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Old 05-07-09   #1 (permalink)
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Zalman Hybrid Cooler looks pretty sweet. Do you think this is a good cooling solution for a GTX 260?

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I would go with not recommended, since it's not even in the list of supported VGA chipset.

It could be still good at cooling, I don't know, but I'm not sure you'll be able to mount it.

And why do you want to change the stock cooling?
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wait for the AC Accelero extreme if you have a reference design card
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I would go with not recommended, since it's not even in the list of supported VGA chipset.

It could be still good at cooling, I don't know, but I'm not sure you'll be able to mount it.

And why do you want to change the stock cooling?
I wanted to change to because i think the plastic box around the card is ugly.
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I see... then I hope other members could help you out... the only thing I've check, for other cooler, was an water block so I could not help you....
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A water block would be sweet, but Im afraid im not a hardcore enough oc'er to justify the extra $$ over air cooling. Is it Effective/Can you Buy just a graphics card water cooling set up for a decent price? i might look in to it.
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a good setup could be pricey mainly if use ONLY for the GFX card...

I would suggest that you stay with Air cooling if it's just for the look.
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Pretty sure that heatsink is for CPUs, even though they show it on a graphics card.

You are changing the heatsink because it is ugly...

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Pretty sure that heatsink is for CPUs, even though they show it on a graphics card.
It's an Hybrid... goes on CPU or VGA, don't know if it's worth it but the idea is nice.
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