Help with ATI 4870 3rd Party Cooling

[Korduo]

Hi,
Thanks for all the help in advance.

I got given a Sapphire 1GB 4870 Toxic, only problem is it doesn't have a cooler, as my mate watercooled the card and can't find the original cooler.

I bought myself a AC Twin Turbo and some RAM sinks, but my mate warned me that I need to look into cooling the PWM, as it gets hot and could kill the card, as one of his mates had the same AC cooler and the card failed with lines running across the screen.

Can anyone me some pointers please? Very much appreciated.

Cheers,

 

[daniel_bourton]

is the card still got the water cooling clock speeds or stock?

 

[LoadsaMoney]

Im not sure if any 3rd party coolers will work on the Sapphire Toxic's, as i think they use a non reference PCB for their cards, but im sure someone more knowledgeable can let you know for definate.

 

[Korduo]

is the card still got the water cooling clock speeds or stock?

Thanks, I think its at stock speed or factory overclocked speed.

Im not sure if any 3rd party coolers will work on the Sapphire Toxic's, as i think they use a non reference PCB for their cards, but im sure someone more knowledgeable can let you know for definate.

Thanks, I did some searching around and the layout looks the same as other 4870, but in green PCB.