Akasa Vortexx Neo and GTX 8800

Red_knight · 6 Jan 2009 at 21:12

Hi, first post and a bit of a d'oh moment.

So, I bought a Vortexx Neo. I somehow managed to miss that the one card it seems not to support is the GTX 8800.

Anyone have any experience bolting one of these onto a GTX 8800 anyway*1? My card is a XFX 768 MB one.

Thanks.

*1 Alternatives are sending it back under distance selling regs or finding a friend to flog it to.

Conan257 · 7 Jan 2009 at 11:10

If the 4 bolts dont align with the holes on the board, then you're pretty much scuppered... I'd send it back..

Red_knight · 7 Jan 2009 at 14:29

I haven't looked yet - it's still in the box - hence asking if anyone has any experience with it.

Are there any good after market cooling options for the GTX 8800 apart from that ridicululously large TR3 thing?

Or should I just not bother - I'm not overclocking, but it does get to 80 degrees under load, and mid 60s idle. (rest of the sytem runs between 30 and 50 depending on load.)

TheCenturion · 7 Jan 2009 at 15:09

yeah, you'll have to buy a specific cooler for your 8800, ocuk do sell a couple

Diggsy · 7 Jan 2009 at 21:45

80 degrees load is nothing for an 8800GTX. A lot of them get quite a bit warmer again. I wouldn't worry if I were you, unless you want it quieter.

Happy · 7 Jan 2009 at 22:21

Red_knight said:
I haven't looked yet - it's still in the box - hence asking if anyone has any experience with it.

Are there any good after market cooling options for the GTX 8800 apart from that ridicululously large TR3 thing?

Or should I just not bother - I'm not overclocking, but it does get to 80 degrees under load, and mid 60s idle. (rest of the sytem runs between 30 and 50 depending on load.)

Just download Rivatuner, and then manually change the fan speed from 60%, will keep it much cooler

geordie56 · 7 Jan 2009 at 22:23

Just to let you know i have 2 8800gtxs in sli and watercooled. It makes a hell of a difference i play crysis all settings very high and cards go to 36 37 max even after a few hrs just a thought depending on how worried you are with your temps.

Diggsy · 7 Jan 2009 at 23:28

Happy said:
Just download Rivatuner, and then manually change the fan speed from 60%, will keep it much cooler

To be honest, 60% is great idling, but at load, it's not enough to keep a 8800GTX cool IMOE.

Happy · 7 Jan 2009 at 23:32

Diggsy said:
To be honest, 60% is great idling, but at load, it's not enough to keep a 8800GTX cool IMOE.

I said change from 60%, which is what it's set to by default.

alex24 · 8 Jan 2009 at 00:13

The cooler won't fit the G80 core that the GTX and early GTS 320/640 cards have, it's for the newer G92.

I have a G80 GTS and I can't have the fan above 65% as it's too loud. It get's quite noisy ingame, and temps when stressed to reach almost 90 in cases, especially when the room has a warm ambient temp. This time of year it just tops 80 deg. It is the OC2 model, so does have an overclock, which will affect this. I can hear the fan spin up quite loud when gaming, especially fallout 3, seems to stress it a lot.