goodl Posted November 30, 2007 Share Posted November 30, 2007 I got a 7900GT to replace my silent 7300GT in my hackintosh. My god this thing sounds like a vaccum cleaner its so loud. Im happy with the performance but not with the noise could someone recommend a good replacement cooler? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/74084-7900gt-incredibly-loud/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kane Adams Posted December 2, 2007 Share Posted December 2, 2007 Water cool it http://www.bigbruin.com/forum/post-48824.html Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/74084-7900gt-incredibly-loud/#findComment-526594 Share on other sites More sharing options...
goodl Posted December 3, 2007 Author Share Posted December 3, 2007 That wouldnt really fit with my mac pro case, Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/74084-7900gt-incredibly-loud/#findComment-526946 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Synaesthesia Posted December 3, 2007 Share Posted December 3, 2007 Buy a fan controller (knob connected to variable resistor) and possibly a zalman fan. You can throttle the speed down when you're just using your pc for light stuff and put it back up for graphics intensive times. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/74084-7900gt-incredibly-loud/#findComment-527192 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jerrylander Posted December 3, 2007 Share Posted December 3, 2007 Maybe Arctic Cooling has a solution: http://www.arctic-cooling.de/vga1.php Don't really know how they are doing these days, cooling wise, but I was quite satisfied with them back when the Radeon 9700 Pro was a top notch card... dang, do I feel old Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/74084-7900gt-incredibly-loud/#findComment-527495 Share on other sites More sharing options...
consolation Posted December 4, 2007 Share Posted December 4, 2007 The 7900GT has the nastiest, cheapest fan I had seen in a long while, and the heatsink is a bit of a joke as well. I stuck a water block on the GPU and video ram, quiet and they overclock like buggery if you can keep them cool enough. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/74084-7900gt-incredibly-loud/#findComment-527642 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ezhoon Posted December 4, 2007 Share Posted December 4, 2007 I heartily recommend Zalman VF-900; it is quiet and provides very nice cooling performance. I raised 7900GT volt to 1.4v and overclocked to 620Mhz core without any problem Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/74084-7900gt-incredibly-loud/#findComment-527846 Share on other sites More sharing options...
goodl Posted December 4, 2007 Author Share Posted December 4, 2007 thanks guys, Zalman cooler it is then Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/74084-7900gt-incredibly-loud/#findComment-527887 Share on other sites More sharing options...
goodl Posted December 17, 2007 Author Share Posted December 17, 2007 This cooler really is excellent, props to Zalman, its now whisper quiet Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/74084-7900gt-incredibly-loud/#findComment-541126 Share on other sites More sharing options...
superstition Posted January 7, 2008 Share Posted January 7, 2008 I have the 700 model all copper Zalman on my 6800 GS. It's great. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/74084-7900gt-incredibly-loud/#findComment-569295 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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