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as the topic states , i am looking for a better cooler than the factory one.. my temps now are 43c idle and about 53 during game play
oc'd to 390/870 .. would like to hit 400/900 if possible.

MjrTom

Well the best GPU coolers i have seen are the range from Zalman.

For a 6800NU i would suggest the FS-v7 or VF900 coolers.

Mine knocks about 20*c of the load temps when compared to the stock cooler

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Villainstone

I disagree I think the NV Silencer 5 is better because it blows the hot air out of the case instead of blowing it around the case. Here is a link to some reviews on many of the VGA coolers availible. The silencer is one of the most silent gpu cooler around even at 100% speed and it fall shy of being the best for cooling by about 5*C. Noise and the fact that it blows heat out of the case, lowering ambient temps is a huge plus. In a small indirect way it cools your CPU and chipsets.

RazorOC

I bought the Arctic Accelero X1 for my aftermarket cooler for my 6800gt. Its dropped my load temps down from 60c load to never peaking over 51c. Its kind of a toss up between some of the zalman coolers and this one, but i did some benchmark reviews on different sites and the accelero x1 usually beat all the other coolers and im very happy with mine so far.
http://www.arctic-cooling.com/vga2.php?idx=91

ENTERPRISE

For you i would reccomend these two coolers for your card.

Zalman VF900 :http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16835118001
NV SILENCER:http://www.arctic-cooling.com/vga2.php?idx=40

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RazorOC

Here's some benchmark tests to help you choose on which cooler you might want. It might help your decision or might not. Not even sure they will all fit your card. I think it has all the cards in the test that people have listed.
Just tryin to help.
http://www.techspot.com/reviews/hard...ooling-3.shtml

Villainstone

I would like to see the ambient temps in those results too.