Visiontek warranty?

[korndawg]

I'm wanting to install a Zalman vf900 on my Visiontek 4850 card, but by doin so will I be voiding the lifetime warranty? I like the quietness and the cooling of the zalman but not at a sacrifice of klling my warranty.

 

[lowteckh]

yes void if you make it obvious you tampered with it or sent it with the zalman. no void if you slap the stock hs back on then send it back.

 

[korndawg]

I've never installed an aftermarket cooler on a gpu. Is it easy to do without it being noticable after the fact?

 

[vwguy]

there's usually heat pads which may stick to cooler. they're reusable, keep em clean. no, it's not really noticable. the greases are better heat conductors. I rec. tuniq.

the vf900 is good cooler, but unnecessary. do it only if you don't like the stock fan noise.

 

[korndawg]

Grrr, what to do? I'd like to OC the card but I don't want to void the lifetime warranty. My PC is also my HTPC so I like quiet too.