Sniper_Merc
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Well, just spent a few hours putting a ZM80D-HP on my BFG Tech 6800 GT.
9 C drop in temps vs stock cooling. Stock: 78 C, Zalman: 69 C
This is under the massive load using that rthdribl demo.
One big thing of note is that the cooler will not fit on a 6800 GT using the screws provided, however, using a combination of the stock X backplate and the stock screws I was able to mount it with two of the nuts on the X holding the front GPU core plate and using the other two nuts on it to hold the rear plate. Also I had to elongate the holes on the two crossbar pieces.
Here's the raw numbers for anybody interested. Pics to follow.
Stock
Idle Temps
Ambient Room: 76.5 F
Ambient Case: 89 F
Ambient Nvidia Sensor: 36 C
Core Nvidia Sensor: 53 C
Load Temps
Ambient Room 76.5 F
Ambient Case: 91 F
Ambient Nvidia Sensor: 51 C
Core Nvidia Sensor: 78 C
Zalman
Idle Temps
Ambient Room: 75.5 F
Ambient Case: 87 F
Ambient Nvidia Sensor: 35 C
Core Nvidia Sensor: 49 C
Load Temps
Ambient Room 75.2 F
Ambient Case: 93 F
Ambient Nvidia Sensor: 47 C
Core Nvidia Sensor: 69 C
Core Clock 420
Memory 1130
Something else of note, a few days back I yanked the stock cooler off and put some Coolermaster Shin Estu on the core, replacing the stock Arctic Silver 5 that BFG Tech uses. Right off the bat there was a 4C drop in temps, and a further 2C after it cooked for a few days. I will likely see a similar drop after a few days of the Shin settling in again. Great stuff that Shin Estu.
Edit: location of pics has changed but there all in here, http://snipershide.free-universe.com/remote/zalman_zm80d-hp/
9 C drop in temps vs stock cooling. Stock: 78 C, Zalman: 69 C
This is under the massive load using that rthdribl demo.
One big thing of note is that the cooler will not fit on a 6800 GT using the screws provided, however, using a combination of the stock X backplate and the stock screws I was able to mount it with two of the nuts on the X holding the front GPU core plate and using the other two nuts on it to hold the rear plate. Also I had to elongate the holes on the two crossbar pieces.
Here's the raw numbers for anybody interested. Pics to follow.
Stock
Idle Temps
Ambient Room: 76.5 F
Ambient Case: 89 F
Ambient Nvidia Sensor: 36 C
Core Nvidia Sensor: 53 C
Load Temps
Ambient Room 76.5 F
Ambient Case: 91 F
Ambient Nvidia Sensor: 51 C
Core Nvidia Sensor: 78 C
Zalman
Idle Temps
Ambient Room: 75.5 F
Ambient Case: 87 F
Ambient Nvidia Sensor: 35 C
Core Nvidia Sensor: 49 C
Load Temps
Ambient Room 75.2 F
Ambient Case: 93 F
Ambient Nvidia Sensor: 47 C
Core Nvidia Sensor: 69 C
Core Clock 420
Memory 1130
Something else of note, a few days back I yanked the stock cooler off and put some Coolermaster Shin Estu on the core, replacing the stock Arctic Silver 5 that BFG Tech uses. Right off the bat there was a 4C drop in temps, and a further 2C after it cooked for a few days. I will likely see a similar drop after a few days of the Shin settling in again. Great stuff that Shin Estu.
Edit: location of pics has changed but there all in here, http://snipershide.free-universe.com/remote/zalman_zm80d-hp/