The original cooler has a small fan that can get little bit noisy. And cooling performance wasn't so great too. Nvidia heard customers and improves the cooling solution with bigger fan and some minor modifications.
new cooler on the left. old on the right.
"The new cooler is impressive while it’s at full speed. From the chart seems only 2~3C difference to the ole one but please keep this in mind: the new fan have a more lower fan RPM. Just remember, set the fan to full speed while gaming and enjoy the low noise level of the new cooler."
good news for 8800GT buyers. Wanted to share this info with you guys. I'm still waiting for my HD 3870 w/ Black box....
new cooler on the left. old on the right.
"The new cooler is impressive while it’s at full speed. From the chart seems only 2~3C difference to the ole one but please keep this in mind: the new fan have a more lower fan RPM. Just remember, set the fan to full speed while gaming and enjoy the low noise level of the new cooler."
good news for 8800GT buyers. Wanted to share this info with you guys. I'm still waiting for my HD 3870 w/ Black box....
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