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Old 05-29-08   #1 (permalink)
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Hey guys and gurlz. I plan on getting an 8800 GTX to replace my dead 8800 GT.

I have all the heatsinks for the voltage regulators and enough ramsinks for the ram, but I have one quesiton. What is needed to cool the chip circled below. Can I get away with using a ramsink on it, or do I need something bigger?
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A ramsink should be fine.
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Cool, thank you. I've got about half a million zalman ramsinks lying around.

BTW: Odd question, but do you play css?

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r u ditching the stock cooler? i think ram heatsink would suffice if your fan is powerful and directs good amount of airflow to its surroundings
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r u ditching the stock cooler? i think ram heatsink would suffice if your fan is powerful and directs good amount of airflow to its surroundings
It will be on water.
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Cool, thank you. I've got about half a million zalman ramsinks lying around.

BTW: Odd question, but do you play css?

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Lol, nope. I've been asked that before. Apparently some punk's gone and stolen my name.
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I was askin because we have very similar rigs. I was gonna ask you to run some benchies. I'm curious to see how much I'll gain going from a 8800 GT to a GTX.
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I was askin because we have very similar rigs. I was gonna ask you to run some benchies. I'm curious to see how much I'll gain going from a 8800 GT to a GTX.
Oh, lol.

It won't be a whole lot better, but then again, I haven't seen much in the way of CSS benchmarks.
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I just went ahead and bought a petras babysink for the chip.
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Ramsinks. I have an Hr-03 somewhere and it stated to use this big ramsink. i have one if you want it.
Or i may need it for my 8800GTX SLI

I have 2x EK blocks coming in soon so ill be on water as well
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