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Title: Replacement heatsink/fan assembly for non-reference 5870 Post by: DBordello on March 06, 2012, 06:45:58 PM I have three non-reference 5870s that I absolutely hate. They are a dual-fan Gigabyte design (http://www.gigabyte.us/products/product-page.aspx?pid=3430#ov)
I cannot keep them cool. They are well spaced, and each have a delta fan blowing down on them. Cgminer tries to keep them at 75C. One runs the fan at 0%, one at 67% and the other one can't keep up at 85% (at stock clocks). I have tried reapplying thermal paste, etc. The heatsink and fan assembly are attached to the card by four screws surrounding the GPU. Can I get aftermarket cooling solutions? I would love to get a "reference" type cooler. Is there a standard mounting system? Or am I left in the dust because my card is non-reference? Thoughts? Dan Title: Re: Replacement heatsink/fan assembly for non-reference 5870 Post by: malevolent on March 06, 2012, 07:40:10 PM I have three non-reference 5870s that I absolutely hate. They are a dual-fan Gigabyte design (http://www.gigabyte.us/products/product-page.aspx?pid=3430#ov) I cannot keep them cool. They are well spaced, and each have a delta fan blowing down on them. Cgminer tries to keep them at 75C. One runs the fan at 0%, one at 67% and the other one can't keep up at 85% (at stock clocks). I have tried reapplying thermal paste, etc. The heatsink and fan assembly are attached to the card by four screws surrounding the GPU. Can I get aftermarket cooling solutions? I would love to get a "reference" type cooler. Is there a standard mounting system? Or am I left in the dust because my card is non-reference? Thoughts? Dan I have the same card, agree, cooling is shitty. 80-84C on core (depends if the windows is open) with a 80mm fan laid on exhausting hot air up, fan @ 85% Title: Re: Replacement heatsink/fan assembly for non-reference 5870 Post by: TheHarbinger on March 07, 2012, 02:08:42 AM Let me know if you find anything, i have 2 of the VisionTek versions of that card, same thing, one runs cool as ice, the other one jumps all over the place. I fucking hate the cooler design. But hey, I got them for $100 each so I guess it's a fair trade off.
Title: Re: Replacement heatsink/fan assembly for non-reference 5870 Post by: tiberiandusk on March 07, 2012, 02:52:44 AM I had my XFX fan fail on me and they just sent me a cooler from a dead card they had. Very nice.
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