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daba
10-21-07, 11:15 PM
Hello all,

I'm looking for a cooler for the XFX 7900GS AGP but there seems to be none. So far I've tried the Zalman VNF100 which did not fit (mounting holes did not fit) and the Zalman VF700 (which does fit, awkwardly, and does not leave any room for the HSI bridge chip). Currently it looks more or less like this, with a copper heatsink on the HSI bridge (which on the 7800GS, as shown, has more traditional mounting holes) that just "sits" there with its fins intertwined with the VF700:

http://rawanet.net/~kidzi/zalman/cala_karta.jpg

So I've resorted to getting a Thermalright V1 Ultra which seems to have a very flexible mounting system and a southbridge heatsink with adhesive backing for the HSI bridge. This gave me the idea:

http://www.bigbruin.com/reviews05/v1ultra/large/pic20.jpg

There was a lot of talk of the Arctic Cooling Accelero S2 for the 7800GS AGP (not the 7900GS AGP) but upon e-mailing them they claimed it did not fit in general.

Anyone else have any luck tackling the heatsink issue with this card?

Thanks all.