Cooling Geforce4 Ti4200

Koolpc · Post by **Koolpc** » Mon Apr 26, 2004 9:18 am

Hi

I have a Leadtek A280 TDH Geforce4 Ti4200 card and i would like to be able to cool it passively without the fan.

How do i go about this?

I am a complete noob to this so please help.

Thanks

PhilgB · Post by **PhilgB** » Mon Apr 26, 2004 9:35 am

That heatsink already looks pretty massive. You could try removing the 40mm fan and aiming an 80mm at it while keeping an eye (or a finger) on temps. Im not sure how hot the ti4200 gets.

Viperoni · Post by **Viperoni** » Mon Apr 26, 2004 10:04 am

You will need a MASSIVE heatsink to run it completely passive, with the only airflow being from a front case fan for example (say a 120mm Panaflo L @ 5v). By massive, I mean something like an Alpha Pal8045.

Koolpc · Post by **Koolpc** » Mon Apr 26, 2004 10:10 am

What about the:

Zalman ZM80C-HP

Any good with this card?

Zyzzyx · Post by **Zyzzyx** » Mon Apr 26, 2004 1:53 pm

Viperoni wrote:You will need a MASSIVE heatsink to run it completely passive, with the only airflow being from a front case fan for example (say a 120mm Panaflo L @ 5v). By massive, I mean something like an Alpha Pal8045.

I definitely disagree with you on your sizing comment. Massive? No. Much bigger than stock? Yes.

I have a ti4200 that is passively cooled just fine with a Zalman ZM-17CU. I spread the fins out a bit for a slight flower effect, and the only airflow it might see is from the 80mm 5v Panaflo at the front of the case, blowing over my hard disk. I've run 3DMark for well over on hour with zero speed problems or artifacts. Yeah, it gets damn toasty, but no problems.

Tobias · Post by **Tobias** » Mon Apr 26, 2004 2:04 pm

I have had that exact leadtek-card (it now belongs to a close friend of mine) that is cooled with the Zalman ZM80C-HP and it works great. A little of a hazzle to get it on right, though, but it should be no bigger problem if one make sure not to be charged with static electricity.

The stock heatsink is massive as it is, though, so I would think that a larger fan aimed at its front would be enough. I ran my card for about two-three hours in a 3DMarks-loop without any fan at all (incidentally jammed it:) before getting artifacts on the screen and it recovvered without any lasting disabillities.

Viperoni · Post by **Viperoni** » Tue Apr 27, 2004 4:45 am

Zyzzyx wrote:
Viperoni wrote:You will need a MASSIVE heatsink to run it completely passive, with the only airflow being from a front case fan for example (say a 120mm Panaflo L @ 5v). By massive, I mean something like an Alpha Pal8045.
I definitely disagree with you on your sizing comment. Massive? No. Much bigger than stock? Yes.

I have a ti4200 that is passively cooled just fine with a Zalman ZM-17CU. I spread the fins out a bit for a slight flower effect, and the only airflow it might see is from the 80mm 5v Panaflo at the front of the case, blowing over my hard disk. I've run 3DMark for well over on hour with zero speed problems or artifacts. Yeah, it gets damn toasty, but no problems.

I believe we have different levels of acceptable toastiness

I've had mine running similar to yours, but I just thought it ran too hot. And the pal8045, though there's not much airflow through the heatsink, sure is a massive HS for a video card

toonz · Post by **toonz** » Thu Apr 29, 2004 5:43 am

If you saw my thread earlier, I've got a Leadtek Ti4400 passively cooled with the stock heatsick!

http://forums.silentpcreview.com/viewtopic.php?t=12071