Quote Originally Posted by Reckless187 View Post
I tested out the manual fan control in the 8.10 drivers at 100% and the gpu temp dropped to about 25C I think. That stock little fan at 50% may do a pretty decent job of cooling VRM's. I'm gonna test out the stock cooler without the shroud and with fan speed at about 40-50% to see if it does a better job than the aftermarket one. If it does then I'm selling the aftermarket cooler. If not, I'm gonna butcher the aftermarket cooler as I'm currently out of work with no cash left and what I did have left, I spen on a 24" monitor. I'll post up some results tommorow.

@Truehighroller - Love the ghetto fan mod, wish I could squeese a fan under my cooler.
yea of course the stock plate with fan does better. it does better even when it is cooling the gpu as well and when all the hot air is trapped under the plastic shroud. but i was getting 80C idle on my 4870 and i hate how the stock fan is loud on post and everything after i startup it kicks up in windows for a second for some reason. i was gonna recommend you the heatsink that high roller has and just cut the stock plate and put the fan there instead of cutting the cooler but really i think there can be a way to solve this issue without using extreme modding and spending a lot of money. i just haven't found it yet LOL. at least with atis next card it isn't a whole new architecture and is making the sps more powerful without adding new ones. i bet the new card will be cooler than the 4870 while being more powerful.