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smaug
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by smaug » Fri Sep 05, 2003 10:18 pm
Hi all,
I am planning to buy a 9600 Pro card, and I wonder if a case with 120mm rear and front fans has a sufficient airflow to cool the heatpipe (Sapphire stock card, or any other 9600 Pro card with a Zalman) ? Or do I need to have a fan on the side panel of my case, just near to the graphic card ?
Thanks for your answers.
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lazybum131
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by lazybum131 » Sat Sep 06, 2003 12:42 pm
should be sufficient. If you buy a non-passive 9600pro and then install the zalman heatpipe then for sure you shouldn't need a fan blowing on it with your setup. The 9600pro releases a lot less heat then the 9700/9800, and those run fine with the zalman heatpipe.
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smaug
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by smaug » Sun Sep 07, 2003 6:10 am
Thanks for the answer. I think I will go with a generic Ati 9600 Pro with a Zalman ZM-80. Does anybody knows if it fits on a P4P800 or P4C800 motherboard ? I have seen that the AGP port is really close to the chipset's heatpipe on these motherboards.
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GamingGod
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by GamingGod » Sun Sep 07, 2003 9:01 am
Supposidly the asus p4p boards had trouble with zm-80's but they flipped the northbridge heatsink to perpendicular instead of caddy cornered and now it fits, but you should make sure your getting the one with the 90degree heatsink.
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smaug
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by smaug » Sun Sep 07, 2003 9:32 am
Ok, I'll take care of that before buying the motherboard.