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After removing the stock cooling on my ATI Radeon HD 5970, I discovered the heatsink doesn't properly touch the chips with the stock thermal pads removed. The manufacturer relied on the fact that the thermal pads provide chip height; when removed, the chips are too short.

Because of this, I'm looking for an aftermarket cooling solution for the 5970 card. (This will allow me to apply better thermal paste.) The dual GPU nature of this card rules out most generics. In fact, all I could find was the out-of-stock and discontinued Arctic Cooling Accelero XTREME 5970 VGA Cooler.

Are there any (available) custom cooling solutions for the ATI Radeon HD 5970? (I live in the US.)

Updated: The Artic Cooling Accelero Xtreme Plus/Universal product is not applicable in this case (It was universal back in the day, before the dual GPU cards came out.)

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Looks like Amazon UK had a few lying around, so I nabbed one before they disappeared.

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A lot of companies make dual gpu coolers. Gigabyte, Zalman's, Thermatake, etc etc. Which one to recommend? That' tough one cause there aren't extensive benchmarks. Probably more important is who I would choose as a retailer cause you want a generous return policy in case of physical layout incompatibilities. But to recommend a retailer, we need to figure out what country you live in.

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I checked Zalman, Thermaltake, and Gigabyte. None appear to make dual-GPU coolers. – Rafael Rivera Jul 1 '11 at 21:22
Well, AFAIK the 5970 you linked to is a Sapphire, which it uses a reference design. That makes it pretty easy. Oddly enough, the first hit on Bing was your Artic Coolers, shipped straight from the manufacturer. aerocooler.com/shop.cart?action=ITEM&prod_id=FANAC5970 – surfasb Jul 1 '11 at 21:44
... which is 'not available'. And none of the manuf. you suggested make coolers for reference or otherwise any dual GPU design. – Rafael Rivera Jul 1 '11 at 22:01
Psh, since you downvoted, good luck finding them. – surfasb Jul 1 '11 at 22:34
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Wasn't anything personal. I downvoted because you didn't bother to fact check. You suggested companies that don't make dual-gpu coolers and then linked me to a retailer that doesn't sell the cooler anymore. You're too quick to answer. – Rafael Rivera Jul 1 '11 at 22:37
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