7970M heatsink modification.

[long2905]

Either stack them up or find one with the appropriate thickness. Just make sure everything get in contact.

[pau1ow]

That could work Tanyrhiew but just makes things more difficult than they already are You need to try out I suppose with laying the card down on the heatsink and see where you need to add/remove thickness. If you can't, then just get the 5870 heatsink

[ViciousXUSMC]

That could work Tanyrhiew but just makes things more difficult than they already are You need to try out I suppose with laying the card down on the heatsink and see where you need to add/remove thickness. If you can't, then just get the 5870 heatsink

Or just use the industrial size tube of IC Diamond

Yeah it will be messy and lets hope to god you dont ever have to take it off and re-paste but that stuff transfers way better than thermal pads and is not conductive so you can just make a thermal paste sandwich and know everything is well contacted.

[ryzeki]

Or just use the industrial size tube of IC Diamond

Yeah it will be messy and lets hope to god you dont ever have to take it off and re-paste but that stuff transfers way better than thermal pads and is not conductive so you can just make a thermal paste sandwich and know everything is well contacted.

Ok this is just awesome xD Thermal paste sandwich ftw.

[Tanyrhiew]

Thanks for the tips guys!

Obviously, using a 5870 heatsink is the preferred option but sourcing one in the UK is the challenge!

Obtaining the 7970m is another - who do you folks suggest?

[irfan wikaputra]

hellow guys, just got my gt 60
planning to buy a 7970m soon

[pau1ow]

Yep I am - I manually set the fans to 100percent for the vantage test - the 3dmark11 test has been done with the normal profile though. Also something really interestin there is that I slightly bumped the clocks (903/1330), ran vantage with my power meter hooked up and I remember my 580m o/c was like between 175 and 200w during the 1st test while the 7970m slightly o/c stays between 130w and 146w peak during this same test - WOW

For clarification, this test has been done with a 7970@903/1330 and 580@840/1680/1995 with 0.92v vbios so I can confirm at this point that the 7970m power consumption was about 30-50w lesser than the 580M's in this configuration.

He's saying the 7970M equipped system draws 40-50W less than the exact same one with the 580M installed. Really?

I have to question why anyone would believe that is completely accurate.

If you don't believe, just ask :/

Limits have been reached overclocking wise - temps now have really been down so nothing to say, this card is beyond my expectation:

>>>7970M O/C 984/1500 (with cooler boost)

AMD Radeon HD 7970M video card benchmark result - Intel Core i7-2720QM Processor,Micro-Star International Co., Ltd. MS-16F2 score: P22591 3DMarks


AMD Radeon HD 7970M video card benchmark result - Intel Core i7-2720QM Processor,Micro-Star International Co., Ltd. MS-16F2 score: P6632 3DMarks

[Tim4]

+rep!!! Nice benchmarks!

[DR650SE]

Nice benches! Can't wait to get a pair of thse for my R2

[pau1ow]

I do have a pair of them, but unfortunately don't have the right machine for them