9800pro video card over heating

[Chasx003]

i have a prophet 9800 pro card that keeps over heating. I realise that i need to buy a new cooling device of some sort, but the only problem is, this card is different from other radeon cards...here are pictures of the heatsink. what would be the beast new heatsink/ other cooling meathod to buy?


(here are some pictures of the current heatsink)

http://www.guru3d.com/miraserver/backend/imageview.php?image=383

http://www.guru3d.com/miraserver/backend/imageview.php?image=386

 

[_Korruption_]

Looks like the reference ATI design. Most thermal solutions designed for the 9800 Pro will work on your card, you'll just need to remove that rear heatsink and maybe the RAMSinks if they are too tall.

 

[lithium726]

what does the front hsf unit look like?

 

[Chasx003]

http://www.guru3d.com/miraserver/backend/imageview.php?image=385



http://www.guru3d.com/miraserver/backend/imageview.php?image=401

 

[_Korruption_]

lol.

That's the back of the card, do you have any pics of the front-side of the 9800? The core actually resides on the other side.

 

[Chasx003]

http://www.guru3d.com/miraserver/backend/imageview.php?image=401

(just editted that in...about 3 min after i posted the last post i was like....duh...)

 

[lithium726]

yeah, that looks really dinky for a 9800 series card...

 

[_Korruption_]

Something like this should work nicely. Zalman even has nice instructions for you to check out... just that thermal paste only goes over the actual core, not the whole GPU.

 

[Chasx003]

thanks guys, i'll prolly order that later this week, and put it on my card...thanks a bundle, i was getting quite tired of frequent crashes!