| Saturday, August 30 2008 |
Thermalright is releasing a variant of the HR-03 VGA cooling kit that supports the GeForce GTX 200 series graphics cards called the HR-03 GTX. The kit consists of the main heatsink unit, heatsinks over the memory, a heatsink for the card's VRM area and a heatsink over the NVIO2 processor. The main GPU heatsink is essentially the same as the HR-03 except for modifications of the portion that makes contact with the GPU and the heatpipe configuration. Although the HR-03 series kits were meant to provide silent cooling to graphics cards, the manufacturers of this cooler insist you install an additional fan using provided retention clips.
Source: Hardspell
Source: Hardspell
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Weird.
i have never understood why anyone would want to use a cooler so damn big that you cant put another card next to it. what if you wanted to run tri-sli?
i have never understood why anyone would want to use a cooler so damn big that you cant put another card next to it. what if you wanted to run tri-sli?
What's more weird, the original purpose of HR-03 (to provide silent cooling) is defeated, with the manufacturer telling you should add a fan.
by: btarunr;953070and with the fan.... forget about having anything else in your pci/pcie slots.
What's more weird, the original purpose of HR-03 (to provide silent cooling) is defeated, with the manufacturer telling you should add a fan.
Dosen't look too special. Now let's wait and see what Thermaltake and the rest of them come up with.
by: btarunr;953070They were never ment to be passive , silent yes, passive no, and always a fan was recommended, there are no vga coolers that even come close to thermalrights( accept Arctic cooler newer ones). They are as close to water as you can get on air. I have owned almost all of their coolers VGA or otherwise, and they usually drop load temps near 40c, if you want to overclock a 280gtx this is the cooler , and I bet no other cooler companys will even attempt this.
What's more weird, the original purpose of HR-03 (to provide silent cooling) is defeated, with the manufacturer telling you should add a fan.
I thought you can "turn" the heatsink around?
Is it me or does the VRM sink look like a cheese grater?
by: oli_ramsay;953096
Is it me or does the VRM sink look like a cheese grater?
it's so if your at a lan party and you need some grated cheese for your taco you can grate it up... if you have cheese.
its the same with the Thermalright's HR-03 pluss on my old 8800gtx i couldnt use any other slot on my entire mobo (micro atx), quite often if you want better cooling there is a price to pay either $$$ or room inside the case, and its quite often both
also dont forget when removing the stock cooler on the 200 series you quite often break the little tabs holding the cooler on voiding your warranty (thats the main reaon why i havent changed the cooler on mine)
one other thing i have fond with my gtx280 is that overclocking it gives me little benefit in games and benchmarks (it is cpu limited EG: 4.25 ghz dual core gave me an extra 4000 pts in 3dm 05 over a quad at 3.2) so the only reason i can see to go this would be for a cooler quieter gpu and not for OCing
also dont forget when removing the stock cooler on the 200 series you quite often break the little tabs holding the cooler on voiding your warranty (thats the main reaon why i havent changed the cooler on mine)
one other thing i have fond with my gtx280 is that overclocking it gives me little benefit in games and benchmarks (it is cpu limited EG: 4.25 ghz dual core gave me an extra 4000 pts in 3dm 05 over a quad at 3.2) so the only reason i can see to go this would be for a cooler quieter gpu and not for OCing
by: rampage;953099thats because your cpu is only at 3.2ghz at even 3.6ghz you would see a giant jumps. With my old Qx9650 (fits has now) your score would jump by thousands when overclocking a 280.
its the same with the Thermalright's HR-03 pluss on my old 8800gtx i couldnt use any other slot on my entire mobo (micro atx), quite often if you want better cooling there is a price to pay either $$$ or room inside the case, and its quite often both
also dont forget when removing the stock cooler on the 200 series you quite often break the little tabs holding the cooler on voiding your warranty (thats the main reaon why i havent changed the cooler on mine)
one other thing i have fond with my gtx280 is that overclocking it gives me little benefit in games and benchmarks (it is cpu limited EG: 4.25 ghz dual core gave me an extra 4000 pts in 3dm 05 over a quad at 3.2) so the only reason i can see to go this would be for a cooler quieter gpu
we need a single slot cooler that cools SO well that the GPU is 1-2c above room temp. it would be a F*&^in miracle if they make that though.
by: kid41212003;953095you might still be able I assumed you couldn't.
