Find a Better Cooler for 8800GT!

[Rob94hawk]

Just ordered the Thermalright HR-03 GT from frozencpu.com. Thought it came with ramsinks but I'll have to buy them seperately.

[LuckyNV]

Just ordered the Thermalright HR-03 GT from frozencpu.com. Thought it came with ramsinks but I'll have to buy them seperately.

they should come with ramsinks and VRM sinks

[Rob94hawk]

they should come with ramsinks and VRM sinks

I hope so. I'll let you guys know. It should be here in a few day.

[gmod]

Yes it better..Because I ordered 2 of them dam things...

[TRF-Inferno]

I'm getting a VF900 for my 8800GT today. Over in sweden some users repor great results with that one. And its cheap too.

Im using one on my 8800GT as well and it looks fine so far, the only comment I would make is be careful when you are clamping down the main GPU sink since I have heard reports that the 8800GT's core is above the shim and you could possibly crush it if you use too much force.

I know these were old posts, but hopefully you guys still check this thread. What are your idle/load temps with the VF900? I haven't overclock my 8800GT and I'm getting 50C/78C.

[Brian MP5T]

I know these were old posts, but hopefully you guys still check this thread. What are your idle/load temps with the VF900? I haven't overclock my 8800GT and I'm getting 50C/78C.

I know you are talking about the VF-9000. That is quite high for an after market cooler.. I believe that it's not designed for the card.. It makes TOO MUCH HEAT.


It is not on the list of compatible cards.....

ATI X1600 Series
ATI X1300 Series
ATI Radeon 9*** Series (except 9550/9600)
ATI Radeon X*** Series
NVIDIA Geforce4 MX Series
NVIDIA Geforce FX 5200
NVIDIA Geforce FX 5500
NVIDIA Geforce FX 5600(FX 5700)
NVIDIA Geforce 6600 Series (except 6600 AGP Series)
NVIDIA Geforce4 Ti 4*** Series
NVIDIA Geforce FX 5700(Ultra) Series
NVIDIA Geforce FX 5800 Series
NVIDIA Geforce 6600 Series (except 6600 AGP Series)
ATI X1600 Series
NVIDIA Geforce 6600 Series (except 6600 AGP Series)
NVIDIA Geforce 7600 Series
NVIDIA Geforce FX 5900 Series
NVIDIA Geforce FX 5950 Series
ATI X1900 Series
ATI X1800 Series
NVIDIA Geforce 7900 Series
NVIDIA Geforce 7800 Series (except 7800GS)
NVIDIA Geforce 7600 Series
NVIDIA Geforce 6800 Series

[edge929]

The VF900 should cool the 8800GT just fine. In fact, I'll find out first hand tonight. It's been on my overclocked 1900XT for a year now and the 8800GT puts out much less heat than that did. Kept my 1900XT well within limits (65C full load, hours of gaming).

If you do use the VF900, also note you'll need a total of 11 heatsinks. 8 for the RAM and 3 for the mosfets to the right of the core. The 4th small square is optional. You'll be fine if you have a side fan blowing on it.

[TRF-Inferno]

The VF900 should cool the 8800GT just fine. In fact, I'll find out first hand tonight. It's been on my overclocked 1900XT for a year now and the 8800GT puts out much less heat than that did. Kept my 1900XT well within limits (65C full load, hours of gaming).

If you do use the VF900, also note you'll need a total of 11 heatsinks. 8 for the RAM and 3 for the mosfets to the right of the core. The 4th small square is optional. You'll be fine if you have a side fan blowing on it.

Thanks for the feedback, let me know ASAP on what temps you're getting. I'd like to keep load temp in the 60's, but if that doesn't work out, I guess I'll get the VF-1000.

[Ryouko]

The VF900 should cool the 8800GT just fine. In fact, I'll find out first hand tonight. It's been on my overclocked 1900XT for a year now and the 8800GT puts out much less heat than that did. Kept my 1900XT well within limits (65C full load, hours of gaming).

If you do use the VF900, also note you'll need a total of 11 heatsinks. 8 for the RAM and 3 for the mosfets to the right of the core. The 4th small square is optional. You'll be fine if you have a side fan blowing on it.

I'm currently using the VF900 heatsink/fan right now with the duorb's memory/mosfet heatsinks on a 8800gt. When I touch the mosfet heatsinks though, they're extremely hot I can only touch them for two seconds before I have to let go - I'm afraid that since the VF900 doesn't blow on them (and I'm assuming the VF1000) won't either, is this something to be concerned about?

The only reason why I'm not using the DuOrb is that it's just too loud for me - I was thinking of buying a fan controller but at least with the zalman I get one.

Was also thinking of getting the zalman vf 1000, is sharkacomputers the only place to get one?

On a different note, I wish that vga coolers had a 4 pin connector so that they could use the vga's power connector...