[Comparison] 8800GT’s new stock cooler is cool n’ quiet
The first shipment of 8800GT have gain a good reputation of its nice 3D performance and price. But the cooler is the worst stock cooler ever: noisy, and can’t even handle the heat in auto mode.
This is the original stock cooler, fan’s RPM is 4000+Â , noisy enough to make your ear bleed.
And one month later, NVIDIA finally hands out thier new stock cooler. The new one also have a slim body but the fan goes larger. The original one is 65*10mm, the new one is 75*10mm(diameter*height).
Leadtek’s 8800GT with a new stock cooler
Compare to the old one, thickness is the same.
More fan blades.
The biggest change beside the fan size is the fan RPM. The old one have an awkward fan speed: 1459~4333RPM (default fan speed 1640RPM, full speed 4333RPM). In full speed the fan did not bring us cool air but noise.
the RPM change of the old fan.
The new 8800GT have a very gentle fan, full speed is only 1664RPM, almost the same as the old fan’s default speed. And it’s default speed is 744RPM, lowest is 646RPM.NVIDIA finally get rid of the noisy problem.
the RPM change of the new fan.
Well the cooler revision lower the noise level impressed us, but what about the performance? Let’s see:
Test bed:
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.
If you want to purchase a 8800GT, just go for it. Because from now on, every reference 8800GT ship to retailer will equiped with the new cooler.
December 6th, 2007 at 10:09 pm
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December 6th, 2007 at 10:21 pm
That’s very cool and thanks for the News, very helpful. I hope my MSI 8800GT OC is also equipped with the new fan.
Eddy
December 6th, 2007 at 11:25 pm
[...] get a new reference cooler Bigger fan, quieter operation , and same thickness. LINK "If you want to purchase a 8800GT, just go for it. Because from now on, every reference [...]
December 7th, 2007 at 12:16 am
Nice fan..
December 7th, 2007 at 12:17 am
Nice fan..
Waiting to hit my country
December 7th, 2007 at 12:37 am
[...] permanent manuell auf max rpm gestellt lassen und so die karte h
December 7th, 2007 at 2:27 am
[...] Source: Expreview [...]
December 7th, 2007 at 6:30 am
Seems you guys were mistaken. There’s no change to the reference design. The improved cooler is a Leadtek initiative and has nothing to do with other brands’ shipments.
“According to our sources Nvidia hasn’t changed the reference cooling and doesn’t even plan to do so. Our sources also claim that Expreview.com just managed to get their hands on Leadtek’s own 8800GT design which uses an improved cooler, similar to those we saw on XFX cards a while back.”
http://www.fudzilla.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=4585&Itemid=1
December 7th, 2007 at 2:27 pm
@ yehuda
thanks for the link.
personnally i think NVIDIA denied that they change the cooler is because the new cooler issue certainly hurt the sales of the 8800GT’s first shipment.
not only leadtek, other company also have the exectly the same kind cooler, and that’s another proof for our speculation.
December 7th, 2007 at 9:17 pm
Thanks for the reply jeff. Yes, it makes sense Nvidia would deny the change in the meantime. I hope you’re right and that the new one is really going to replace the current reference cooler among all brands, this is very good news.
December 8th, 2007 at 9:19 am
I can’t say that the fudzilla report is true or false. What I can say is that I do have the new fan and it’s on a EVGA card and not a Leadtek card. http://www.evga.com/forums/fb.asp?m=182098
December 11th, 2007 at 12:16 pm
[...] The did not decide the MSRP yet but we guess the price should around 1699RMB(about 230RMB). Can you notice the bigger fan? We think it is the 2nd version stock fan. [...]
December 14th, 2007 at 4:35 am
I ordered my BFG 8800GT OC2 2 weeks ago. Does that come with the new fan?
December 14th, 2007 at 11:16 am
@ John Mallia
If you got a BFG 8800GT with a new cooler,
please take a picure and let us have a look.
we only find out XFX, EVGA, Leadtek and zotac have 8800GT w/ new cooler in the market.
December 14th, 2007 at 11:17 am
@ John Mallia
I think so.And you can tell me about it.
December 15th, 2007 at 7:47 am
Just grabbed a new BFG at BestBuy.
It has the old fan.
December 16th, 2007 at 8:04 am
Loads of grammatical errors, but thanks anyways.
December 18th, 2007 at 9:31 am
[...] first we find out some 8800GT w/ new cooler in our local market. And we did a little resarch on it and find out the new cooler is nice. Don’t even imagine that the feedback is so much. [...]
January 5th, 2008 at 6:54 pm
I have the new Leadtek PX8800 GT GTB with the new fan. But there’s a big problem: the fan always run at 100%. I tried many programs (Rivatuner, Expertool, ntune…), no one can regulate the fan speed. I’m not the only one with this problem… At full speed the fan is very annoying ;(
@ Expreview which Bios Version has your Leadtek 8800 GT?
January 10th, 2008 at 8:54 pm
I have the same problem as Shaab with my Leadtek GTB and would be grateful for any hints to get this fixed…
January 11th, 2008 at 3:51 pm
I have two Leadtek’s 8800GT with the new fan, and it’s default at 29% and easily changeable with rivatuner, i actually use automatic fan control as it’s much better.
Go to Rivatuner’s registry, under RivaTuner\Fan, set AutoFanSpeedControl to 3, tick the value (the lamp will become yellow).
Restart rivatuner and now you can change the automatic fan control values in Fan Control. i use:
Duty min cycle – 29
Duty max cycle – 100
T min – 55
T range – 26 (use 20 if your case’s airflow is poor, fan will ramp up much faster, not recommended)
T operating – 70
T low limit – 0
T high limit – 80
click Save and tick Apply fan settings at windows startup and you’re done! core operating temp should be 70C and temperature should never go above 72-75C.
Can stress your card with ATITOOL using the Scan for artifacts feature and watch the fan speed in Everest, or in Rivatuner’s monitoring by clicking Setup and adding the plugin ADT7437.dll.
For shaab and lordchaos80: try flashing your card to a different leadtek 8800GT bios, maybe that will fix that.
January 18th, 2008 at 10:07 pm
[...] le prime GT avevano una ventola di un diametro pi
January 21st, 2008 at 9:52 pm
@mastertheknife:
Good for u that u were lucky enough to get flawless cards. However, there was a batch of card distributed in Germany with some kind of hard-wired error inside turning the fan uncontrollable by any software- or bios means. This is not my personal suspicion but what a Leadtek technician told me in an email. He suggested that i better returned those cards to my retailer. I have gone for another option after all and attached the fans of my two cards to headers on my Asus Motherboard. Now I use temp sensors to control their speed via Asus’ Qfan.
Regards, LC80