Which Aftermarket Cooler?

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Well i jumped on ATi's clearence sale and going to upgrade my g/f's video from 9800 pro to the x800 x/l 256mg AGP. My question is which aftermarket cooler works best for this card, i want to keep it running cool and quite of possible. She playes about the same games i do so i want to keep this card running well. Examples of games: WOW, Farcry, Doom 3, UT04, ect...
 
I just do not trust things from TT. If I were you, I would look at some of the cooling solutions from Zalman or Arctic Cooling.
 
CletisMckloskey47 said:
I just do not trust things from TT. If I were you, I would look at some of the cooling solutions from Zalman or Arctic Cooling.
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QFT

That Arctic Cooling one you picked out would be great. It will take up an extra I/O slot though, so if you have a valuable PCI slot you may reconsider, otherwise go for it. Do not forget when you take your HSF off, get some 70-90% alcohol and clean off that damn paste and put some good stuff on.
 
Killa_2327 said:
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That Arctic Cooling one you picked out would be great. It will take up an extra I/O slot though, so if you have a valuable PCI slot you may reconsider, otherwise go for it. Do not forget when you take your HSF off, get some 70-90% alcohol and clean off that damn paste and put some good stuff on.
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I have Artic Silver 5 i used on my cpu, so should be fine for video
I am not worried about the slot, she is not using any pci slots or that
just agp slot is all
 
well it looks like that Thermaltake he linked takes up two slots too so i dont think it would be a problem for him.
 
-(Xyphox)- said:
of course, do it right or dont do it at all
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Yup, and if you bit on the ATI card deal at $110, you definitely did it right. Too bad I don't have any money..I would bite on those in a heartbeat.
 
the reason i upgraded her she was running a 9800 pro 256 card playing wow and farcry and it was a nice card it its time, just could not keep up with the newer games. So i made her happy and dident spend a tun doing it. She is still running a 754 AMD 64 3200+ on a Abit KV8 Pro mobo with a 1GB of Geil DDR 3200 ram, I am going to upgrade her machine in the fall once prices drop some and go with a Am2 for her and a new video, but the 800x/l will work great for now. The reason i want a aftermarket cooler is so i can crank the settings and still keep the card nice and cool. :)
 
-(Xyphox)- said:
the reason i upgraded her she was running a 9800 pro 256 card playing wow and farcry and it was a nice card it its time, just could not keep up with the newer games. So i made her happy and dident spend a tun doing it. She is still running a 754 AMD 64 3200+ on a Abit KV8 Pro mobo with a 1GB of Geil DDR 3200 ram, I am going to upgrade her machine in the fall once prices drop some and go with a Am2 for her and a new video, but the 800x/l will work great for now. The reason i want a aftermarket cooler is so i can crank the settings and still keep the card nice and cool. :)
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I had a system similar. 754 AMD 64 2800+, 5900XT, it was great until I loaded FEAR, then it about exploded. I'm kinda upset I bought this new system though, not knowing there was an SLI 754 board. Twas a great machine, except the POS mobo that bsod'd whenever I was having fun...
 
Killa_2327 said:
I had a system similar. 754 AMD 64 2800+, 5900XT, it was great until I loaded FEAR, then it about exploded. I'm kinda upset I bought this new system though, not knowing there was an SLI 754 board. Twas a great machine, except the POS mobo that bsod'd whenever I was having fun...
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LOL, when i built the system it was top of the line
 
-(Xyphox)- said:
LOL, when i built the system it was top of the line
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lol I know! My new system that I built not too long ago was top of the line, it's already a mid-range PC and its not even a year old!
 
Killa_2327 said:
lol I know! My new system that I built not too long ago was top of the line, it's already a mid-range PC and its not even a year old!
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same as mine, see sig
 
Killa_2327 said:
Pretty nice, how much did that set you back?
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Well i built it when the parts first came out, so a bit ;)
***Edit*** Sorry i orginally had a 74 gig raptor,
Got a 150 gig a few months ago
 
Zalman coolers are quiet and lower temperatures well. Coupled with AS 5 you have all bases covered.
 
spicey said:
Zalman coolers are quiet and lower temperatures well. Coupled with AS 5 you have all bases covered.
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What i thought, I ordered one last night from newegg
 
which one did you order, the vf700? i got one of the all copper ones for a medium range ati card that always ran hot, works perfectly. had just a bit of trouble with fins at one end, had to bend them just a bit to clear a capacitor. other than that, the install was a snap and the difference in temp is amazing. cooled that toaster of a vid card down tremendously. the blue led and ram sinks are cute too.

wish i could use their vf900's on these 7800gtx's in sli, but only one pci slot between the pcie's, and have read about problems with the heat sink on the top card clearing the fasteners on the back of the bottom card. the ac accelero's don't do too bad, and they fit perfectly, but i think the zalman's would cool these cards down a lot more than the ac's do.
 
ac's coolers are excellent performers. i've used their nv silencer5 rev3 units before, seemed to be completely silent and very good cooling. went to their accelero products mainly because they fit better for sli config on tyan 2895 mb (only one pci slot between the pci-e slots). i think the silencer has better cooling characteristics than the accelero.

good choice.
 
