EVGA GTX 580 at 100° with Far Cry 4, BF4…

[juajuajuajuanra]

@whoololon:

…latex gloves and a lot of patience.

Edit: Well, look at the next page of that review, the temperature table, and tell me if having the VRAM at over 90º (it is an R9, that's for sure) requires so much hardware. For that, I'll skip mounting the backplate.:wall:
The 3 offers "dissipation" of the VRAM passively in a direct way, the 4 offers it equally passively, but wanting the memories to dissipate from the back. (¿?)

In any case, keep in mind that no compatible cooler (and almost none of the factory ones) will dissipate the memories in an active-direct way (by direct contact with the main block), so they will always be the Achilles' heel for OC.
Do I mean that you can't do OC? No, you just can't do all that one would like. ;D

Edit: Don't worry too much, considering that if your card's fan worked, you would use that cooler that comes with it until you wanted to buy a new one, and it doesn't dissipate the VRAM either.
Get the cooler you want, and keep in mind that (respectfully) your card is a few years old and you're planning to buy a new one… right?

Sorry, for not putting my foot in my mouth, the parts to isolate are the "R125" with the "isolation tape" right? All the coolers come with thermal paste right? It's easy to know where to put the RAN ones around the GPU, but the others, I don't even know what to isolate or what to dissipate

THANK YOU!!!

EDIT: This photo has helped me a lot (I hope):

Google Image Search results of http://i403.photobucket.com/albums/pp112/erocker414/DSCN2437.jpg

[juajuajuajuanra]

Well,

Finished!!! A complete success. 57º maximum where before it gave me 100º. An average of 50º playing and 67% fan speed.

Thanks as always

Best regards