what i mean is the voltage regulator not the core .... if u use ATI tool ...

there is one section that display the voltage regulator of the card ..which is in physically is the chips under a long heat sink at end of the card nearby power connector..

that chip should be hot especially when gaming intensely..

@rlhc17

can check it out for me ???

what about the latest release ATI tool 1.6 ???

have any guys try it out on X1950 series ??

it has updated several cards support if not mistaken..

yah .. actually it should be ATI Tool 0.26 ..

so it does not support the two card u mentioned as well....

hmm .. they are really slow in updating the card support...

Most aren't but surely as time flew ... there would be more and more cooler ..... that can fix on 88XX series ...

for lower end model of ATI there's no way to check the temperature ...

however it wont produce too much of heat as well...

you could get HR-03 from Hworang45 mini bulk..

check out the bulk section ...

hmm ... i really hope that it would be equipped with blower and exhaust from behind ... i dont like the idea to keep the hot air inside the case

so far only HR-03 PLus able to cool off G80 well enough ....

if u are reffering to 8800 series the answer would be no, only HR-03 Plus edition from themalright that specially designed to fit the larger chipset size of the G80 able to work properly on 8800 series.

I am not sure for 8600 series as it's just released.

same here it works by pushing out the heat from absorbed by the heat sink out from the case directly leaving no hot air behind.

Sell ur 7950GT and gab a 8800GTS 320 version ...

@HaHaNoCluE

Hmm of course loh, 8800GTS 320mb will suffer at higher resolution,, even 640mb will do just fine. If u want nth wrong then GTX is the only solution which often way out of budget for most people.. this is not USA after all. People can't afford some thing extreme...

I am not sure how u set the games, but i have run the following game at max detail with AA and AF at maximum as well. Exp: C&C 3, Tomb Raider: Legend, WTCC, COH, Ghost Recon Advanced War Fighter. I dont experience serious lagging only minor lag when there are too many units for strategy game....

further more i think the cooler on 8800 series works well by exhaust the hot air out directly ... which the main reason i didn't bother of changing the cooler ... but it wont be the same for GX2 .... no option on third party cooler besides WC ...

@akachester

yah there's never any air cooler for it due to the strange size and number of users that are minimal...

only WC block was designed for it due to demand of extreme OCker...

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hmmm .. the release of this V2 indicates the rise of copper cooler again ??? I really don't understand what it's been designed for ..

can't just Thermalright starts to design blower type of heat sink that able to push the heat out from the case easily ....

i still don't like the idea to keep the hot air inside of the case and only wait for it to be dissipated out from the case through the rear fan ...

that depends on the cooler comes with the card .. .

but most of time 3rd party cooler will work better than stock cooler especially for ATI cards ...

how's the performance ??

I'm still waiting for a cooler that can replace the stock X2900XT cooler ...

the fans speed that turned to max always annoyed me ...

hahhah according to review it should be 15c lower during load and 7 degree lower during idle...

of course it still depend on the fan configuration and airflow of the case ....

That's why have to get HR-03 PLUS, how I wish Thermalright releases one for 2900XT .... the crazy hot blower always drives me nut when playing my favourite game TRA..

So far I don't think any other cooler can match the performance of TR when comes to air cooling ... if u want something more looks for WC ....

U could get it at from few of LYP's shops ... it's selling about RM100+ if not mistaken..

I hardly use CM cooler after fall in love with thermalright ...

Yah finally .. . . . I been waiting for u ......

HR-03 for 2900XT .... !!!!

wee wee !!!

I thought Thermalright HR-03 Plus is meant for 8800 series????

Still waiting for this damn cooler R600 version to come it .....

hopefully someone bring it soon, it's kick ass product apart from the size ...

hahahha ... ok ok ...

Anyway got any idea when does this beauty cooler would arrive or available in MY ???

For me I have no choice for any other cooler than this TR HR-03 R600 version ...