Until recently I had a GF6800GT with a dangerden waterblock.

Long story short, said card no longer works, and the waterblok wont fit the 6800GS cards that replaced the GTs.  As such I need a new GPU.

Im thinking that the XFX nVidia GeForce 7900GT Extreme Edition is probably the way forward.  Its pre-clocked (and so easier to clock further again   ) and comes with a free frisbee.

If it will make a huge difference I could push to getting a 512mb one such as the Gainward Bliss GeForce 7900GT Golden Sample 512MB but from what Ive heard the perfomance boost isnt worth it.

Ideas and suggestions?

Thanks in advance

p.s. he needs a waterblock to fit it too

that would be this one


although dangerden news says

Quote from: dangerden Jun 03The new 7900 Revision should be available next week...Finally!

So Im going to wait and see what that is.

tbh they should aim for a standerd block (or a few standerd blocks) then custom cold plates for each card

ok, you might loose 1C of cooling ? maybe 2C ?

the extra avalibility of blocks, and the reduction in prices would easy outweigh that

plus theyd be ready out of the box for peltier cooling

bumpity bump bump ?

I thought this was a private conversation between the two of you?  

Youre the one asking.

Quote from: KnightfeverWell Ive discovered that the Gainward card has a non-standard layout, and so the heatsink most likely wont fit it.
 

yeah the gainward isnt the standard design, Club3D, XFX, MSI are the standard design so shouldnt cause you any issues if you choose the right block.

If it was me i would buy the Club3D as its the cheapest save yuur cash and save up upgrades elsewhere.

Well the mobo is brand new (I got the DFI LanParty UT nF4 SLI-DR Expert) and the chip didnt need replacing.

I got the XFX one, as it seemed stupid to spend Ã,£200+ on a card, then not spend the extra Ã,£30 or so to get the better quality one.  3Dmark make some deacent budget cards, but thats not what I was after.  I wouldnt touch MSI with a ten foot bargepole after all the problems I had with the last thing I bought from them.

Got the gpu now, which works fine.  Just waiting for dangerden to release the waterblock sometime in the next week or so.

One thing I was concerned about is that the heatsink on the gpu doesnt cover the memory chips on the card, which all my other nVidia cards have.  Im running the card now on aircooling, and it seems to work fine.

Hoping that this means when I do w/c it it will overclock like a bugger