good cooler for 9800 pro?

The_Neon_Cowboy · Jul 2, 2003, 01:43 PM

i was thinging of two of these

http://www.heatsinkstore.com/vaicprvgacok.html

one for my 9800 pro and one for me nforce2 chipset

any reccomnedations

http://www.heatsinkstore.com/vaicproprvga.html

also, thats faster fan but it says its for and fx .. But should that mean it'll be better since fx's are so hot

I might be doing so lower end overclocking .. but nothing insane

The_Neon_Cowboy · Jul 3, 2003, 08:19 AM

any one?

Kgentatszu] · Jul 3, 2003, 08:25 AM

personally, i'm eyeing on the zalman heatpipe and the thermaltake's Giant ii, but there're both too expensive for me........any way, do you plan to get ramsinks??

tek · Jul 3, 2003, 08:43 AM

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Originally posted by Maxxypoos
personally, i'm eyeing on the zalman heatpipe and the thermaltake's Giant ii, but there're both too expensive for me........any way, do you plan to get ramsinks??

The Iceberq4 is minimal, if you've seen the review they only got an extra 20mhz+ out of the core, and lost some MEM from its ramsinks.
I'm going with the Zalman Heatpipe or the Thermaltake Giant II, both in my price range. But I'm gonna go search around for reviews on the Zalman heatpipe and the Giant II, I'll PM you most likely.

~~craig588~~ · Jul 3, 2003, 09:03 AM

You can buy a crystal orb for less than that, and the crystal orb has double the CFM rating. You just want to lap it because it has a fairly large dent right in the center.

Logla · Jul 3, 2003, 10:01 AM

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Originally posted by Maxxypoos
personally, i'm eyeing on the zalman heatpipe and the thermaltake's Giant ii, but there're both too expensive for me........any way, do you plan to get ramsinks??

the Zalmans are only designed for normal cooling as far as I know, so overclocking with one of these is out of the question.

Kgentatszu] · Jul 3, 2003, 10:19 AM

so, what do you recommend???

Logla · Jul 3, 2003, 12:46 PM

I've only ever heard about TT Crystal Orb. A friend has one on his 9700 and he loves it. Doesn't overclock though and put it on purely for cosmetic reasons. Strange that.

Nuke209 · Jul 3, 2003, 06:53 PM

if using zalman, put a fan blowing on it, and it'll work good...if not, the iceberg4's are really good.

Cold Generation · Jul 4, 2003, 05:56 AM

What's the crystal orb like?

I obviously got a great fan on my Sapphire 9800 Pro, it
allows me to clock the core to 450 with no artifacts.

I do think I have a pretty good airflow in the case though.

Logla · Jul 4, 2003, 11:53 AM

All I know really is that it is better than the stock cooler. I don't know by how much though. Would have posted some links but can't find any. If I do, I'll hoist them straight up here.

Kgentatszu] · Jul 4, 2003, 12:06 PM

guys, are the stock coolers for Radeons really that CRAP??? ~LOL

but it looks Cool~ cant i do without changing one if i were to OC it??

Logla · Jul 4, 2003, 12:09 PM

I'm still using the stock cooler and my overclocks are fine - check the siggy!!

toddsmack2k · Jul 4, 2003, 12:21 PM

Yep same here. I am using the stock cooling on my 9700 and I have no problems overclocking it.

tek · Jul 4, 2003, 12:26 PM

Zalman Heatpipe or Thermaltake Giant II

and Iceberq4 if your a homosexual and just want it for looks....

Kgentatszu] · Jul 4, 2003, 12:28 PM

toddsmack2k, do you apply Ram sinks, cause i plan to do without those too..anyway, what's your clock speeds at??

Cold Generation · Jul 4, 2003, 12:40 PM

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Originally posted by Maxxypoos
guys, are the stock coolers for Radeons really that CRAP??? ~LOL but it looks Cool~ cant i do without changing one if i were to OC it??

Crap?

Do you call a 70 MHz o/c on stock cooling crap?

380->450

Kgentatszu] · Jul 4, 2003, 01:07 PM

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Originally posted by Cold Generation
Crap?

Do you call a 70 MHz o/c on stock cooling crap?

380->450

Oo, i didnt see that......so, its not crap at all...

toddsmack2k · Jul 4, 2003, 01:13 PM

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Originally posted by Maxxypoos
toddsmack2k, do you apply Ram sinks, cause i plan to do without those too..anyway, what's your clock speeds at??

No my card is totally stock, i plan to add some ramsinks here in a little while. I can bench my card at 385 core and 345 memory. The only thing I have done is put a slot fan under it as a cheap little cooling option.

MSX · Jul 4, 2003, 01:54 PM

I used to use the slot fan option on my old gf2. One above and below. It was pretty decent actually.

The_Neon_Cowboy · Jul 4, 2003, 02:36 PM

i have got aluminum rams sinks i have added ....

what about that dasterdly ati shim? so tring to figure out what i wanna do

~~Optimummind~~ · Jul 4, 2003, 02:59 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by The_Neon_Cowboy
i was thinging of two of these

http://www.heatsinkstore.com/vaicprvgacok.html

one for my 9800 pro and one for me nforce2 chipset

any reccomnedations

http://www.heatsinkstore.com/vaicproprvga.html

also, thats faster fan but it says its for and fx .. But should that mean it'll be better since fx's are so hot

I might be doing so lower end overclocking .. but nothing insane

Neon, I could recommend the Iceberq cuz I installed it on my 9800 Non-Pro (now it's a 9800 Pro with a BIOS flash) and the temperatures are excellent. I even overclocked the card and it's very stable and runs through multiple benchmarking and 3-4 hours gaming sessions.

For your reference, though, putting the core fan on the board was a bit of a bitch since the plastic clip-ons' width were a bit bigger than the holes on the board. In fact, I used one clip-on from Iceberq's package and one clip-on from the stock 9800 cooling unit.

As for the thermal adhesive (for the memory heatsinks), I used the Arctic Alumina. Just be sure to follow the directions on the Internet. I didn't at first and ended up reinstalling the RAM heatsinks!!

Also, when applying the thermal adhesive, be sure to use a very thin layer that will get the RAM heatsinks to firmly stick on but not too much to defeat the purpose of cooling.

Good luck!!