The fan on my Sapphire X1950XT has had a habit lately of not starting, although still under warrantee, I was considering upgrading the cooling anyway. I have Googled for GPU cooler reviews but I can’t seem to find anything newer than a year old.
What I am looking for is something that will exhaust out of the back of my PC
And be more reliable and possibly quieter than the stock cooler.
I would appreciate it if you had any recommendations, or know of any recent reviews.
Thanks,
RJM
Full Version: X1950XT fan dying
I'm using the Zalman VF900-CU with my Sapphire X1950XT card and everything is so much cooler and quieter now.
It really is a powerful cooler and real enthusiasts are using this one. The only modification I did was to switch the socket from the original cooler so that the fan control can be managed by the card itself because my board doesn’t have PWM support. ATI Tray Tools is taking care of the fan speed control and over clocking capabilities; the use of CCC is now obsolete. In my case the fan speed can be set to half and then be forgotten because of the efficiency of the airflow. Nothing has made me more pleased, now that I have a silent and powerful system propped with silent Nexus fans to play with. 
It really is a powerful cooler and real enthusiasts are using this one. The only modification I did was to switch the socket from the original cooler so that the fan control can be managed by the card itself because my board doesn’t have PWM support. ATI Tray Tools is taking care of the fan speed control and over clocking capabilities; the use of CCC is now obsolete. In my case the fan speed can be set to half and then be forgotten because of the efficiency of the airflow. Nothing has made me more pleased, now that I have a silent and powerful system propped with silent Nexus fans to play with.
You could do what I did when my Sapphire X1600XT fan decided to get really loud:
Unscrew and remove the metal heatsink cover.
Unscrew and remove the fan.
Get your favourite brand of quiet 80mm fan (I think I used a Panaflo) and wedge it inbetween the heatsink and the closest PCI card.
Voila. Very quiet, cheap, reliable, simple. No need to mess around buying and fiddling with a custom heatsink with an oddball fan which still might fail. And I don't really trust passive cooling for GPUs.
Unscrew and remove the metal heatsink cover.
Unscrew and remove the fan.
Get your favourite brand of quiet 80mm fan (I think I used a Panaflo) and wedge it inbetween the heatsink and the closest PCI card.
Voila. Very quiet, cheap, reliable, simple. No need to mess around buying and fiddling with a custom heatsink with an oddball fan which still might fail. And I don't really trust passive cooling for GPUs.
I saw the Zalman, but I was really looking for a cooler that would exhaust the hot air out the back of my PC.
somthing like this:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx...N82E16835110015
SmaugyGrr:
I might take it apart this weekend, as I do have a spare 80mm fan and maybe just mount the 80mm to blow into the fan intake
so I will still have cooling if the other fan fails to start. At least untill I get another cooler.
somthing like this:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx...N82E16835110015
SmaugyGrr:
I might take it apart this weekend, as I do have a spare 80mm fan and maybe just mount the 80mm to blow into the fan intake
so I will still have cooling if the other fan fails to start. At least untill I get another cooler.
the exhaust out the back are definatly the best, arctic cooling makes good ones.
RJM,
Ripken204 posted before me, and he´s right; AC has good coolers for a good price (if not the best). But he forgot to look at there site; there are no coolers with direct-exhaust any more from them. It seems that there is no use for it any more like before when computers had less airflow inside the housings.
I would personaly go for the AC VGA-cooler.
Ripken204 posted before me, and he´s right; AC has good coolers for a good price (if not the best). But he forgot to look at there site; there are no coolers with direct-exhaust any more from them. It seems that there is no use for it any more like before when computers had less airflow inside the housings.
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DHES (Direct Heat Exhaust System)
A DHES doesn't make sense for a quiet high performance PC . The 1 C plus in ambient temperature doesn't matter since it is easy to cool nowadays CPUs quietly - but it is very difficult to cool a high performance GPU virtually silent. Therefore air should be drawn directly from outside to the VGA cooler, basically exactly the opposite of a DHES. The Accelero outperforms all competitors and offers a 13 C better cooling performance on a X1900XT board compared to the stock cooler (dynamic fan speed) at a far lower noise level. This is possible because we rejected the DHES.
Advantage of DHES: Reduces the computer ambient temperature by about 1 C.
Disadvantage of DHES: A lot more pressure is used. Therefore the fan generates a far higher noise level at the same performance.
The exhaust air of about 35-40 C is no problem for the mainboard. All components are specified for at least 85 C or more and therefore if these components run hot, the air stream works as a cooling. Compare to the P4 cooling, where the exhaust air is also used as a cooling. The warm air arise automatically in the PC case and will be blown out by the case fans.
A DHES doesn't make sense for a quiet high performance PC . The 1 C plus in ambient temperature doesn't matter since it is easy to cool nowadays CPUs quietly - but it is very difficult to cool a high performance GPU virtually silent. Therefore air should be drawn directly from outside to the VGA cooler, basically exactly the opposite of a DHES. The Accelero outperforms all competitors and offers a 13 C better cooling performance on a X1900XT board compared to the stock cooler (dynamic fan speed) at a far lower noise level. This is possible because we rejected the DHES.
Advantage of DHES: Reduces the computer ambient temperature by about 1 C.
Disadvantage of DHES: A lot more pressure is used. Therefore the fan generates a far higher noise level at the same performance.
The exhaust air of about 35-40 C is no problem for the mainboard. All components are specified for at least 85 C or more and therefore if these components run hot, the air stream works as a cooling. Compare to the P4 cooling, where the exhaust air is also used as a cooling. The warm air arise automatically in the PC case and will be blown out by the case fans.
I would personaly go for the AC VGA-cooler.
Never mind, the card died. RMA to Newegg.
no video during boot and no beeps, no video at all. But beeps with no video card installed.
no video during boot and no beeps, no video at all. But beeps with no video card installed.
so they did die 
i knew that newegg wasnt carrying as much as they used to but i had no idea that they were gone. those were some excellent coolers!
i knew that newegg wasnt carrying as much as they used to but i had no idea that they were gone. those were some excellent coolers!
Those ones were for the x1800/1900, they have other ones for the x1950 
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Euhm yeah?
And what does this have to do with a non watercooled cooler for an 1950XT?
And what does this have to do with a non watercooled cooler for an 1950XT?
QUOTE (puntoMX @ Aug 9 2007, 12:32 PM) 
Euhm yeah?
And what does this have to do with a non watercooled cooler for an 1950XT?
And what does this have to do with a non watercooled cooler for an 1950XT?
Oops. Didn't realize this was air cooling exclusive.
Well, I would do it for my computer, the kit is almost complete, just needs an extra water-block for the GPU.
It´s not air cooling exclusive, but there is a huge price difference..
It´s not air cooling exclusive, but there is a huge price difference
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