Zalman ZM80C question.

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NeoNemesis

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Does anyone know if the ZM80C will be compatible with PCI express video cards? I was wondering whether I should buy it now or hold out until I upgrade to whatever high end card ATI comes out with next.

Please, any insight would be much appreciated.
 
they should be, PCI express card will probably look exactly the same but the connector will be different. but time will tell
 
Thats what I figured but I want to be sure before I go out and spend $60 on vga cooling that I can't use again.
 
I'll try calling up ATI and seeing if they can tell me that one little detail. Probably won't work but who knows, I can't see why they would care.
 
to be completely honest with you, unless you NEED it for silence reasons, i would not suggest it. i have it and it just scares the crap out of me. hell it's freaking BENDING MY CARD.
 
Is it supposed to do that? I'm trying to silence my PC entirely so I can leave it on when I sleep, but if it could damage the card then I'll have to live with the noise. My friend is much more experienced them I am with such things, I'll see what he thinks.
 
Right....yes it will let you achieve silence....propably at the cost of some OC'ing potential...

The cooler is very heavy and will cause stress to the PCB of your card if you do not support it..i would say fit the Zalman and rig some kind of support so it can take the extra weight...
 
I could probably fix something up to support the extra weight. Ideally, Zalman should sell a support bracket that can fit in the unusable pci slot underneath the video card.
 
Get the aluminum one.... I put one into a customer computer, and it didn't bend the card at all.
 
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