like hotcakes.

[billyboy]

hey sume4, do you think a 7700 would fit on a gtx? got one here staring at me!

[mbm]

What are the results after mounting the Zalman 7000?

[g0dM@n]

hey sume4, do you think a 7700 would fit on a gtx? got one here staring at me!

You would most likely be able to do it, but you must realize that a big copper heatsink is REALLY heavy, and you can crack your PCB in doing so.

If you plan on being the first to try a bigger copper heatsink, you may want to create some sort of support for the PCB. One little crack and you will ruin many traces. =/

[HousERaT]

any such thing as a release date or even a preview of this new cooler?

[Sume4]

hey sume4, do you think a 7700 would fit on a gtx? got one here staring at me!

You´d propably have to remove the fan and cut A LOT off from the finns to fit it and get it to not interfere the mobo. I had to bend the already shortened fins because there is a high condensator on the DFI Expert, so basically the con is in the middle of the fins.

If you dont get the fan out from you 7700 it will not go in. Maybe get rid of the original fan and mount a high cfm 92 fan on it.

And yeah the card could be seriously bent if there would be no support.

[Sume4]

What are the results after mounting the Zalman 7000?

The GTX went from 540/1360 vf700cu(with cold air) to 560/1390 7000Al-Cu (with warm air). I dont really remember the vf700cu temperatures but they were something like 47c idle W/vf700cu and with 7000Al-Cu 40c idle with AS5 that hasnt settled yet.

I didnt check the stress temperatures, but there should be a huge difference.

Btw macci mounted a 7000Cu before but i lost the pictures and he doesnt have those on his website anymore.

And the mounting holes in 7000series zalman match the holes in GTX and X1800XT.

[mbm]

So there would be no problem at all mounting the Zalman7000 to a X1800XT? What is used on the back of the PCB for mounting the heaksink?

[Levish]

I would go with a square type cooler instead of the round one to not have to cut fins and also not have to worry about removing a fan.

[Sume4]

I would go with a square type cooler instead of the round one to not have to cut fins and also not have to worry about removing a fan.

Theres still plenty of cooling area when abuut 20% of the finns are shortened. And thats just the one piece from the "L" shape. The postivite thing with the 7000 series is that theres matching mounting holes that the cards have. You dont have to be a McGyver to mount the cooler.

Any new news about the zalman vf900cu?

[g0dM@n]

Theres still plenty of cooling area when abuut 20% of the finns are shortened. And thats just the one piece from the "L" shape. The postivite thing with the 7000 series is that theres matching mounting holes that the cards have. You dont have to be a McGyver to mount the cooler.

Really... It just works just like that? Nothing extra whatsoever?

I wonder what this vf900 would go for the cheapest... no wonder why ewiz was selling at $27 shipped the other day for the 700 series.