Cooling an XFX 5850

knobbchiz · 5 Jul 2012 at 22:21

Hi all,

I recently obtained an XFX 5850 and these cards run a tad hot. Now my question is, is it possible to use the heatsink+fan combo from say a reference card or is the underlying card layout totally different? I had a Sapphire card previously and it was running around 63 degrees, and this XFX runs nearer to 85.

Any ideas suggestions?

Many thanks

mickyflinn · 5 Jul 2012 at 22:45

You need to be more specific about your cards , what model are they.

knobbchiz · 5 Jul 2012 at 23:06

They are XFX HD 5850 Radeon Black Editions. Similar to the ones in the picture below

http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_RVn5dOUAc...6-bit-memory-graphics-card-axhd-585x-znba.jpg

Doomedspeed · 5 Jul 2012 at 23:07

Like was asked, you need to be more specific.

Maybe something like this would another idea. Though it is 3 slots, i think. http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=HS-002-GD&groupid=701&catid=57&subcat=787