No Zalman coolers?
I've been a bit disappointed with my VF1000 fitted to a 8800GT, since it started getting a bit warmer I started getting crashes in games. All I had to do was turn up the speed of one of the internal fans, but it's changed my rig from being almost silent, to quite noisy.
It wasn't until I read
Quote:
"Wed recommend using [a 3 pin to molex adaptor] to avoid any issues with automatic speed control if connected to a motherboard fan header."
that I remembered that the fan on the graphics cooler is plugged into the motherboard...
DOH!
Because the CPU is water cooled, of course the motherboard will be throttling all the fans, because it thinks it's nice and cool, while the graphics card overheats enough to crash.
Now I feel like an idiot :(
Am also shocked no Zalman coolers were reviewed - the GV1000 kept my 4870 nice and cool and quiet. The only comparisons I have to it though are the stock Gigabyte/Zalman cooler that was a 2pin and on 100% all the time (noisy!) and watercooling.
What I do know is it was easy to install and came with RAMSinks.
Originally Posted by KayDat Hm...that was always a hard word to spell in my books, but I reckon it's spelt as cinch, when I first see sync, I mentally pronounce sink.
Agreed - I thought it didn't look right when I was reading it!
I've used a T-RAD2 for over a year now on my 4850... Im more than happy with it, with a low speed 12cm Yate Loon on it, its far quieter than the stock cooler, and far cooler as well.
I work for a company who sells Scythe products and apparently there were some compatibility issues with the Setsugen, which is why it went EOL. Scythe say a new version is to be release in the near future.
The stock cooler on my (admitedly low-end) HD4650 was insanely loud and not very effective. I replaced it with the Accelero S2 passive heatsink (looks identical to the S1).
It was quite tricky to fit, and the instructions are nearly useless, but now it's on the new cooler is silent and works fr more effectively than the stock one, even without any fans on the heatsink.
@barndoor101: I think they should compare the data to a Vapor-X card, because they're usually cheaper than buying a normal one plus your own 3rd party cooler. If the Vapor-X kicks all of these solutions here and you don't have to fit it yourself, then that would be the way to go.
I'm using an Artic Cooler Twin Turbo (not pro) for my overclocked HD4870, it lowered the temperature by 15°C on load, and 10°C on idle. It was a breeze to install, and the only problem I had was my own fault, my card was not reference design, so the VRAM coolers didn't fit. I had to file off the stock cooler so it would fit. It would also appear my pin was a 2-pin while I needed a 3-pin, so I had to replace that too.
It's run perfectly fine under heavy furmark benches, so I seriously don't get where the trouble is coming from.
Originally Posted by rickysio When is watercooling cheap?
I think it's more like, you're paying so much for mediocre performance, if you pay a little more, you might as well have it watercooled, which yields much better performance. Of course, this is just for the waterblock, not the entire setup, but it's a good comparison.
Originally Posted by capnPedro Why is a £50 air cooler considered expensive, when nobody bats an eyelid at £65 waterblocks!?
Because the latter, combined with a decent water cooling system will offer much better cooler and lower noise levels and KayDat mentioned. Not to mention in most cases, a water block is easier to fit too.
Originally Posted by Mraedis I'm using an Artic Cooler Twin Turbo (not pro) for my overclocked HD4870, it lowered the temperature by 15°C on load, and 10°C on idle. It was a breeze to install, and the only problem I had was my own fault, my card was not reference design, so the VRAM coolers didn't fit. I had to file off the stock cooler so it would fit. It would also appear my pin was a 2-pin while I needed a 3-pin, so I had to replace that too.
It's run perfectly fine under heavy furmark benches, so I seriously don't get where the trouble is coming from.
We tested it on an HD5870 so you can't really compare our experience when using an HD4870. All we can say is that it was a royal pain in the rear end and despite following the instructions to the letter, it killed our card.
I wonder if it had a similar issue to the S1? I mean, I personally think the TTPro is more like a chunky S1 than an L2, what with the heatpipes and all.
Edit: I just realised, in response to my previous question:
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Originally Posted by KayDat So wait...for HSFs that don't provide a sink for VRMs...did you just leave them bare?
