evga gtx 285 & 3rd party cooling

[TheBigZ]

Looking for some first hand info from someone who has actually installed a 3rd party cooler on the GTX285 from EVGA. I've been looking at the Arctic Cooling Accelero Xtreme GTX 280 VGA Cooler, but I haven't been able to find much info on how well/easy it fits specifically on EVGA's rendition of the card.
I'm only running at about 70c at what passes for full load for me (6 instances of Everquest1), which is reportedly well below the cards upper limits. But if it fits & works well, I wouldn't be opposed to spending $60 or so to bring the temp down a few c's to help extend it's life.
Not opposed to some other cooling product if it fits easily, but I'm not really looking to get involved in water cooling.

Thanks

 

[OCGuy]

No offense, 70c is a nice load temp, and $60 would more than cover the cost of shipping if you ever had to RMA your EVGA product that should have a lifetime warranty if you register it.

 

[Henrah]

Originally posted by: OCguy
No offense, 70c is a nice load temp, and $60 would more than cover the cost of shipping if you ever had to RMA your EVGA product that should have a lifetime warranty if you register it.

+1 Bang on the money. EVGA rock, and I'm very sad that I lack what one needs to fully enjoy their customer service - being American ;_;

 

[nitromullet]

Agreed with OCGuy. Adding third party cooling to the GTX 285 is really not worth the extra expense. NVIDIA/ATI's dual slot coolers found on their higher end cards have been pretty good the last few generations. It's the single slot coolers like those on the 8800GT and Radeon 4850 that are crap.

 

[TheBigZ]

I brought my question to the pros, so I would be silly to ignore their advice. I'll leave it alone.

Thanks guys.