I thought you can "turn" the heatsink around?
by: trt740;953103yup.... OC the vid cards 20mhz on the core and you get about 1000-1200pts higher with the qx9650 at 4.5ghz
thats because your cpu is only at 3.2ghz at even 3.6ghz you would see a giant jumps. With my old Qx9650 (fits has now) your score would jump by thousands when overclocking a 280.
hell... from 4.4ghz to 4.5ghz i saw 1480pts somehow.
by: trt740;953103the largest gain i have seen was with the 4.25 ghz cpu and a highly overclocked gpu was 3>5 %(aprox), im just saying i had a larger gain from a faster cpu then gpu, in my belief there cpu limited
thats because your cpu is only at 3.2ghz at even 3.6ghz you would see a giant jumps. With my old Qx9650 (fits has now) your score would jump by thousands when overclocking a 280.
but back to the main topic, yeah i think the cooler would make a nice improvement over the stock one temp wise
by: rampage;953113
the largest gain i have seen was with the 4.25 ghz cpu and a highly overclocked gpu was 3>5 %(aprox), im just saying i had a larger gain from a faster cpu then gpu, in my belief there cpu limited
but back to the main topic, yeah i think the cooler would make a nice improvement over the stock one temp wise
and I bet it will go alot higher with that cooler.by: trt740;953091A fan was always recommended but never part of the requirements. Thermalright says you need a fan at all costs.
They were never ment to be passive , silent yes, passive no, and always a fan was recommended, there are no vga coolers that even come close to thermalrights( accept Arctic cooler newer ones). They are as close to water as you can get on air. I have owned almost all of their coolers VGA or otherwise, and they usually drop load temps near 40c, if you want to overclock a 280gtx this is the cooler , and I bet no other cooler companys will even attempt this.
by: btarunr;953130yes on a GTX but not on all the prior models.
A fan was always recommended but never part of the requirements. Thermalright says you need a fan at all costs.
It does look like a cheese grater and the thing is massive. For those wanting to keep a single card solution with awesome cooling, not much around to beat this beast.
by: trt740;953106
you might still be able I assumed you couldn't.
:wtf:
If you can't turn this heatsink around, It's suck. I mean, the first impression when I look at this design is you can turn this around, and make sandwich, I thought this why the heatsink look like that...
i've got two of these babies cooling 2 HD4870 crossfired, with no additional fans, they works great
Yes! You can turn it! :D
by: blobster21;953174that looks sick! almost like lungs of the beast.
i've got two of these babies cooling 2 HD4870 crossfired, with no additional fans, they works great
Watercooling
not much around to beat this beast.
by: blobster21;953174thermalright is the cooling god
i've got two of these babies cooling 2 HD4870 crossfired, with no additional fans, they works great
by: PP Mguire;953184um not really it's close, and it has alot less pain in the ass factor.
Watercooling
Full card blocks with trifan rad means you can still have a single slot solution and cool better than air.
by: PP Mguire;953192not all water cooling is better than these thermalrights
Full card blocks with trifan rad means you can still have a single slot solution and cool better than air.
since it's not totally off topic, please find enclosed more photos of these heatsinks in a dual configuration :
A radial 12 cm fan blowing across the heatpipes add some serious security margin for any further overclock...
hope this help :)
A radial 12 cm fan blowing across the heatpipes add some serious security margin for any further overclock...
hope this help :)
Dont they have anything for the back Ram chips with this? Or are you just supposed to leave the stock metal plate in place. :confused:
by: blobster21;953198U know you can route that 8 pin/4pin 12v ATX wire under the GPUs instead of over everything....?
since it's not totally off topic, please find enclosed more photos of these heatsinks in a dual configuration :
A radial 12 cm fan blowing across the heatpipes add some serious security margin for any further overclock...
hope this help :)
by: tkpenalty;953663Umm I dont think he is stupud, why bother its only ęsthetic anyway, looks like he has better things on his mind..
U know you can route that 8 pin/4pin 12v ATX wire under the GPUs instead of over everything....?
by: tkpenalty;953663yup, but the cable you're talking about is definately too short to do that, this is the only way to reach the 4pins molex hidden behind the noctua HS, i wish there was a workaround though.
U know you can route that 8 pin/4pin 12v ATX wire under the GPUs instead of over everything....?
