graphics cooling

GnomeWizarddGnomeWizardd Member 4 LifeAkron, PA Icrontian
edited August 2003 in Hardware
:wave: Hi all

I have a 9700 pro and the stock cooling aint cutting it what u guys recommend for cooling besides water? I was thinking the zalman heatpipe maybe

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  • ThraxThrax 🐌 Austin, TX Icrontian
    edited August 2003
    Firstly. How is it not cutting it?
    Secondly. What are you aspiring to do?
    Thirdly. When did you buy your radeon?
  • GnomeWizarddGnomeWizardd Member 4 Life Akron, PA Icrontian
    edited August 2003
    ITs burns the shizz outta my hand and i have a 60 mm coolermaster fan on it right now to keep it cool

    I am a advid gamer thats about it

    and it was bought in feb ( bye someone else ) but i just got it today

    It was having problems with lockups in games thats why i need better cooling
  • TheLostSwedeTheLostSwede Trondheim, Norway Icrontian
    edited August 2003
    Have you changed TIM under the heatsink? If not, thats a start.
    Right now i do have the original heatsink/fan on my 9700 and the card is overclocked but runs well. Not to warm either and i dont have any casefans at all.
  • GnomeWizarddGnomeWizardd Member 4 Life Akron, PA Icrontian
    edited August 2003
    Yea its been scraped clean and then whipped down with alchohol. and then put artic silver III under that boad boy heatsink it came with! lol ill take a pic and show u what i got
  • ThraxThrax 🐌 Austin, TX Icrontian
    edited August 2003
    If you bought the card in February, it sounds like a first-run card. IE, silicon rev1.

    Amongst the things they exhibit:

    -They run hot
    -They overclock poorly


    I have an early march radeon, first revision. I know both of these are true.

    I can only pull 333/333 out of my 9700 Pro before artifacting sets in.
  • GnomeWizarddGnomeWizardd Member 4 Life Akron, PA Icrontian
    edited August 2003
    But what to use for cooling? I dont like the 60 mm fan on there right now its at 105 sitting here typing in opera
  • ThraxThrax 🐌 Austin, TX Icrontian
    edited August 2003
    I would probably just use the zalman heatpipe. I plan on getting one soon.
  • GnomeWizarddGnomeWizardd Member 4 Life Akron, PA Icrontian
    edited August 2003
    I was also considering a thermal take one just cause it has a fan but its not copper like the zalman. I know what to do! get the zalman and strap a 80mm on that sucker!
  • TheLostSwedeTheLostSwede Trondheim, Norway Icrontian
    edited August 2003
    Thrax said
    If you bought the card in February, it sounds like a first-run card. IE, silicon rev1.

    Amongst the things they exhibit:

    -They run hot
    -They overclock poorly


    I have an early march radeon, first revision. I know both of these are true.

    I can only pull 333/333 out of my 9700 Pro before artifacting sets in.

    Same things here but my card is from September 2002. Stoneage almost.
  • Geeky1Geeky1 University of the Pacific (Stockton, CA, USA)
    edited August 2003
    The Zalman is not copper either. It's aluminum. The heatpipe itself may be copper, but the heatsinks are definitely aluminum.

    I haven't been overly impressed with mine. It does OK, but I think the copper 1u hsf I have on the 8500 does much better. I'd suggest getting a 1u copper hsf and gluing it on.
  • WuGgaRoOWuGgaRoO Not in the shower Icrontian
    edited August 2003
    i suggest getting the big golden zalman one...then u buy like 2-4 60 or just two 80mm stealth fans...u put epoxy the stealth fans onto each side of the zalman heatpipe...i think itll work...who is with me???
  • TheLostSwedeTheLostSwede Trondheim, Norway Icrontian
    edited August 2003
    WuGgaRoO said
    i suggest getting the big golden zalman one...then u buy like 2-4 60 or just two 80mm stealth fans...u put epoxy the stealth fans onto each side of the zalman heatpipe...i think itll work...who is with me???

    Unfortunatly that idea sucks IMO. 2 or even 4 (!) 60mm fans?

    Any idea how much noise that makes? Cluster of cables in the middle of the case? The economy in that?

    For that money, you will get a pump, small radiator AND a waterblock if you want.


    No, if the stock cooler isn´t cutting it, RMA the card.
  • WuGgaRoOWuGgaRoO Not in the shower Icrontian
    edited August 2003
    then if not...two stealth 80mm fans...one on top...the other on the bottom...whats so wrong about that idea?
  • Mt_GoatMt_Goat Head Cheezy Knob Pflugerville (north of Austin) Icrontian
    edited August 2003
    The operation with the Zallman that I have seen work very well is to install a 120 fan in the side panel directly over the card so fresh air passes over both sides.
  • ThraxThrax 🐌 Austin, TX Icrontian
    edited August 2003
    ZM80C-HP3_b.gif
    ZM80C-HP+OP2_b.gif

    Zalman ZM80C-HP + ZMOP1
  • WuGgaRoOWuGgaRoO Not in the shower Icrontian
    edited August 2003
    too easy :)
  • mmonninmmonnin Centreville, VA
    edited August 2003
    What a creation.
  • GnomeWizarddGnomeWizardd Member 4 Life Akron, PA Icrontian
    edited August 2003
    0o0o0o0o Thrax that is seksi
  • Geeky1Geeky1 University of the Pacific (Stockton, CA, USA)
    edited August 2003
    Unfortunately, the ZM80-A has more surface area than the ZM80-C, so it should cool better. And the rackmount hsf still cools better than either.
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