Gainward/Nvidia goes Zalman/"Ultimate"?

Mats · Post by **Mats** » Tue Mar 23, 2004 7:23 am

Looks like a Zalman to me. 2 heatpipes, maybe it's the new ZM80D-HP?

I'm completely satisfied with my 80C on my 9800 Pro. No fan, bad caseflow, didnt affect the CPU temp, and no problems!
But I will get a low speed fan for it anyway.

Mats · Post by **Mats** » Wed Mar 24, 2004 5:33 am

Not identical, the heatpipes of the 80D are mounted in different angles. From Tom's Hardware

halcyon · Post by **halcyon** » Thu Mar 25, 2004 1:45 am

It could be any of the Zalman copycats, like Thermaltake, who have ZM80 rip-offs as well.

Here's one of them. VGA-Heatpipe Giant III

Or any other Asian copycat cooler maker we've never even heard of

regards,
halcyon

PS Rip-offs or not, the Thermaltake heatsinks do perform reasonably well, if one changes the silly fans to something more useful.

sthayashi · Post by **sthayashi** » Thu Mar 25, 2004 6:36 am

Sorta like the HIS IceQ?

Jan Kivar · Post by **Jan Kivar** » Thu Mar 25, 2004 12:40 pm

sthayashi wrote:Sorta like the HIS IceQ?

That's not really a rip-off, that is a VGA Silencer, but with HIS logo. Just like those Nexus fans.

Cheers,

Jan

halcyon · Post by **halcyon** » Fri Mar 26, 2004 3:05 am

More & better images at Hardware Zone CeBit 2004 report:

http://www.hardwarezone.com/articles/vi ... =1050&pg=4

Doesn't look like any of the known Zalman knock-offs. Heat sinks actually look very big.