ClintE said:
ac's coolers are excellent performers. i've used their nv silencer5 rev3 units before, seemed to be completely silent and very good cooling. went to their accelero products mainly because they fit better for sli config on tyan 2895 mb (only one pci slot between the pci-e slots). i think the silencer has better cooling characteristics than the accelero.

good choice.
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Thanks i got this because i saw the ATi special and i jumped on it for my g/f's rig to give her a little upgrade, gives me more time to decide on what way to go with the machine in the winter... AMD or Conroe... She'll be happy when she can play farcry again.. For a girly girl.. she loves gaming which is very nice :D
 
Finally got the X800 X/L in friday for the g/f's pc, took me about 15 mins with cleaning time to mod the card, New cooler is on and working great, will take a few pics tonight when i get home :D
 
well the card is working great, but i installed ATi tool and it read 0/0 do i have a bad version of the tool? or is there something else going on ya think?
When i click find defaults, my screen goes to a tun of colored lines and just sits there
 
Well you certainly got the best cooler for that card. Might even help your system temps out a bit. I cannot offer you much help in the way of your Ati Tool problems but I was curious if you can get it working to find out what your max core and ram speeds were with the stock cooler and what they are now with the AC cooler. Or if you don't want to take off the AC [which I'd understand] just what your max OC's are with it.
 
GonzoP said:
Well you certainly got the best cooler for that card. Might even help your system temps out a bit. I cannot offer you much help in the way of your Ati Tool problems but I was curious if you can get it working to find out what your max core and ram speeds were with the stock cooler and what they are now with the AC cooler. Or if you don't want to take off the AC [which I'd understand] just what your max OC's are with it.
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i would if i could get the Ati tool to work
 
I just read something about using ATI Tool. This was a user who has a pci-e x1900xt so it may apply to your card, or not.

The user said to disable both of the ATI services that run automatically, restart, and then the ATI Tool would work properly. Looks like that would be the ATI Hotkey Poller and the ATI Smart services.

Not sure if this would help any, as I do not use the ATI tool on my little 9250 card. Can't hurt to try it though.
 
I would go for the vf900 or if price is an issue go for the vf700, great coolers and nice and quiet.
 
I have a VF900 installed on my X1900XT and couldn't believe what a difference it made.

Stock cooler idled at 50C and got up to 82C and full load.

Now it sits at 39C and gets to 60C full load.
 
ClintE said:
I just read something about using ATI Tool. This was a user who has a pci-e x1900xt so it may apply to your card, or not.

The user said to disable both of the ATI services that run automatically, restart, and then the ATI Tool would work properly. Looks like that would be the ATI Hotkey Poller and the ATI Smart services.

Not sure if this would help any, as I do not use the ATI tool on my little 9250 card. Can't hurt to try it though.
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ok thanks i will try that tonight when i get home :)
 
Child of Wonder said:
I have a VF900 installed on my X1900XT and couldn't believe what a difference it made.

Stock cooler idled at 50C and got up to 82C and full load.

Now it sits at 39C and gets to 60C full load.
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What software you use to watch temps? i would love to see what the card runs at now i have the new cooler on it
 
I just used the ATI control panel. I have a TV plugged in via s-video so I just extended the desktop to that TV and watched the temps while the Prey demo played with everything maxed.

Rivatuner also has the ability to keep a log of temps while you play games, too.
 
Child of Wonder said:
I just used the ATI control panel. I have a TV plugged in via s-video so I just extended the desktop to that TV and watched the temps while the Prey demo played with everything maxed.

Rivatuner also has the ability to keep a log of temps while you play games, too.
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where on the ati control panel can you monitor temps? never really looked at it, lol
 
well i got the temps in, gaming on her machine with the new x800 x/l with the cooler temps never got above 45 under extreme load. That cooler and AC5 really made a difference, thinking of OCing it a little. Her CPU is althon 64 3200+ with a nice TT cooler and it runs at 42 under heavy load also. Not sure if i am going to overclock them or not, but i think i have option now.
 
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