I was going to suggest the HR-03 GT VGA Cooler from Thermalright, but I'm thoroughly confused by the fact that their faq clearly states it's NOT compatible in one line, yet IS compatible in another.
I shot them an e-mail complaining about the discrepancy.
I was going to suggest the HR-03 GT VGA Cooler from Thermalright, but I'm thoroughly confused by the fact that their faq clearly states it's NOT compatible in one line, yet IS compatible in another.
I shot them an e-mail complaining about the discrepancy.
I thought about that cooler , but man its massive , looks like it would hang below the card possibly blocking PCI slots , I can deal with a 2 slot cooler but this thing looks like it goes beyond that
try one of those and let us know how you like it. wont improve cooling ahem ahem but the noise yup. aint too silent but nowhere near the stock.
unless its not compatible..
Anything that cools a 7900 really well, will suffice for an 8800GT.
The Zalman 900s and better, the Thermaltake DuOrb (I'm begining to detest thermaltake, but this cooler would certainly keep a chip as cool as or cooler than the zalman 900), the thermalright V1, and the the thermalright HR-03 GT would all cool a goo bit better than the stock heatsink.
Anything that cools a 7900 really well, will suffice for an 8800GT.
The Zalman 900s and better, the Thermaltake DuOrb (I'm begining to detest thermaltake, but this cooler would certainly keep a chip as cool as or cooler than the zalman 900), the thermalright V1, and the the thermalright HR-03 GT would all cool a goo bit better than the stock heatsink.
Realy ? Then My 1st link , the vantec, will work, I have one of these on my 7900GT
Anything that cools a 7900 really well, will suffice for an 8800GT.
The Zalman 900s and better, the Thermaltake DuOrb (I'm begining to detest thermaltake, but this cooler would certainly keep a chip as cool as or cooler than the zalman 900), the thermalright V1, and the the thermalright HR-03 GT would all cool a goo bit better than the stock heatsink.
There is a thread here saying that the Dual Orb is not performing well.
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The DuOrb, in my experience, is inadequate for cooling an 8800GTS/GTX when overclocked.
The GPU on an 8800GT puts out about 20-30 watts less heat energy under full load. The DuOrb would probably do quite with an 8800GT and moderate overclocking. It does perform better than the Zalman VF900 (or it's Fatality equivalent), it's just not enough for an 80nm 8800 (which it is advertised to be able to cool.
I thought about that cooler , but man its massive , looks like it would hang below the card possibly blocking PCI slots , I can deal with a 2 slot cooler but this thing looks like it goes beyond that
I got an e-mail back from Thermalright, as I suspected the HR-03 GT is basically designed for the 8800GT. I doubt you'll find a better cooler in its price range (whatever that is, pretty high I'm guessing).
It's SLI compatible so you can squeeze one on each card, but you're probably right on losing a PCI slot or two. Dunno how important those are these days anyways, with seemingly everything onboard. HDTV tuner maybe?
Anyways it's a pick your poison. I haven't ran across any new coolers to go along with everyones shiny new GT's other than the HR-03 flavor.
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