I suppose that means you decided to limit that cooler to the 4890...but were the VRMs the only limiting factor?
The most GPU-coolers are not compatible to more then a very small array of GFX-cards, so each time I buy a new GFX-card I've to buy a new GPU-cooler aswell, if I don't wanna go with the noisy and insufficient stock-cooling.
The problem goes on, as the board-layouts change alot aswell lately, so the cooler which matched my old 4850 doesn't match the newer 4850 etc...
The manufacturers of GFX-cards are the ones, we need to point at. They're the ones, who don't deliver sufficient cooling-solutions in the beginning and I'm talking about stock clock-speeds here ofc.
I'm running a Scythe Musashi on my 4870, and I needed to secure the heatsinks for the RAMs and VRMs with thermal glue, so they don't fall off. The cooler manages the task of silent cooling excellent, but the card will never see another cooler again, due to the use of thermal glue.
The problem solves itself over time for me tho, as I'm playing less and less on my PC and only use it for office-tasks and multimedia, so GFX-cards become less interesting... I'm getting old.
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Hm...that was always a hard word to spell in my books, but I reckon it's spelt as cinch, when I first see sync, I mentally pronounce sink.
But they said at the start of the review:
I've been a bit disappointed with my VF1000 fitted to a 8800GT, since it started getting a bit warmer I started getting crashes in games. All I had to do was turn up the speed of one of the internal fans, but it's changed my rig from being almost silent, to quite noisy.
It wasn't until I read
DOH!
Because the CPU is water cooled, of course the motherboard will be throttling all the fans, because it thinks it's nice and cool, while the graphics card overheats enough to crash.
Now I feel like an idiot :(
What I do know is it was easy to install and came with RAMSinks.
Agreed - I thought it didn't look right when I was reading it!
except you cant buy them separately.
Well worth the £30 I payed for it.
It was quite tricky to fit, and the instructions are nearly useless, but now it's on the new cooler is silent and works fr more effectively than the stock one, even without any fans on the heatsink.
@barndoor101: I think they should compare the data to a Vapor-X card, because they're usually cheaper than buying a normal one plus your own 3rd party cooler. If the Vapor-X kicks all of these solutions here and you don't have to fit it yourself, then that would be the way to go.
It's run perfectly fine under heavy furmark benches, so I seriously don't get where the trouble is coming from.
When is watercooling cheap?
I think it's more like, you're paying so much for mediocre performance, if you pay a little more, you might as well have it watercooled, which yields much better performance. Of course, this is just for the waterblock, not the entire setup, but it's a good comparison.
Because the latter, combined with a decent water cooling system will offer much better cooler and lower noise levels and KayDat mentioned. Not to mention in most cases, a water block is easier to fit too.
We tested it on an HD5870 so you can't really compare our experience when using an HD4870. All we can say is that it was a royal pain in the rear end and despite following the instructions to the letter, it killed our card.
Edit: I just realised, in response to my previous question:
The most GPU-coolers are not compatible to more then a very small array of GFX-cards, so each time I buy a new GFX-card I've to buy a new GPU-cooler aswell, if I don't wanna go with the noisy and insufficient stock-cooling.
The problem goes on, as the board-layouts change alot aswell lately, so the cooler which matched my old 4850 doesn't match the newer 4850 etc...
The manufacturers of GFX-cards are the ones, we need to point at. They're the ones, who don't deliver sufficient cooling-solutions in the beginning and I'm talking about stock clock-speeds here ofc.
I'm running a Scythe Musashi on my 4870, and I needed to secure the heatsinks for the RAMs and VRMs with thermal glue, so they don't fall off. The cooler manages the task of silent cooling excellent, but the card will never see another cooler again, due to the use of thermal glue.
The problem solves itself over time for me tho, as I'm playing less and less on my PC and only use it for office-tasks and multimedia, so GFX-cards become less interesting... I'm getting old.
not everyone wants to spend money on GPU cooling, cleaning the dust off the heatsink inside the standard shroud helps a lot
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