Tasty...

I wonder what the other side looks like.

Update: RivaTuner C16 is out, making this trick obsolete. Assasin: Idle temperature went up about 3C witha 25% fan speed, just enough to get rid of the annoying constant whine. I experimented with 3d settings of 35% o 48%. All are audible and are only tolerable if the sound from a game is louder. Th...

I have reinstalled my passive Zalman. I used blue Loktite where the screws attach to the central block, I am not totally convinced that it will prevent twisting. Looks like I have to treat it like a baby. The Loktite cost $6 at Lowes, but there are some other things I can use it for around here. The...

Next time I am in Uppsala.... .....I will enjoy the weather which has got to be cooler than it is here in Houston. Same if I ever get to stop in NZ, you lucky dogs... And the next time I have a good idea, I won't bother anyone around here about it, because I don't need to hear if any, hardly any, no...

Live wrote:

diver wrote:Yeah, and the Evga 7900GT is not exactly some oddball card sold only in Korea.

No it is not but then again not all Evga 7900GT have fan control just some of them.

That would be fine, except that your point was none of the 7900GT's had fan control and you turned out to be wrong.

Under Linux the fan would probably spin at 100% speed, unless the Nvidia drivers for Linux addressed this issue.

My 7600GT sceams like the dickens while looking over the bios screens.

First we had winmodems, now we have Winvga.

Yeah, and the Evga 7900GT is not exactly some oddball card sold only in Korea.

Locktite?

For the 7800GT a passive cooler is probably going to need a fan blowing on it, in which case it will no longer be passive. The Accelero X series is a good bet for that one. Some members have managed to get the 7900GT to run with a passive cooler, but I consider it to be a stretch. The Accelero X ser...

Live:

Unwinder has since posted that there are indeed some 7900GT's with working fan control.

The mounting system is the same. It has the potential to get loose. That does not mean everyone will have the problem

Igor: For very hottest cards I had the 1900 series in mind. There are reports elsewhere that the VF900 did not work well on those. Overall, I think it is one of the better coolers available, but I like the Accelero X series more, if it happens to fit, and I wait with baited breath for the Accelero S...

What VGA card are you going to put this passive cooler on?

No one can give you a legitimate answer to your question until they know what your application is.

What I am startiing to think is there is litle or no benefit unless the contact between the heat sink and the GPU has been broken. In that case replacing the thermal compound is really more of a repair than an upgrade.

The Ninja, as good as it is and I have one, is only good in the right application. For example, it will not work in many HTPC cases. So it is with VGA coolers, even more so. The Accelero X series cools very well, but willnot fit all cards. The VF900 is excellent, but may not be the best one for the ...

Another method entirely is to use Everest, assuming it can read the temperature off your particular VGA card. I works with the 7600GT even though it does not officially support it yet. It can log to an html file while running any full screen or windowed demo. Many of the hardware sites loop the firs...

Has anyone around here removed a stock VGA cooler and applied a high quality heat sink compound like Arctic Silver?

What effect did this have on reported temperatures at idle and under load?

I am just as interested in people that got great results as those who saw little or no change.

Personally, it could cancel out all noise and smell like a rose at the same time, but I would not want it. It is just too big.

dfrost wrote:I use RTHDRIBL, which runs in a window on the desktop so temps, etc. are still visible, unlike 3DMark0x.

ditto...

RivaTuner RC 16 to be out on May 22nd with support for 7300, 7600 and 7900 series cards, drivers through 84.56 and tons of new stuff.

http://forums.guru3d.com/showthread.php?t=182114

Excellent pictures.

So, how does it work?

Has anyone around here tried any aftermarket coolers with the 7600GT? I used a ZM80D-HP for a while, but gave up on it due to issues with the mounting system. I would be most interested in hearing if anyone has used the NV Silencer 6 Rev 2 with their 7600GT. Even a link to a forum thread would help....

The ZM80D-HP will cool, but the mounting system is weak and could result in ruining your card. The heatsink can rotate around an axis that passes through the GPU core. Also, the mount can get loose. The V-1 ultra could have similar issues. The mount is similar but made of heavier metal and uses larg...

Live:

I don't have time for this.

Live: The post where I got this idea was from someone who was able to change the fan speed on a 7900GT.

A stock 7600GT is definitely audible above a low noise PC, enough for the PC to not be low noise anymore. The stock setting is 31% in 2d and 65% in 3D. That 65% is nasty as it is a high pitched noise that could be heard over the sound track of a lot of games. I am using RivaTuner (see another thread...

Try this:
http://techreport.com/reviews/2006q1/mo ... dex.x?pg=1

Things to try: 150 ohm resistor inseries with the fan. This will take the sting out of it. You will be able to hear it with the case open, but likely other components in your system will drown it out. If you do not game, cooling should be good enough. Zalman passive Northbridge cooler. These are che...

FYI: RivaTuner only works if the account has administrator status.

There is a Core VID option under power users. I don't know if the 7600T can be reprogramed this way, and I would not try it until there is official support, or perhaps never. All that I have seen about 7600GT voltage mods has involved replacing a resistor, or hacking it with a pencil to reduce the v...