can either the 256 or 512 x1900xt run sufficiently w/out an aftermarket cooler if I don't OC? I'm probably going to have it in an armor so generally speaking the cooling will be ok. I'm building a new computer and want to cut funds where I can for the time being. That and i've never built one before so i don't want to mess crap up. seems like all these new cards run hot hot hot
Either way, does anybody know of companies that sell it w/ an aftermarket cooler already attached/ have any reccomendations on a particular company.
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The Arctic Cooling Accelero X2 has been a pretty popular choice for the X1900 cards. I am using the Evercool VC-RHC on a X1900GT and it works quite well and is prettymuch silent.
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I have the Arctic Cooling Accelero X2 and while it lowers GPU temperatures it increases case temperature and also blows hot air straight down on the 'southbridge' on many popular boards. It didn't make more than a 2-4C difference on my ATI X1900XTX, so not sure it's worth it.gvblake22 wrote:The Arctic Cooling Accelero X2 has been a pretty popular choice for the X1900 cards. I am using the Evercool VC-RHC on a X1900GT and it works quite well and is prettymuch silent.