Zalman VF900 Cu GPU Cooler Review

[gvblake22]

Originally Posted by fps justin

i kinda find it ironic that i use a 7000 on my cpu and now they are useing the same heatsink on GPUs o_O.

Those heatsinks (the CNPS7000 and the VF900) are not the same though... :?
They are designed with the sime idea in mind, but they are far from the same. The 7000 doesn't even have any heatpipes!
I think might be misunderstanding your post, could you elaborate :?:

[fps justin]

well i didn't take a close enough look at it. Lol i just saw the little copper fins aroudn the fan and assumed it was the same.

[gvblake22]

Originally Posted by fps justin

well i didn't take a close enough look at it. Lol i just saw the little copper fins aroudn the fan and assumed it was the same.

OH, hahaha, ok....
Have you ever heard what happens when you assume?

ASS U ME

You make an ASS out of U and an ASS out of ME

Just playin' with ya

[Tyreal]

I've been there..... :P

[RangerXLT8]

boooooooo, VF900 is not MUCH better then VF700, no match for the X1900, simply cannot keeps temps <80c.

Oddly enough though, some reviewers claimed it to be enough to cool the X800\X1900 cards.

[Capper]

I've never understood the whole Zalman thing. I've read review after review talking about how great their coolers are, but every single one I've used has been abysmal

[RangerXLT8]

Originally Posted by Capper

I've never understood the whole Zalman thing. I've read review after review talking about how great their coolers are, but every single one I've used has been abysmal

Zalman coolers are definitely geared towards silent computing. The VF700, 900 fans don't spin more then about 2600rpm. The Fatality version of the 700 does have a beefed up fan spinning @ 3600rpm. So for the person who doesn't mind the Delta 'hairdryer' fans, Zalman is no game.

[fps justin]

you can always swap out the fan with a panaflo.

[simple_inhibition]

hey justin, whats your temps on your 6600gt with that NV silencer? ive been lookin at replacing the stock fan of my 7800gt and have been looking at that product.

[gvblake22]

I had the Arctic Cooling NV Silencer on my 6600GT and I was getting pretty decent temps (50/65), but a 7800GT might be another story. The ones that are made for the 7 series have a little larger heatsink, but still, I wouldn't expect anything earth-shattering. The major draw to those coolers is the fact that they are very quiet (which is true). For what it's worth, I also have a Zalman VF700-AlCu and it doesn't do a very good job at all. Temps were like 52/75 on my 6600GT. However, I just tried this new VGA cooler from Evercool and it is the best cooler I have tried yet so far. It is very quiet and cools the best out of anything I have tried. Idle temps are in the high 40's and load temps do not go above 60ºC!
It's available for a very good price at NewEgg...

HERE is a review of it at TechPowerUp! I think I might have to do a little writeup of this thing too, as I'm fairly impressed with its performance :thup:
The only negative I can see with it so far is that the heatpipes that come out of the back go right cross the the top of the card at the surface so you might not be able to use RAMsinks on the memory chips that are located at the top of the board under the heatpipes.