7900GTO Passive Cooling...Safe?

[JonB]

Hi There,

As I still have a problem with drivers for the 7900GTO fan, and it running at full speed constantly (which is far too noisy), In an attempt to quieten my system I have started looking at passive coolers.

This is the only compatable one on the OcUK website. I'm going to assume it will do the job just fine. Will I need to make sure that my normal case fans are flowing through the case properlly to make sure I my card doesn't overheat?

Thanks

JonB

 

[ns400r]

Try something like Rivatuner to adjust the fan if you can.

 

[Monkeynut]

People run 8800GTs passively on those things... it will be fine.

 

[JonB]

Try something like Rivatuner to adjust the fan if you can.

Tried and failed.

 

[JonB]

People run 8800GTs passively on those things... it will be fine.

Brilliant, just what I wanted to know!

Thanks

 

[Monkeynut]

If you feel like clocking it high, they respond well to cable tied 120mm fans too.

But at stock it's all you need.

 

[Jleo]

Case airflow does effect these coolers so personally speaking I would monitor the temps on the graphics card irrespective of the claims (not knocking any claims) that the 8800 can run on this cooler. Everest a pc info tool has temperature logging for cpu gpu and hdds this would be a great help for evaluating the efficiency of the cooler in your setup.

 

[MikeHunt79]

Best gfx card cooler out there, go for it.

 

[Tomc@T]

I know this has a fan but this is what I had on my 7900GT, silent at 2000rpm and great cooling, it also has the ramsinks with it too:

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showp...&name=Zalman VF900-CU Quiet Copper VGA Cooler

 

[Monkeynut]

Yabbut the Accelero is passive.