What's interesting about those pics is that the VRM(s) don't seem to be covered by the base-plate. So maybe that means they don't need as much care and attention as 4870/4890?! I can see a dip in the heat spreader just to the left of that white, exposed part of the VRMs. I'm pretty sure that's the ...

However, I'm not sure what you mean about keeping the stock base plate and heat spreader. The former has to be removed with the stock heatsinks as far as I know. If you look at these pics: Image 1 Image 2 Image 3 from this article it looks like you can remove the plastic shroud, fan and heat-pipe h...

Here's another alternative, in the same thread . From looking at pics of the Twin Turbo, I'm fairly certain it wouldn't work because of the pesky dual DVI. See this pic: http://www.hardwaresecrets.com/fullimage.php?image=12955 Anyone here have any experience with this cooler and can comment? Yes. Y...

Looking at various VGA heatsinks, it looks like the Thermalright T-Rad² might be a good option given my case size constraints but I can't tell if there will be an issue with the 5850's dual DVI shroud. I've gotten a bunch of pics from various T-Rad on 48xx card reviews and compared it to my 5850 bu...

Some more pics for anyone still interested in trying a 5850 w/ S1: http://img190.imageshack.us/img190/970/img0950q.jpg http://img59.imageshack.us/img59/5838/img0951o.jpg http://img63.imageshack.us/img63/7393/img0952.jpg And one more of the problematic DVI area: http://img190.imageshack.us/img190/562...

Ah, I'm such a fool! I should've taken measurements beforehand as the card with the S1 doesn't fit in my Lian Li HTPC case! :oops: I would gladly cut the fins and let everyone know what temps I get but as I probably will now sell the cooler I don't want to damage it in any way. Sorry I couldn't be o...

I'm a terrible photographer so I aplogize for the crappy pics in advance. Also apologize again for breaking links. Newegg was awesome and was able to get me the card ASAP: img29. imageshack.us/img29/1275/img0943an.jpg Here's the card bare: img25. imageshack.us/img25/6290/img0944is.jpg Heatsinks atta...

Thinking about putting an S1 on the 5850, I looked up naked images of it and the 4850 which we all know to be compatible: 4850: www. dvhardware .net/news/amd_radeon_hd_4850_naked.jpg 5850: www. img97 .imageshack.us/img97/2066/captureto.png The memory chip location and amount is the same but the VRM ...