good heatsinks for 3870 crossfire?

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are there any aftermarket double-wide heatsinks that are BETTER than the stock ati solutions on the 3870? i'm running a pair and the heat gets up into the high 80s even with the fan fixed at 60%. (loud) games start artifacting past 85C and i have no OC headroom whatsoever.

so is there anything out there that could improve my cooling? (short of lapping the stock heatsinks?)
 
Accelero S2 w/ those little fans?

it fits, barely:
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decent results:
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edit: aww man, while its compatible in terms of width restriction, it sticks out above the top of the card, meaning the use of the crossfire bridge is impossible without cutting the cooler. since you can move the fan from side to side (i presume), I guess you would only have to cut out a small section of the fan, like say 3 or 4 fins,
 
I'm pretty sure i've seen crossfire done with 2 acceleros. The bridge went through the space between the fins. I can't remember where I saw it for the life of me.
 
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