ztrain727
New Member
Hi Everyone,
I have an Asus 8800gt stock. It is supposed to have their super-dooper cooler, which is of course a scam. This one:
Anyway, I have a Vf700 laying around from my old 7900gt and I was wondering if this might be an improvement over the stock card.
The card is currently stock clocks and I want to OC a little, but it idles 50*C, so unless I get it running cooler, OC'in is not an option. One guy did it and said: "I have idle temp of 37 and load of 52, 24 room temp @ 700/1000" (not sure about that 1000 - seems low)
I heard the heatsink doesn't fit quite right, but can be made to work. The gigabyte card has a vf700. See link:
http://www.fudzilla.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=4061&Itemid=34
Lastly, the crappy heatsink on the Asus card is attached with some "Thermal Tape or Adhesive" instead of just paste. Do I risk damaging the GPU if I pull the heatsink off (it seems to take a lot of force - I couldn't budge it without worrying about breaking something.)
Thanks
I have an Asus 8800gt stock. It is supposed to have their super-dooper cooler, which is of course a scam. This one:
Anyway, I have a Vf700 laying around from my old 7900gt and I was wondering if this might be an improvement over the stock card.
The card is currently stock clocks and I want to OC a little, but it idles 50*C, so unless I get it running cooler, OC'in is not an option. One guy did it and said: "I have idle temp of 37 and load of 52, 24 room temp @ 700/1000" (not sure about that 1000 - seems low)
I heard the heatsink doesn't fit quite right, but can be made to work. The gigabyte card has a vf700. See link:
http://www.fudzilla.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=4061&Itemid=34
Lastly, the crappy heatsink on the Asus card is attached with some "Thermal Tape or Adhesive" instead of just paste. Do I risk damaging the GPU if I pull the heatsink off (it seems to take a lot of force - I couldn't budge it without worrying about breaking something.)
Thanks