video card cooling

canj · TweakNOOB Joined: 19 Nov 2003 Posts: 8 Location: NJ

well, my radeon 9600xt should be here by 430, and since im in the mood to make it look cool/OC it, ive been looking into cooling for it. theres so many things like the Tt orbs and whatnot, and its all confusing to me, thats a whole new ball park for me. any info would be good.

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-.-PhanTom-.- · TweakNOOB Joined: 21 Sep 2003 Posts: 136

Let me recommend the following:
http://www.arctic-cooling.com/en/products/vga_silencer/
Have it myself, and it simply kicks ass!
Currently clocked my Radeon 9700 nonPro to 399/300 - stock is 276/270 - so that is good!
Getting heatsinks for the RAM soon so will hopefully be able to clock the memory a bit more :)
The installation was quite easy...once I found out that they had shipped the package with bracket clip turning the wrong way - see this link >
http://www.arctic-cooling.com/en/support/faq/ - VGA silencer clip problem
Once I turned it the right way, fastening the heatsink on the card was a breeze :)

Here is the full installation procedure:
http://www.arctic-cooling.com/en/support/installation/install_vga_silencer1.pdf
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[TN] Nathan · ALMIGHTY PWNER! Joined: 14 Feb 2002 Posts: 7406

Not too bad, too bad it's not readily available in North America.

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