Can I change GPU cooler?

[Overkilled]

Now that I've got my new monitor I'm looking for more horsepower than my 970, since my monitor is freesync I've been looking at amd's offerings. Specifically the 390x and the fury. My 970 HoF has just about the sexiest cooler money can buy if I did go with something from amd (the fury for example) would it be possible install the cooler from my old card?

[SinisterHumanoid]

No. The coolers are made specifically for that model of card. Some cards can't even exchange coolers with the same line of card if it's a different model.

[UnlimitedTMD]

the headsink is probably in another place, just like the VRAM

[Weak1ings]

The answer is:  "Not Really," if the screws matchup you would also have to find a way to make the heatsink contact everything it needs to which is a rather hard concept.  I would suggest waiting for the next gen of GPUs too, if you can anyways.

[Overkilled]

No. The coolers are made specifically for that model of card. Some cards can't even exchange coolers with the same line of card if it's a different model.

The 970, 980 and 980ti HoF use the same coolers...

[rjfaber91]

Now that I've got my new monitor I'm looking for more horsepower than my 970, since my monitor is freesync I've been looking at amd's offerings. Specifically the 390x and the fury. My 970 HoF has just about the sexiest cooler money can buy if I did go with something from amd (the fury for example) would it be possible install the cooler from my old card?

 

In theory, you could. In reality, it's incredibly likely not to work, or at the very least require a prohibitive amount of modding, and even then you might still end up with a card that looks rather ghetto...

[Overkilled]

[Interfectorem]

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Those have completely different  dimensions, not to mention the four mounting holes around the GPUs are most likely not the same. You would need an extensive amount of modding.

[Majestic]

You're going to "upgrade" from a 970 to a 390X? What's that gonna do... Just overclock that HOF 970..

[Numbafieve]

yah there is no way that will work.  If you look at the RAM chips around the die on the 970 and how the VRM is completely different.  The only thing i could think of is using the metal portion of the heat sync from whatever version of 390x it is and then taking the plastic and fan portion off of the 970 and somehow jury rigging it onto the 390x, probably wont fit though.

[Majestic]

Just read your other topic, and you won't get more FPS in GTA 5 with a 390X. In fact, since that game is so CPU-limited, going for an AMD card, which loads up even more CPU stress due to the overhead in the drivers, will result in 0 net-gain or more likely a loss in framerate.

 

http://pclab.pl/zdjecia/artykuly/chaostheory/2015/12/gfx_sapphire_fury/charts/oc/gta5w_1920vh.png

http://pclab.pl/zdjecia/artykuly/chaostheory/2015/12/gfx_sapphire_fury/charts/oc/gta5w_2560vh.png

 

Overclock that 4690K to 4.5ghz or more to get more fps in GTA 5.

[Lawliet93]

Just read your other topic, and you won't get more FPS in GTA 5 with a 390X. In fact, since that game is so CPU-limited, going for an AMD card, which loads up even more CPU stress due to the overhead in the drivers, will result in 0 net-gain or more likely a loss in framerate.

 

http://pclab.pl/zdjecia/artykuly/chaostheory/2015/12/gfx_sapphire_fury/charts/oc/gta5w_1920vh.png

http://pclab.pl/zdjecia/artykuly/chaostheory/2015/12/gfx_sapphire_fury/charts/oc/gta5w_2560vh.png

 

Overclock that 4690K to 4.5ghz or more to get more fps in GTA 5.

 

Don´t you dare using that polish rubbish... look at those charts... gtx 970 beating the r9 fury x...really? They are well known for being on the nvidia side.

 

P.S.: I don´t have anything against Poland, I´m also of an Slavic descend.

[Majestic]

Don´t you dare using that polish rubbish... look at those charts... gtx 970 beating the r9 fury x...really? They are well known for being on the nvidia side.

 

P.S.: I don´t have anything against Poland, I´m also of an Slavic descend.

 

Yes, it's a very CPU heavy game. It's very consistent with the theory, AMD's drivers having more CPU overhead (empirically proven). 

It would make sense at 1080p, not the most demanding resolution, that you'd hit a CPU bottleneck earlier than on the Nvidia cards.

 

Either explain why it's wrong, or don't comment.

 

This is not the same as accusing Logan from Teksyndicate for doing the exact opposite, because you can criticise him for the test scenario he used. 

 

Same test btw;

http://pclab.pl/zdjecia/artykuly/chaostheory/2015/12/gfx_sapphire_fury/charts/oc/w3f_1920u.png

 

In a not-so-cpu-heavy game. Again, PCLAB.pl has the highest internal consistency, next to DigitalFoundry. All their results make sense.