Thread: Ordered a VGA cooling fan
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Old 05-02-2010, 04:37 PM
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Re: Ordered a VGA cooling fan
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Originally Posted by RandyWayne View Post
I removed the heatsink/fan combo on my old ATI card and replaced it with a Zalman unit which is a HUGE copper heat sink and fan. It reduced the the temps by quite a bit. (I still don't over clock though since I really do not need to.)

The new 5850 has a pretty good cooling solution itself so there is no need to upgrade short of going to a water cooling system.
hmmm. What do you use to monitor the temp of the card?
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