Er, that title looks a bit iffy... having trouble pronouncing "Zalman"?

Edit: title now fixed.

I would use a Zalman ZM80D-HP instead and pair that with the additional OP1 fan that can be run on a very low speed.

There's a manufacturer that did this combo officially on a 7900GT so it should be fine:
https://www.pressebox.de/pressemitteilung/com … nis/boxid/71418

I suppose the AGP variant is not listed under compatibility because the PCIe-AGP bridge chip will not make contact with the cooler and because the cooler will sit a bit odly on the card since the GPU is near the back end of the card.
I don't think the bridge chip needs active cooling but better get the datasheet and look up power figures. 😉

dionb wrote:

Er, that title looks a bit iffy... having trouble pronouncing "Zalman"?

Spelling, pronouncing - what's the difference, right? ;-P 😁

Doornkaat wrote:

I don't think the bridge chip needs active cooling but better get the datasheet and look up power figures. 😉

I my experience the bridge-chip get very hot if left with no airflow (like some card designs). I suspect a fair few of my dead PCI-E-to-AGP cards are from overheated bridge chips. Unfortunalty the XfX 7900 GS does not have a seperate small heatsink for the bridge chip, otherwise slapping a VF900 on it would work great. Maybe see if you have another heatsink that will fit the holes around the bridge chip.