do yo really need the second slot?
whats your gc?

Hi guys, was wondering if someone could offer me some advice for a VGA cooler for my GTX280. Just now after playing dead space for like an hour i tabbed out for a bit and out of curiosity i opened HWmonitor and it said my GC was at 82c. Is that too high? Normally idle its running at around 51c

wow pl4tinum sure ur GPU temp very very high lool..
82C for your GPU la..i think u have to change your GPU cooler if you want to use ur GPU for long time laa..
try to find 3rd part GPu cooler maaa..
i think la 70++C for the GPU temp is danger already ..but 82C more danger ,,
owh by the way my GPU temp at idle is 46C load maybe 60++C la..
just waiting for the zalman full cooper VF900-CU..to change with the stock cooler..

I search the zalman webbie d unfortunately no air cooler available for my GC
Thats y i post here hoping that someone can give me some recommendations

ok what kind of mobo do you have and how many slot available below ur GPU slot???and most importantly the budget that you have for 3rd party gpu cooler??

Im currently using a Gigabyte EP54-UD4R and still got 2 more expansion slots left. Er budget should be nething below rm500 gua. Would prefer if it was an air cooling solution lor. Thanks bro.

It is ok
Just set fan speed to 100%,should reduce temp by some margin
You could try to reapply stock TIM with a TX2 or something like that,should give 2-3 C temp drop
If all of those don't work,could look into improving airflow of case
Or you could build a small loop just for gc

i think ur GPU blower will make loud noise if u set it to 100% speed fan..
i would not recommend it, it shorten your GPU fan life ..but if really want to drop the temperature and you doesnt matter about the jet engine sound behind your casing than it should be fine..
i have same idea with brother oc4/3 ..
why you not check ur casing airflow..if i not mistaken the stock cooler for the GPU is good already..just apply new thermal paste..and see what happen..

i change my old xfx 7900 gs vga stock cooler fan into the artic cooling twin turbo n it nolonger face the issues of hot
can even felt the non-warm air already
cheers

good for you la..i have not enough space to put the twin turbo on my GPU..not enough space lol..damm asus put the primary PCIE slot near my pci slot!!!hahaha

initially i wanted a xigmatek battle axe darn it was too huge
so went back to change twin turbo (thanks moderno)
cheers

Thermalright HR03 GTX Found this cooler for gtx280 and 260 Unfortunately u have to remove ur casing to install it Anyways just an alternative to all you 280/260 users. The rest of the VGA coolers are water cooling ones d. Hope it helps anyone else with the same problem as me and thanks all you sifus for giving me advice

your GPU to powerfull laa..
that why have to use watercool hahaha..

obvious answer is obvious.

Hello newbie here, i just got the Artic Cooling Twin Turbo for my 4870, and its using the power from the GC, at 100% fan speed in Catalyst the temp only goes down to 50% in idle, yes its really quiet although in 100%, but i read reviews showing it actually should be cooler. Is it a problem with the power, or should i be using a different software to control the fan speed?

I got 1 and it's idling @ 48 deg.

I also read somewhere that you might want to connect the fan's power to your MB rather than your GC. The extra voltage will help increasing the fan's speed and decrease the temp.

But be aware, the noise might be audible compared to your setup now.

i think you have to consider the ambient temperature on the review that you read and compare to the ambient temperature of your room, that will explain why the review temperature reading is lower than yours.unless you using airconditioned room

i use galaxy 9800gt when idle its 45 when load it 6x near 70 max just now is 68 is it safe?

i think you have to ramp up the FAN SPEED on your GPU fan speed configuration.

100% fan speed edy lolx