Nvidia 7950 cooling solutions?

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Hey guys,

I just picked up a 7950GT OC, looks like and efficient card because it comes with a dinky little copper cooler. Just wondering if the Thermalright V1 Ultra will fit on it? i have it left over from my my old X850 voltmodded. Thermalright says the cooler fits the 7900's but no mention of the 7950? i plan on volt modding the card, so a more aggressive cooling system is needed.

So I guess my question is are the 7900 and 7950 series boards the same? any input would be great!
 
I would recommend the new thermalright HR-03, which can cool your card passively or fit a 92mm fan for extra cooling. But if you just want to stick with the V1, then you should be fine. I don't think they changed the mounting system for the 7950 boards.
 
Right on...can anyone confirm board layout being the same between the 7900 and 7950? i just dont want to try and mount this on my new card and break a component off or somthing...thanx for the help
 
i am pretty sure its the same mounting layout - i currently have two 7800gt's with koolance liquid blocks on them, and i was going to upgrade to two 7950gt's with the same blocks. see the link/press release below:

http://www.koolance.com/shop/product_info.php?cPath=29_46&products_id=262&osCsid=6a2533781f159496b1f039ca71bef60c

"Sept 14, 2006 VID-200-L06 Cooler SLI Compatibility Update

The Koolance VID-200-L06 cooler is compatible with GeForce 7900GT, 7900GS, and 7950GT cards while using the SLI bridge connector (and has been since about May '06). Koolance's compatibility chart has been updated to reflect this revision."
 
Don't you just hate it when you can't re-member your forum and email password and have to rejoin.

Anyway- I have a Asus 7950GT that had the COMPLETE CRAP standard fan that idled at about 45C and often reached 75C+ under load, and sounded like a tractor (NO overclock).

I just installed a Zalman VF-900 and holy hell what a difference.

Overclock 640/1.44
Room Temperature 25C
Idels 34C
Load 54C (highest I have seen it)

I was a bit worried about the fact the Zalman only had ram sinks, but its fan is so large it blows air at them anyway.I run it at full speed and it is virtually silent.

I can nearly guarantee the Zalman will fit any make of 7950GT.
 
Just to reiterate, the 7950GT is the same exact card as the 7900GT. Same exact PCB, same exact cooler mounting holes. The only difference in the two cards is the capacity of the GDDR chips used and the lack of HDCP on the 7900GT.

Any cooler that will fit on the 7900GT will consequently fit on the 7950GT.
 
that zalman does fit the 7950. Im using them on both of my cards. Its a 4 hole mount, that's it. The mounting brackets also have holes in them that seem to be there for different size cards.
 
heh, after geforce im gonna mount an AC rev 3 on it. Gonna hack off the plastic exhaust tip to make it fit.
 
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