Best after market cooler for a GeForce FX 5900 ?

[Vonkhan]

Hi!

I have a GeForce FX 5900 that I'm planning to put in a clear case, but the cooling unit if really ugly. Whats the best available cooler for this card? If I gotta be stuck with a dust buster, might as well give it some good cooling!

Thanks!

 

[Jeff7181]

Have you installed it yet? It's far from the "dust buster" that the FX5800 Ultra used. I find that 50% of the time when playing games, even overclocked, the fan spins down to idle like it runs at the desktop because the temp drops below 55C (I believe that's the point at which the fan speed increases)

 

[Vonkhan]

I want something that either cools better or looks better ... just not happy with this one

 

[Peter D]

Heatpipe baby!

 

[Instigator]

Vonkhan,
You understand that you void your warranty if you put a new heat sink and fan on, right? If that's no big deal, I would probably still stick with the reference heat sink and fan. From what I'm told from a buddy of mine, (codehack2 please feel free post a response), the reference heat sink and fan is very good. Hopefully he will post and give you some other suggestions.

 

[Nebor]

A heatpipe might look neat in an acrylic case. I have the ZM80C on my 9800 pro... You should have bought a card that didn't use the boring reference cooling. Like the Gainwards, or Abit... or Chaintech.

 

[VIAN]

Aren't acrylic cases bad fo overall cooling of the pc.