Quiet, yet effective VGA cooler

Framerate

Limp Gawd
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Can anyone point out a quiet, yet effective, VGA cooler? The stock fan for my graphics card is incredibly loud (I can hear it downstairs and it overpowers my music). Actually it may cause some hearing damage since I am exposed to it long term. Anyways since I am unable to hear fans and am a bit of a n00b at cooling, what are some fans and heatsinks for a 7900 series card that are micro ATX friendly (taking up one PCI slot is fine), quiet, and good for overclocking a bit above the stock speeds (450/1350)? Thanks for your time and help. To answer a question I know is going to come up I have some creamique thermal compound.
 
Arctic Cooling's Silencer line is my personal favorite. Zalman VF-700 or VF-900 are also very nice according to others.
 
General Crespin said:
Arctic Cooling's Silencer line is my personal favorite. Zalman VF-700 or VF-900 are also very nice according to others.

What he said. All 3 are excellent options.
 
Yoh, Replace the thermal compound while your at it, DON"T just replace the heatsink/fan, do the compound as well.

Go Artic Silver!
 
Ok so the Zalman it is. Now I have one last question. What temperatures can I expect if I OC the card from 450 to ~600 core and from 1350 to ~1500 memory. I want to get to near 7900GTX speeds (if not that then at the 7900GTX speeds). When I do the recommended OC thing with Coolbits, it peeks at ~580 MHz, so I am thinking that a Zalman or another good cooler could do better. I would like estimated temps for the 700 and 900 models too. Thanks.

EDIT: Wow I read that last statement and realized how pushy I sounded. Don't want to be rude. Sorry! :p
 
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