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Hey everyone, I was looking at a way to cool my video card, without actually having to replace the stock heatsink, I'm not looking for drastic drops in temperature, just to cool it a bit more for insurance. On idle its at 55-60C at load its like 63-67C, I know thats not bad, but I'm wondering if any of these would help me cool it any more and if there worth it?

http://www.xoxide.com/3dedge.html
or
http://www.xoxide.com/fancard.html

The 3D Edge one looks good because it has 3 fans and can cool in like any direction, any information would be helpful...
 
your temps are VERY good for a 6800 Ultra. do you have it overclocked? if not, overlcock it!!! your temps are good!

adding the 3D Edge card would probably drop temps a bit. why dont you want to change out the enitre heatsink? warranty reasons?
 
Well its a BFG so its factory overclocked, 425/1100, but I don't want to OC because I don't really see a point in it, the card is fast enough, and I don't want to replace the heatsink because it voids the warranty, and I really don't trust myself taking apart something that cost me so much. :D
 
well if you are checking the temps really fast when exiting a game..that is not really the load temps...use rivatuner to check the temps in the graph while you game...exiting a game then checking temps when the temp cools really really fast already...like 10c higher than you think....
 
and have fun listening to the vacuum noise of 3 cheap 80mms next to you videocard...
 
If you buy that 3D thing and put tornados in it............ :D
 
But if he wants the extra cooling for insurance he might not be willing to void his lifetime warranty ;)
 
Flo said:
But if he wants the extra cooling for insurance he might not be willing to void his lifetime warranty ;)
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Good point...personaly I'm not a fan of the AC's NV 5 anyways, on most cards it doesn't make good contact and you need to file down the part that touches the memory so it will get exelent contact...but I guess it's good enough for most people stock.

I can fully understand if he doesn't want to void his warranty, just giving him an alternative that he might not know about :p
 
Flo said:
But if he wants the extra cooling for insurance he might not be willing to void his lifetime warranty ;)
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Flo - see you have the near the same specs as me and I was curious to see what your performance was, 3d mark 05 etc. I just recently got my 6800 gt.

Also, have your overclocked your GT and if so, what sort of improvement does it yield you?
 
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