and i was just looking at this cooler in combination with this card. too bad its not all cu though.

first of all msi is a good brand :) and also zalman but the coolers well thats not my style i like pure copper much better cooling than than junk what the present half copper and messing or aluminium its good that i have a 8800 gtx hydra from msi much better and much cooler

Interestingly they have also not sinked those bottom 3 mosfets and if you look closely it still has that original cooler white skunk on it! I thought they can order cards without the cooler if they use their own, or have they cherry picked these from the original lineup?

Doubt those aluminum fins do that much of a difference i temps, Accelero S1 has aluminum ones and cools the card like no other. It does however also have a cheaper mounting base, not copper again, but probably less prone to bending.

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If I'd not have VF900 and this is reasonable price I'd buy it. Would save the trouble of making my own ramsinks, but that's part of the fun. Might not look pretty, but will cool as much as that metal plate on mem :) Just looks though I have to wait a year to get a 8800GT, I don't want a year old GPU ;( Soon 2 months waiting for one and I though few weeks waiting for my current card was long.

vf1000 vs S1 + turbo module ... who wins?

OnBoardInterestingly they have also not sinked those bottom 3 mosfets and if you look closely it still has that original cooler white skunk on it! I thought they can order cards without the cooler if they use their own, or have they cherry picked these from the original lineup?

Doubt those aluminum fins do that much of a difference i temps, Accelero S1 has aluminum ones and cools the card like no other. It does however also have a cheaper mounting base, not copper again, but probably less prone to bending.

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If I'd not have VF900 and this is reasonable price I'd buy it. Would save the trouble of making my own ramsinks, but that's part of the fun. Might not look pretty, but will cool as much as that metal plate on mem :) Just looks though I have to wait a year to get a 8800GT, I don't want a year old GPU ;( 2 months waiting for one.

IF any thing like EVGA as from what they tolde me there cherry picked as you call it. And they test how fast they can run.

[I.R.A]_FBiand i was just looking at this cooler in combination with this card. too bad its not all cu though.

IMO the benefit of one of these is that it's pre-fitted and therefore you dont have to do it yourself, my AC Accelero S1 performs amazingly....especially with a near silent 120mm fan......check my specs and it's dirt cheap and was fitted in 5 minutes, I am sure you could buy a reference card and add the S1 for cheaper and cooler.

www.arctic-cooling.com/vga2.php?idx=138

Thanks man thanks very much

So...... 9% cooler than a reference GT cooler? I always wondered, does anybody add thermal paste to where the aluminum fins "sleeve" over the heat pipes? or is that just metal to metal? That would help out some aluminum fins, maybe.