Arctic Cooler VGA sliencer - aaaaaaaaarrrrrghhhhh!!

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Scooby
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Arctic Cooler VGA sliencer - aaaaaaaaarrrrrghhhhh!!

Post by Scooby » Mon Nov 17, 2003 7:17 am

Got 1 of these coolers the other day and was immediately impressed until it came to fitting it. The screw holes on the heatsink don't line up with the ones on my gfx card (Powercolour ATI Radeon 9800 PRO 128mb version) making fitting it impossible. So I'm stuck with a £20 cooler that is no use to me...gutted :cry:

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Post by Scooby » Mon Nov 17, 2003 10:48 am

Had a look at that before I bought it and seemed to be ok. The holes are only very slightly out of line with the board's holes. They would probably go in at a slight angle but theres no way I'm doing that with a £240 graphics card :wink:

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Post by Storm » Mon Nov 17, 2003 11:44 am

Where did u buy it?

If u dont want it ill take it for 15 ;)


*just found it on overclockers.co.uk

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Post by Scooby » Mon Nov 17, 2003 11:58 am

how much would it cost to post to N.I. from England? If its not a silly amount I will sell it to you for £15 8)

BTW thats where I bought it from (OCUK)

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Post by Bri » Mon Nov 17, 2003 3:39 pm

I buy the "(Powercolour ATI Radeon 9800 PRO 128mb version)" off of you for $15. :wink:

Jk

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Post by DryFire » Mon Nov 17, 2003 4:23 pm

I'd by it for $20.

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Post by Fabool » Tue Nov 18, 2003 11:05 am

Now that is strange!
I though that all Radeon 9800pro boards should be based on the reference model, perhaps it might differ with a card that has different cooler but the Powercolor card has a normal reference cooler.

Here's a review of a few R9800pro cards, including the Powercolor one and judging by the high res photos the holes seem to be roughly in the same place as with the reference card, strange: http://www.digit-life.com/articles2/rad ... pro-3.html

I sympthize with you though, I had similar trouble with my Thermalright SP-94 heatsink. One screw didn't want to align with the x-plate on the otherside of the motherboard. I ended up tightening it anyway and one screw is now a bit crooked, haven't installed the heatsink on top of it yet so I don't even know if it'll fit right, hope it will.

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Post by Storm » Tue Nov 18, 2003 11:11 am

bah no point now i was gonna buy a radeon but not anymore
my GF4 Ti4600 is incompatible with it

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Re: Arctic Cooler VGA sliencer - aaaaaaaaarrrrrghhhhh!!

Post by Ragnarok » Sat Nov 29, 2003 6:14 pm

Scooby wrote:Got 1 of these coolers the other day and was immediately impressed until it came to fitting it. The screw holes on the heatsink don't line up with the ones on my gfx card (Powercolour ATI Radeon 9800 PRO 128mb version) making fitting it impossible. So I'm stuck with a £20 cooler that is no use to me...gutted :cry:
i fitted one to a powercolour radeon 9800 pro 128mb and it fitted no probs. the holes lined up ok and the heat transfers brilliantly to the heatsink with some artic silver 5.

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Post by Dingus » Wed Dec 03, 2003 6:09 am

I was looking at the same AGP card, just out of curiousity what games came bundled?... (or is it oem?)

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