First post, by ultra_code
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Hello VOGONS!
Have a question. Recently, I acquired a PNY Nvidia GeForce 6800GT for my Pentium 4 rig, and it is a fine GPU. Utterly destroys my PNY Nvidia GeForce FX 5900XT and my ATI Radeon 98000 Pro under both Windows 98SE and XP. However, there's a problem - it's cooler:
After getting the card, completely taking the whole thing apart (including breaking-down the cooler) to thoroughly clean it, putting it back together with a fresh application of Arctic MX-4 on the GPU die and RAM (TIM was on the RAM chips, so I decided to use TIM again instead of thermal tape; it doesn't look like I could thermal pads with it), and throwing it into my machine, I noticed two things: one, the cooler makes a rattling sound for a little bit during boot-up, and two, under XP, the card sits around 50C during idle, and at one point hit 70C while playing some games. To me, this is unacceptable, even though I'm sure it is "in spec", temperature-wise.
So, I'm planning on looking for a replacement cooler, since I deem this inadequate, but I don't know what to get. Hence, this thread.
Can anyone give me recommendations for a "new" replacement GPU cooler for this card? I don't care if it's period correct or not - it can be from the early 2000's, or it can be brand new. It just needs to be better than this garbage.
Speaking of Arctic Cooling, though, I remembered that they sold GPU coolers still, and looking on their site, I found this cooler - the Accelero L2 Plus. It's their smallest option, and in the card compatibility listing, it goes as far back as the 7000 series. Would this be an option?
Any help would be appreciated. Thanks!