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by **liljim** » Mon Feb 18, 2008 4:18 am

i ordered a new cooler for my 8800gt hoping to get the temps back under control. I played COD4 for about 45 minutes and starting seeing glitches, i closed it and check temps to find i was running 81c! I can hit the 70's after about 30 minutes of F.E.A.R. so its time to do something about it.

I ordered because it had good reviews all the way around. The biggest complaint was it has a 4 pin molex connector so some people couldnt change the fan speeds but i have a fan controller that runs all my other fans with room to add this one with no problem.

I will post the temps once the cooler gets here and installed for a reference to anyone else. Hopefully it does the job.

by **robbro** » Mon Feb 18, 2008 8:27 pm

woah! Holy crap dood whats the air flow like in ur pc ?? remember my graphics card was on 60+ c? now its on 50 ish with my fans on high on my pc case. hope your graphics card aint damaged or anything man?? whats your gpu fan like ? you should get the zalman one

. i mite try get a gpu cooler too maybe that why i get dips with my fps on tf2 :O

by **liljim** » Mon Feb 18, 2008 11:56 pm

im going with a thermaltake duOrb

the card isnt hurt, as long as its cool it runs great.

airflow, lol. I couldnt get any more if i wanted to.

I'll take some pics and show you but i have 4@120mm, 1@80mm without counting the cpu, psu and stock gpu fans. All fans are running at 100%. CPU stays in the hi 30's, low 40's under a load.

My gpu fan is single slot which is what i thought i wanted just to conserve room. Now i know i would have been better off with a double slot card.

by **Gecko** » Tue Feb 19, 2008 2:25 am

liljim's Ultra cool system!

by **liljim** » Tue Feb 19, 2008 5:06 am

if i keep going thats just what im gonna wind up with!!

That is insane, i guess it justifies the 1KW psu's

by **robbro** » Tue Feb 19, 2008 8:27 pm

lmfao at that pic gecko :O power to run that lols!

by **venney** » Tue Feb 19, 2008 8:42 pm

just think how loud that would be! id end up throwing it out a window!

by **robbro** » Wed Feb 20, 2008 12:02 am

lol prob sound like a space shuttle taking off ZOOOOOOOOOOM hehe

by **liljim** » Wed Feb 20, 2008 5:20 am

new cooler works great, heres the pics

Stock card

Stripped down

The bigger and better version

temps dropped from 52-53 idle 70+ load

down to 42 idle 53 load

by **venney** » Wed Feb 20, 2008 4:11 pm

sounds completely worth it mate. Is it louder?
Aren’t you going to have hot air in your case? I cant tell if the standard one had a built in exhaust fan or not.

by **robbro** » Wed Feb 20, 2008 8:15 pm

jim any fps improvements now its on?? and hows the temp readings ?

by **liljim** » Thu Feb 21, 2008 12:26 am

its not louder to me at all venney, no louder than the original for sure. I dont have to much hot air in the case, theres a 120mm exhaust fan in the case just above the card. The original cooler had just the fan shown in the pic and a really crappy excuse for a heat sink. There was nothing impressive about it at all.

Cant really say theres any fps improvements, but i have alot more stability. Im going to run a game for a couple hours tonight to see how it holds up but i ran the full demo video on 3d mark and only saw 53c where i was 65c before.

I intend on playing for an hour, checking temps, another hour and checking again and i'll post the results. If i even get to do that it will be a major improvement as i was lucky to get a straight hour before crashing previously.

by **robbro** » Thu Feb 21, 2008 12:30 am

cool man sounds like better temps

. i wish my card would get as good score as your graphics card did on 3d mark annoying that lol

. nice one though =D

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