It's great! My whole system runs MUCH cooler.
The fan is nice and quiet, and the heatsinks keep my RAM and MOSFETs icy cool.
I'm going to upload some better pictures later, but this is all I have for now.
Card:
Sapphire Atlantis 9700 Pro
Cooling:
Vantec IceBerq 4 all copper VGA cooler
Vantec Copper plated anodized aluminum heatsinks (For bottom RAM)
Zalman BGA memory heatsinks (for top RAM)
Zalman Tiny ass, shit-ass BGA RAM coolers for MOSFET heat spreader
Please not that the Zalman heatsinks are actually bright blue, but I have a Kodak camera, so they look like shit.
I would recommend this solution to anyone who wants to prolong the life of their video card, or if you want your case to run cooler. This is an especially good solution for the 9700 series, because they come with nasty stock cooling, the worst part being the heat spreader for the MOSFETs. The little dinky Zalmans actually keep the heat spreader quite cool, I was very surprised.
You can buy the parts here:
Vantec IceBerq 4 (Don't get the pro, it's extremely loud):
http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProductDesc.asp?description=35-110-106&depa=0
RAM Heatsinks:
http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProductDesc.asp?description=35-118-220&depa=0
The fan is nice and quiet, and the heatsinks keep my RAM and MOSFETs icy cool.
I'm going to upload some better pictures later, but this is all I have for now.
Card:
Sapphire Atlantis 9700 Pro
Cooling:
Vantec IceBerq 4 all copper VGA cooler
Vantec Copper plated anodized aluminum heatsinks (For bottom RAM)
Zalman BGA memory heatsinks (for top RAM)
Zalman Tiny ass, shit-ass BGA RAM coolers for MOSFET heat spreader
Please not that the Zalman heatsinks are actually bright blue, but I have a Kodak camera, so they look like shit.
I would recommend this solution to anyone who wants to prolong the life of their video card, or if you want your case to run cooler. This is an especially good solution for the 9700 series, because they come with nasty stock cooling, the worst part being the heat spreader for the MOSFETs. The little dinky Zalmans actually keep the heat spreader quite cool, I was very surprised.
You can buy the parts here:
Vantec IceBerq 4 (Don't get the pro, it's extremely loud):
http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProductDesc.asp?description=35-110-106&depa=0
RAM Heatsinks:
http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProductDesc.asp?description=35-118-220&depa=0