Radeon 9600 pro + ZM80C-HP

thejamppa · Post by **thejamppa** » Sat Aug 04, 2007 3:42 am

What I've read about about ZM80C-HP its perfectly able to cool Ati Radeon 9600 Pro passively? Note, ZM80C-HP is one heatpipe version with grey cooling element.

http://www.zalman.co.kr/eng/product/vie ... 6&code=013

I went quite troubles finding good 9600 pro for my K7 gaming rig. But lately the 40mm buzzer started to piss me off. One option was to get Coolink SWAP, copper cooler with low RPM 40mm fan, but 40mm fan?! again? Well, I get ZM80C-HP with 7â‚¬'s from a friend, who got it with Geforce ti 4200 SE.

So I want to be absolutely sure that I can run it passively. Without worries of anything frying to lack of cooling?

*sighs* 325 grams to VGA card. Now, that sounds heavy...

WR304 · Post by **WR304** » Sat Aug 04, 2007 5:24 am

You shouldn't have any problems with that.

A Zalman ZM80A-HP cooler worked fine passively on my old ATI 9800 Pro card for a year and a half.

325g isn't that much. Newer graphics coolers such as the Thermalright HR-03 weigh well over 400g before the fan is added.

jhhoffma · Post by **jhhoffma** » Sat Aug 04, 2007 6:34 am

Yes, you will be fine. I know someone here is cooling a 9800pro with one. I use a ZM80D-HP on my 9700Pro and it gets hot but not enough to cause any problems.

9600pro is a very cool running card, compared to others of its generation. I believe the 9600XT is a little cooler running but that was on a more efficient process. You'd laugh if you saw the heatsink on my Sapphire 9600XT.

In fact, see for yourself.

So yeah, you'll be okay.

thejamppa · Post by **thejamppa** » Sat Aug 04, 2007 6:36 am

jhhoffma wrote:Yes, you will be fine. I know someone here is cooling a 9800pro with one. I use a ZM80D-HP on my 9700Pro and it gets hot but not enough to cause any problems.

9600pro is a very cool running card, compared to others of its generation. I believe the 9600XT is a little cooler running but that was on a more efficient process. You'd laugh if you saw the heatsink on my Sapphire 9600XT.

In fact, see for yourself.

So yeah, you'll be okay.

I am not laughing, you know why? I have the exactly the same card as you: Sapphire Ati Radeon 9600 Atlantis series

except mine is Pro and not XT

ck8-04 · Post by **ck8-04** » Sat Aug 04, 2007 9:44 am

Yes, the combination will work. I used to use the exact same configuration on a P4 Northwood system.

autoboy · Post by **autoboy** » Sat Aug 04, 2007 10:49 am

You really don't need anything elaborate on a 9600pro. They are very cool running cards. Many came stock with itty-bitty passive heatsinks.

kevral · Post by **kevral** » Sat Aug 04, 2007 3:51 pm

I used to run an overclocked 9600 Pro with that exact cooler, passive.

Worked like a charm until I lent out my PC to my sister, she promptly dropped it on the floor, and the heavy cooler somehow shifted on the GPU and killed the card.

thejamppa · Post by **thejamppa** » Sat Aug 18, 2007 2:32 am

The cooler, from my friend, which was the Zalman, did lacked the the shorter pieces for GPU and back side. It only had longer one for GeForce Ti-cards, making it incompatible for my 9600 pro, so I couldn't use it. It would have required me to take off 2mm off the alumnium blocks to make it fit and I don't have such tool. So I took Plan B.

Here is how VGA card looks now after silencing it:

The fan is at 12v and I cannot hear it over rest system. ( 2x Nexuses 120 mm, 80 mm Globe Fan sleeve bearing in PSU and 1x 80mm 9 bladed everflow fan on cpu cooler ) The entire system noise is now well below 30 dB/A's.

Cooler is Revoltec Graphic Freezer Pro.