Use a thermal camera (or your finger 😀 .
And looped Nature test from 3Dmark03.
And everything will become clear.

I use those coolers on both of my 9800 SE's and my Ti4600 and Quadro4 700 XGL cards. Not the best fit for your card, but it's probably worth the effort.

shevalier wrote on 2023-08-15, 02:36:

Use a thermal camera (or your finger 😀 .
And looped Nature test from 3Dmark03.
And everything will become clear.

It's been a bit since I've used the card. I don't remember the cooler getting overly hot, but I could always give it the old finger test and see if it burns me.

NTG2001 wrote on 2023-08-15, 03:41:

It's been a bit since I've used the card. I don't remember the cooler getting overly hot, but I could always give it the old finger test and see if it burns me.

Sorry, I understand you, as if you are not sure that it needs to be changed.
The 9800 is a very hot card with a 50W TDP.
Cooler is a must to change anyway.

If you are diligent enough, you can simply cut off the excess part of the mounting plate if it rests on something.
Even a needle file.
It will turn out fine, the main thing is to start.

PS. About an alternative cooler.
You will definitely have to sawing radiator. As an option - from P3 or P4. But you need to change the bearings, otherwise it will be very noisy
They have a thick base, you can cut out anything you want without violating the strength of the radiator.

NTG2001 wrote on 2023-08-14, 23:33:

. I'm also not against the idea of modding a CPU cooler onto it, but with the TV tuner being so close to one of the mounting holes it may be pretty tricky.

You can remove original anemic cooler and install 80mm fan on stock radiator. But I think Zalman ZM80-HP will also fit without obstructing TV-Tunder part.

Here's the solution I came up with. I used a 70mm fan that I pulled probably from an old Socket 478 heatsink years ago. It's pretty loud, but it moves a ton of air at full blast and the noise doesn't really bother me that much.
It definitely seems to be helping. You can really feel the heat blowing off of this thing now. The RAM heatsinks are just some small copper ones I found for cheap on Amazon that I stuck on using thermal tape. They seem to be doing a decent job so hopefully I won't have to worry about having a RAM chip fail or the solder joints cracking.

NTG2001 wrote on 2023-08-24, 20:50:

Here's the solution I came up with. I used a 70mm fan that I pulled probably from an old Socket 478 heatsink years ago. It's pretty loud, but it moves a ton of air at full blast and the noise doesn't really bother me that much.
It definitely seems to be helping. You can really feel the heat blowing off of this thing now. The RAM heatsinks are just some small copper ones I found for cheap on Amazon that I stuck on using thermal tape. They seem to be doing a decent job so hopefully I won't have to worry about having a RAM chip fail or the solder joints cracking.

What size heatsinks did you go for on the RAM chips? And are you happy with the fit of them?

danieljm wrote on 2023-08-24, 23:25:

NTG2001 wrote on 2023-08-24, 20:50:

Here's the solution I came up with. I used a 70mm fan that I pulled probably from an old Socket 478 heatsink years ago. It's pretty loud, but it moves a ton of air at full blast and the noise doesn't really bother me that much.
It definitely seems to be helping. You can really feel the heat blowing off of this thing now. The RAM heatsinks are just some small copper ones I found for cheap on Amazon that I stuck on using thermal tape. They seem to be doing a decent job so hopefully I won't have to worry about having a RAM chip fail or the solder joints cracking.

What size heatsinks did you go for on the RAM chips? And are you happy with the fit of them?

They're about half an inch (roughly 15mm) by half an inch and they fit great. I did use my own thermal tape mainly because I didn't realize they included it in the packaging until I looked just now. Don't know if the adhesive they provide is any good or not, but they work fine with my roll of cheap $15 thermal tape.

Here's the link to them on Amazon US if you're interested: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07R3JT86Q?ref_=cm_ … BPJA5R4EJHDS2ZZ

NTG2001 wrote on 2023-08-25, 00:02:

danieljm wrote on 2023-08-24, 23:25:

NTG2001 wrote on 2023-08-24, 20:50:

Here's the solution I came up with. I used a 70mm fan that I pulled probably from an old Socket 478 heatsink years ago. It's pretty loud, but it moves a ton of air at full blast and the noise doesn't really bother me that much.
It definitely seems to be helping. You can really feel the heat blowing off of this thing now. The RAM heatsinks are just some small copper ones I found for cheap on Amazon that I stuck on using thermal tape. They seem to be doing a decent job so hopefully I won't have to worry about having a RAM chip fail or the solder joints cracking.

What size heatsinks did you go for on the RAM chips? And are you happy with the fit of them?

They're about half an inch (roughly 15mm) by half an inch and they fit great. I did use my own thermal tape mainly because I didn't realize they included it in the packaging until I looked just now. Don't know if the adhesive they provide is any good or not, but they work fine with my roll of cheap $15 thermal tape.

Here's the link to them on Amazon US if you're interested: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07R3JT86Q?ref_=cm_ … BPJA5R4EJHDS2ZZ

Perfect! Thanks for the info.