The absolute worst chipset cooler in existance...

[tazwegion]

On my travels around the place, I located a TopView VulcanB (3Dfx Banshee chipset) 16Mb AGP card from the now 'defunct' Britex company IT division, being curious I purchased it & on getting the card home I gave it a thorough going over only to discover to my distaste...

1. No thermal compound between cooler & 3Dfx chipset

2. The most abysmal looking chipset cooler to have ever crossed my path, quite simply a steel plate

It is/was merely a mounting point for the 40mm fan (thankfully BB design) even the cruddiest chipset sink's have that spiky contoured aluminium surface :roll: oh well I just thought I'd share

BTW for point of interest, I replaced it with a less abysmal unit and added a passive (former VXproII) NB sink to the backside of the GPU, this configuration should be more than adequate for this particular cards modest requirements :aok:

 

[Tea]

Eeek! It's touched a VX Pro! It's probably got girl germs. Wash your hands with soap and water!

 

[ddrueding]

VX Pro cooties?

 

[tazwegion]

LMAO :lol: it most likely has, even worse it was from a PC Chips variant (Elpina) M571 to be precise, not a bad board till it ultimately died

I expected to cop flack over the fact that the GPU chipset was '3Dfx Banshee' more than anything :roll: :lol:

 

[tazwegion]

I suppose there was always the SiS 530 passive NB sink I could've used but alas... it was green :roll: :lol: