Great news for Waterchill users wanting to upgrade !

[dbates]

Just wanted to get this 'on the record' - I used to Waterchill my Radeon 9800XT with the standard GPU block. Then when I went PCIE I moved to a BFG7800GT OC and there wasn't a lot of information around about whether the block would fit on... Sure enough, when I took the HS&F off, it had tiny holes which weren't in the right place , although I eventually CNC'd a holding plate which worked fine.

However, for various reasons I upgraded to an EVGA 7900GS this week, and when I took the heatsink off that - CELEBRATION ! They have added additional large holes alongside the standard small NVIDIA ones. :worship:

Pictures to come, although it was night-time so they are a little blurry!

 

[FragTek]

Very good news, they must have had some comlaints about the mounting systems being different and decided to add the secondary mounting holes for backwards compatibility reasons perhaps?

 

[dbates]

Yes, I expect so - I wasn't exactly pleased when I got the heatsink off my 7800! Especially as I'd tried to determine beforehand whether it would fit, and consistent information just didn't seem to be available, even from Asetek.

 

[dbates]

Here we go:

Spot the extra holes !