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NiZmo · 08-24-04

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Originally Posted by kickassclone

There is air cooling available from vga for the 6800 series here is a link:

http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProduc...186-120&depa=0

Dang over $50! They must be crazy!

Now if you want to do it right you buy this and BLAM!!!!

http://www.dangerden.com/mall2/more_...asp?fmmore=237

One heck of an oc with that puppy!

The cooling leadtek puts on their 6800gt and ultra is way better than the generic cooling that comes stock on all the other company's cards and I bet if you tested it side by side with that $55 vga silencer they probably would be putting out the same performance. I have heard that people are able to oc the leadtek 6800 ultra on stock cooling another 30-40mhz very easily. That is a really nice oc on an ultra chip which is already almost maxed out. I will be getting the leadtek 6800 ultra in a couple weeks and I will definitely let everyone know how good the stock cooling is.

I really want one of those dangeden blocks though.

475mhz and a drop of 30c..jesus that whips an ultra extreme!

On another note check out this awesome nv40 core cooler. I wonder if it is as good or better than a dangeden.
http://www.highspeedpc.com/Merchant2...=CoolMaticNV40

Dayum thats defiantely a nice cooler. The VGA silencer just looks like a HIC version (which is defiantely better then stock) and that waterblock sure looks impressive. However, look at price

. Plus if I were to buy that cooler I will still need money to buy the kit! Obviously cant run it without it.

**Burn** · 11-14-04

it seems like it comes down to two things:

Whether you have water cooling- you get the 6800 VGA block from dangerden

You don't- get the good vga cooler that kickassclone said up there....

Personally? i'm building a wc kit from scratch, so i'd go with the block from dangerden. but if you don't have watercooling or you don't plan on having it, go with the air solution (obvious)

my 1c worth

LTSMASH · 11-23-04

now here is my problem, I don't know if temps are supposed to be that high but it kinda scares me unless the VGA cards CAN handle it. My idle is about 39C and my load is about 54C on the stock PNY cooling. I am not overclocking yet.

*VulcanDragon* · 11-24-04

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Originally Posted by LTSMASH

now here is my problem, I don't know if temps are supposed to be that high but it kinda scares me unless the VGA cards CAN handle it. My idle is about 39C and my load is about 54C on the stock PNY cooling. I am not overclocking yet.

You're fine, these cards are engineered to run hot. Under load my OCed GT can get over 80C, and that's fine with me. IMHO, the only reason to use non-stock cooling is to get even more of an overclock out of it. Personally, I'm happy getting slightly more than stock Ultra speeds with stock cooling. YMMV.

LTSMASH · 11-28-04

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Originally Posted by VulcanDragon

You're fine, these cards are engineered to run hot. Under load my OCed GT can get over 80C, and that's fine with me. IMHO, the only reason to use non-stock cooling is to get even more of an overclock out of it. Personally, I'm happy getting slightly more than stock Ultra speeds with stock cooling. YMMV.

alrighty thanks a bundle
I would like to fix my temps:
no-load: 52C
Load 59C *EDIT after playing farcry on max for 45 minutes I got 59C, never goes over 60C

*YiffyGriffy* · 11-28-04

No one in their right mind would pay $125 for that DangerDen block, just buy the Swiftech one for $40

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