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    Aftermarket cooler for the XFX5850

    I brought an XFX 5850 from the internet, and to my suprise it was a non reference card, despite the picture on the website being a reference card.
    A major disadvantage to this is the stupid egg shaped cooler system, I'm getting ridiculous temps, like 95C on load and around 50C idle, this may be because I have bad airflow or my massive Corsair A50 cpu cooler is transferring some heat to the gpu as they are right next to each other.

    Does anyone have any aftermarket fans they can recommend?

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    Re: Aftermarket cooler for the XFX5850

    I have really good XP with the Accelero Twin turbo Pro...cannot hear the fans, and the temps are *much* lower...I think you can find it for around 20 quid.
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    Re: Aftermarket cooler for the XFX5850

    Install MSI Afterburner, and turn up the fan speed. I had some rather high temperatures like yours, but with the fan turned up a bit it's not so bad. It's not like you'll be able to hear the fan during gaming. Try it out before you spend money on another cooler.

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    Re: Aftermarket cooler for the XFX5850

    Quote Originally Posted by KidChameleon View Post
    Install MSI Afterburner, and turn up the fan speed. I had some rather high temperatures like yours, but with the fan turned up a bit it's not so bad. It's not like you'll be able to hear the fan during gaming. Try it out before you spend money on another cooler.
    Good advice here.

    Failing that I would say the Zalman VF3000

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