There are extension wires for the 4pin/8pin 12v thingy, would make it even more sexy looking :)
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16812198006
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16812198006
by: PP Mguire;953192Full card blocks actually perform worse than universal blocks. They dump the heat from the mem and vregs into the loop, lowering your gpu clock. Sure, you might be able to squeeze some extra out of the mem, but the gpu speed is infinitely more important that the mem speed.
Full card blocks with trifan rad means you can still have a single slot solution and cool better than air.
As for a point of reference in the water vs air debate, my card loop consists of a Maze5 GPU block, MCP-350 Pump, MicroRes, and a Swiftech MCR-120 120mm rad with a Silverstone FM-121 fan, all with 3/8" fittings. In a room temp of 21C, I reach a temp of 42C running Furmark, with a vGPU of 1.7V. At stock volts, it peaks at 33C.
thats why you want a separate memblock and a separate GPU Block.
cool , looking well
by: blobster21;953198
since it's not totally off topic, please find enclosed more photos of these heatsinks in a dual configuration :
A radial 12 cm fan blowing across the heatpipes add some serious security margin for any further overclock...
hope this help :)
you put your staff in dell system case right , i know it cuz i see the mobo is upside down , i have two dell case too im thinking about mod it , nothing better than dell cases but only problem is main case door the right side that is mean when you put other mobo everything be inverse
by: hayder.master;954181Nope, that's a CM Stacker 830 or 832. You can reverse mount the mobo tray in those. I ran mine that way for quite a while.
you put your staff in dell system case right , i know it cuz i see the mobo is upside down , i have two dell case too im thinking about mod it
Wile E is right, it's written down on my specs ;)
by: hayder.master;954181who cares anyways it looks great. :D:roll:
you put your staff in dell system case right , i know it cuz i see the mobo is upside down , i have two dell case too im thinking about mod it , nothing better than dell cases but only problem is main case door the right side that is mean when you put other mobo everything be inverse
On my card ive had more benefiet from clocking my memory high. Its probably the opposite to you because you have alot more mem than me. So really it all depends on the card. My old 7950GT got more of a boost from clocking the core than ram cause it had 512mb.
Sure, you might be able to squeeze some extra out of the mem, but the gpu speed is infinitely more important that the mem speed.
by: PP Mguire;954472
On my card ive had more benefiet from clocking my memory high. Its probably the opposite to you because you have alot more mem than me. So really it all depends on the card. My old 7950GT got more of a boost from clocking the core than ram cause it had 512mb.
No, even with your card, I guaranty that a 50Mhz core OC will score higher than a 50Mhz mem clock. Once you pass a certain point on the mem on that card, it is no longer a bottleneck. That point can generally be achieved without h2o cooling. And even if it is a bottleneck, raising the core will still provide increases.
Its still better to keep everything nice and cool if your going that route. And, there is no difference between 700 and 750mhz core right now. When i cranked the ram from 950 to 1050 though there was a big improvement.
by: PP Mguire;955255
Its still better to keep everything nice and cool if your going that route. And, there is no difference between 700 and 750mhz core right now. When i cranked the ram from 950 to 1050 though there was a big improvement.
What did you use to verify that? No testing on any video card I have ever done, or that my teamate with the GSO's has done, shows any trend like that at all. The core always does more. My guess would be that you need a little more gpu vcore to run 750Mhz properly. That can make a huge difference, trust me. I can run 900Mhz in 3Dmark 06 at 1.55V, but I score much lower than when I run the same speed at 1.7V.
And my point about full coverage block is that you sacrifice gpu cooling for better ram cooling, when just making sure you have good airflow and ram sinks would do just as well in the ram clocking department as far as scores are concerned. Because all you need to do is ease the bottleneck. It doesn't take much to accomplish that.
Just playing games and watching the FPS. In high graphic games there wasnt as much of a dip when clocking my ram up but almost little or no difference when going from 700 to 750.
I don't follow their logic: spend a lot of time to remove the stock cooling from you GTX 280 and potentially void a warranty, then add a whole bunch of nickel (heat-retaining) heatpipe components to your video card, and then add a fan. Oh- by the way, we won't include a fan. Also- you've just used two additional slots.
You've just paid more, got less, and will likely void a warranty in the process. Goodie.
You've just paid more, got less, and will likely void a warranty in the process. Goodie.
id much prefer an AC Twin Turbo tbh. That or the t-rad ;)