Hi,
I'm thinking about getting this card but it's hard to go from 42C at idle with my 9600gt to 70i'sh at idle with a 4870 since my room gets so hot anyway. What is the preferred after market cooling gizmo most desired and easiest to install.
I've always had a hard time getting the sheath of nvidia cards, but I'm not sure how hard it is for ATI. Also, I've seen some folks with the duorb vga cooler that looks like it lowers the temps really nicely on the card but will it still heat up the inside of my case like crazy with after market cooler?
I ditched my old 8800gts 640 just because of temp issues and got the 9600gt (which, at less than half the price performs better, heh) so this issue of heat is important to me; important enough I may just have to wait till we start seeing manufactures doing better cooling built on the board if need be.
Advice?
I'm thinking about getting this card but it's hard to go from 42C at idle with my 9600gt to 70i'sh at idle with a 4870 since my room gets so hot anyway. What is the preferred after market cooling gizmo most desired and easiest to install.
I've always had a hard time getting the sheath of nvidia cards, but I'm not sure how hard it is for ATI. Also, I've seen some folks with the duorb vga cooler that looks like it lowers the temps really nicely on the card but will it still heat up the inside of my case like crazy with after market cooler?
I ditched my old 8800gts 640 just because of temp issues and got the 9600gt (which, at less than half the price performs better, heh) so this issue of heat is important to me; important enough I may just have to wait till we start seeing manufactures doing better cooling built on the board if need be.
Advice?