Ek Fc8800gtx Compatibility Options

[BluD]

Hi, im just hoping someone knows if the EK FC8800GTX water blocks work with any of the newer Nvidia cards? I bought my rig a few years ago and not really made use of the 2 8800 ultras i stuck in it, and was hoping i could switch them out for one of the new generation cards to cope with todays games a little better.

Cheers in advance.

[Sim0n]

I Would doubt that the fullcover would work with any other model card, seeing as it was crafted specifically to the "contours" of the card and where the memory chips sit.

You might get it to sit on the core of a different card, but i doubt anything else would match up.

[VeeHexx]

^
holes might line up, but the actual seating onto the chips most probably wont.

[Sim0n]

Im thinking the mounting of the core *might* work, but then again, the cores have shrunk considerably since the 8800.

[BluD]

Cheers for the replies, i guess ill leave it a little longer then before i update then, and do the lot in one go, i dont wanna seperate the system to stick new water blocks in as it takes so long to get all the air out of the thing having so many water blocks and them damn memory coolers.

[VeeHexx]

one of many reasons i dont cool GPU.
alot of 'em now NEED ram coolers, and your either locked into model-specfic blocks (the full-card style ones), or you get the hassle of trying to glue coolers onto the ram (core only + ramsinks)

my GPU's tend to be stock air cooled, and i only cool the CPU now.
ime your lucky to get much more than 5-10% stable improvement without volt mods.

once you've costed in the price of a specific block (£100+ i think they are now), then you might aswell get a faster GPU in the first place.

the only reason im using water at the moment is because a cpu block is the same as a decent air cooler, and i only have to replace the block when upgrades come along.
if i was starting from scratch then it'd be silent air all the way!

tech has improved alot over the last 5years.
air cooling has got alot better along with silence (-1 against watercooling), and CPU's are now multicore that have higher quality wafers giving you more O/C headroom on the same voltage.... or plenty of O/C with small volt increase which air cooling can handle (-2 against watercooling).

This post has been edited by VeeHexx: Dec 5 2009, 05:22 PM

[BluD]

Yeah i guess thats the way alot of people are going, i spent a fortune water cooling every last chip on this computer with the mach2 on the CPU and threw away all the air blocks, no i cant really update anything without changing the lot or starting to pull bits out of the water cooling, im gonna go air on everything on my next build and just make sure all the fans slow right down when theyre not needed to keep things quiet.

[Sim0n]

Thats the main reason i decided to go for a shuttle when my rig started playing up a week ago.

You cant exactly change bits and bobs without having to factor in draining, fitting new blocks, realising the tubings actually gone manky, getting new water, bleeding, hoping it wont leak.. etc.. etc..

Bit of a PITA, especially with air cooling/chip technology really coming on so well recently

[Robin]

and then you went and flashed the bios without a ups