Massive Attack said:
can the VF-900s not cool these cards then?
No mention of the 88 series on the product page so i would assume not.
What worries me about the 8800's are the temperatures. Yeah, I'm looking forward to something from Arctic. Whats taking everyone so long?!
The temperatures aren't as bad as you would think, gpus can go up to 127 or something before they throttle so the 80+ temperatures the 8800s run at shouldn't be a problem... although lower temps certainly wouldn't be a bad thing and might extend the life of it.
I think the time its taking them is longer than usual because the card is quite different from previous generation cards and because the stock cooler isn't diabolical like some cards so the market for replacement coolers is smaller.
Does the stock cooler attach with push pins or screws and a mounting plate?
If i use an aftermarket cooler i need to be able to fit the stock cooler back on if something goes wrong with it and it has to be rma'd.
Looking at the thermalright hr 03 plus i notice it has no cooling for the ram, the voltage regulators or any of the other components that the stock cooler cools. Even if they supply stick on heatsinks for the ram that still leaves many components without a heatsink. I've had a card die before because i fitted an aftermarket cooler that didn't cover the voltage regulators and they died from overheating, so i'm not too keen on the hr 03 plus.