The Zalman ZM80D-HP can't be installed on a 6800 GT?

TailsNZ · Post by **TailsNZ** » Fri Nov 04, 2005 7:34 am

I'm hoping to silence my GigaByte GeForce 6800 GT GV-NX68T256D-B 256mb Video Card, ideally without any fans.

I saw the Zalman ZM80D-HP was highly recommend here as silent GPU cooler, but then found some sites that say "This product is not installable on an nVidia GeForce 6800 GT, 6800 Ultra because they do not have 3mm holes around the GPU."

Doh

Does anyone have any other coolers they'd recommend?

The rest of my PC is:

P180 case
Asus A8N-SLI Premium nForce4 SLI
Athlon 64 X2 4400
Scythe SCNJ-1000 Ninja with Nexus Fan
74gb Western Digital Raptor WD740
300gb Seagate Barracuda 7200.8
Seasonic S12 500W Power Supply

By far most of the noise is coming from the video card, the rest is actually surprisingly quiet.

Thanks!!

Aris · Post by **Aris** » Fri Nov 04, 2005 8:12 am

Straight from zalman's website.

Zalman ZM80D-HP

"Compatible Video Cards"

"Note 2) This product cannot be installed on nVIDIA GeForce 6800 GT and 6800 Ultra because they do not have 3mm heatsink installation holes. Also, this product cannot be installed on nVIDIA GeForce 6600 GT AGP, 6600 AGP, and PCX 5*** series products. "

scara · Post by **scara** » Fri Nov 04, 2005 8:49 am

There is an adapter that lets you use a ZM80D on 6800 cards. Its called the ZM80D-IK1 but it can be hard to find (I searched but found nothing on Zalmans site).

I'd be surprised if you managed to run a 6800gt passively though. It might be worth considering the usual Arctic Coolers or a vf700 looking at the rest of your rig.

TailsNZ · Post by **TailsNZ** » Sun Nov 06, 2005 2:41 pm

Thanks!

At the moment my GPU is (in just normal windows) 62 degrees C, the system is 38.

I'll probably go for the Arctic Cooling NV Silencer 5 Revision 2 (edit - Crazy PC ran out of stock but are sending the new Revision 3 instead, which is the same but has support for the 7800 range)