Best Video Card Cooler?

[AuraEdge]

Im looking for a good video card cooler that fits on the Card and doesnt block out a PCI slot. I have a TNT now and my next card will be a NV10 probably. If im spending a 15-20 dollar investment for this cooler, I want it to lastat least 2 generations of video cards. I was looking at the Tennmax TNT Detonator cooler. To not block out a PCI slot, itll probably hafta be no wider than 10mm. Id like to know your recommendations/experiences. Thanks in advance!

[Bleeding Edge]

http://www.anandtech.com/reviews/video/hercules/dynamitetnt2ultra/fan.jpg
Hercules puts an AAVID heat/fan combo on their T2 Ultras. I'm not recommending anything but they think its good enough to cool Dynamite T2U. It's running at 190/220 right now with some additional homemade heat dissipation methods, mentioned in another of your threads. The heatsink itself doesn't seem to have a whole lot of surface area...the Tennmax product is probably as good or better.

AAvid products can be found here: www.aavid.com/atp/datashts/datashts.html (http://www.aavid.com/atp/datashts/datashts.html)


[This message has been edited by Bleeding Edge (edited 08-04-99).]

[Pollux]

Check this out man... go to www.thetechzone.com and click on "card cooler" in the menu bar. i haven't gotten it yet, but i plan to. it doesn't take up any pci slots, and it's not too expensive, anyways just go check it out.

[AuraEdge]

just a link fix
www.thetechzone.com (http://www.thetechzone.com)
ill check it out!
The only thing irking me about the tennmax is 20 bucks for a 4x4x1 cm square
=P
alright thanks for the posts ill check em out

[skywalker[TSG]]

auraedge i have the card cooler and it is great it will not only cool one card but it will cool the entire case its made out of 2 80mm fans that are really great

some info on what it did for me

stb velecity running unreal for 12hours

without the card cooler 73C
with the card cooler 52C

cpu running Rc5 24/7
ambient room temp 31C
before 45C
after 37C

as u can see it is really great and also it will not woid the warrany of the card

[MrT]

Not pretty but it does the trick.
http://www.homestead.com/speedfrk/files/fans.jpg
http://www.homestead.com/speedfrk/files/fans2.jpg
STB Velocity 4400 16mg TNT
pulled the fans off 2 PII coolers. total cost $16.
Keeps it "ALOT" cooler. For all of us poor guys out there.

[This message has been edited by MrT (edited 08-04-99).]

[AuraEdge]

I guess I already voided my warrenty by rippin off the sink for a Socket7 HS/fan that not only takes up a PCI slot, but I think came with some extremely crappy glue cuz the sink doesnt even feel hot.

[blade_146]

I got the Detonator cooler and love it. Doesn't take any more room than the oem h/s.

[AuraEdge]

Methinks I shoulda just left the retail sink onit and got a card cooler. Its already off tho =P
I can either put it back on with some of this thremal gunk or get the Detonator cooler.
Hmm
Decisions....

[RobRich]

I had a friend supposedly running a Banshee at 135/125, so I had to try it. Using that super7 hs/fan can't be any worse than how I used to o/c my Banshee. I had a 486 fan on the oem heatsink, a super7 hs/fan on the back over the main processor, and 2 486 hs/fan combos cooling the ram chips. Using a mixture of light glue and heatsink compound, it took me forever to get that thing together. It turned out to be all for nothing, my Creative board revision had a cap limit of 120/120. Anything higher would just revert back to factory defaults. Oh well, waiting for the NV10 in the immediate future and the Glaze3d 4800 later in 2000.


Check this out: www.glazde3d.com (http://www.glazde3d.com)