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AMD Graphics Cards Discuss AMD/ATI Radeon Graphics Cards from the current 6000 Series, upcoming 7000? series right back to the ATI Radeon 9700 Pro and earlier!

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Old Sep 26, 2005, 10:11 PM   #1
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Best Graphics Cooling System?

In an earlier post I established that my Radeon 9700 Pro card is suffering a commonly reported problem : that of overheating. I'm therefore gonna replace the cooling system. Have found a couple of likely candidates so far: Artic Cooler Silencer 1 and the Zalman Fatality FS-V7. Does anyone have any comments about either of these, or any other suggestions?

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Old Sep 26, 2005, 10:36 PM   #2
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In an earlier post I established that my Radeon 9700 Pro card is suffering a commonly reported problem : that of overheating. I'm therefore gonna replace the cooling system. Have found a couple of likely candidates so far: Artic Cooler Silencer 1 and the Zalman Fatality FS-V7. Does anyone have any comments about either of these, or any other suggestions?

Thanks for your time.
Installed a Zalman VF-700Cu last week on a 9800XT. Less than a 15 minute job, highly recommended. The FS-V7 looks similarly constructed, should be a breeze to install.
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Old Sep 26, 2005, 10:36 PM   #3
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Hey M8,
I have had a AC" for 3 months now and it is an absolute dream compared to the stock cooler. Before I replaced the stock, my OC was 5%, now I can OC 10% easily, more if I want too
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Old Sep 27, 2005, 08:52 AM Threadstarter Thread Starter   #4
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hmmmm....OK. 1 vote for each. Best of 5?
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Old Sep 27, 2005, 09:18 AM   #5
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I'd go with the Zalman also, focuses on seperate memory cooling along with cooling the surrounding area and board.
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Another vote for Zalman here
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Looks like the Zalman then. Thanks for the input
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ATI Silencer... DHES roccks and owns zalman
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Old Sep 27, 2005, 08:07 PM   #9
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ATI Silencer... DHES roccks and owns zalman
Yeah well USB bracket + ATI Silencer = fail.

Zalman + USB bracket = pass.

Besides, the Zalman looks like a pretty flower.
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