Minutemanqvs wrote on Today, 15:27:

MattRocks wrote on Today, 14:50:

Even as a 'special edition', I wish it was in my collection. […]
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luckybob wrote on Today, 01:43:

its actually a 3rd party heatsink. Made by Thermaltake as memory serves me. In this case, Sapphire just bought a bunch of (likely) overstock coolers and dropped this 'special edition'.

Even as a 'special edition', I wish it was in my collection.

I have a regular 9800Pro. Any ideas where I might find a cooler with Sapphire branding?

Attached original packaging. Oh my. 15€ is just not acceptable! I am deflating.. 😀

It's from my local thrift store...I also got a voodoo 3 3500 and 2 GA-5AX for the same amount over the years. They just sell any "computer card that looks big" for this price. Memory sticks are usually 3€.

If there was anything like this near me I would be there every day.

Thandor wrote on Today, 06:35:

It’s based on the Zalman ZM80C-HP. Quite a nice cooling solution. Zalman also offered an optional low noise fan that mounted on the side.

Not sure if it’s overstock since it has the Sapphire logo on the heatsink and on the aluminium brackets on the side/rear of the card 😀.

I think it was made by Zalman for Sapphire and their fanless card edition. Thermaltake also offered a similar, dualpipe solution: https://www.techpowerup.com/review/thermaltake-giant-3/ which I had on my GeForce4 Ti4200 64MB from PointofView and I don't know if it was a coincidence or not, but a few weeks after installation and operation in passive mode (no blower and fan) artifacts appeared and I had to exchange the card for another one.

Since then, my cooler has been in the box and I haven't had the opportunity (and the courage) to try it on another card. Once installed, it will take 3 slots.