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is it possible to put a R9 290x cooler on a EVGA SC GTX 980Ti?
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Sapphire don't do nvidia GPU coolers. That said is there any way that i can get that sapphire Tri-x oc to fix on my evga SC 980Ti?
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No. The cooler not only needs to touch the GPU chip itself, but also the VRMs and Ram chips. These are all in different places. You might get that cooler to work on other 390s or 290s, but I doubt it would even work on a 270X, let alone an Nvidia card. Nothing would line up right.
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Dude I've customised alot of GPUs i know what I'm doing. And you can't brick a GPU by taking off a cooler.
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But you can "brick" a GPU by strapping on a bad/wrong cooler. One crushed cap, or one VRM that doesn't make proper contact and the GPU is "bricked". (meaning not working.) I would for sure buy a cooler that will work with your card.
FYI, I'm not sure there are any tri fan coolers for the 980 or 1080. They don't run very hot and the only maker of a tri cooler I can think of is Gigabyte which last I looked doesn't make Nvidia cards anymore. A dual fan cooler should still work good. Perhaps find a good reference cooler and then buy a broken card off of ebay for the cooler.
Edit: Turns out I'm wrong, Gigabyte does make Nvidia cards, and there are 3 fan coolers for the 980.
https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=9SIAD6H5FY5713
TBH though I'm not sure these are any better than the cooler you have already.
FYI, I'm not sure there are any tri fan coolers for the 980 or 1080. They don't run very hot and the only maker of a tri cooler I can think of is Gigabyte which last I looked doesn't make Nvidia cards anymore. A dual fan cooler should still work good. Perhaps find a good reference cooler and then buy a broken card off of ebay for the cooler.
Edit: Turns out I'm wrong, Gigabyte does make Nvidia cards, and there are 3 fan coolers for the 980.
https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=9SIAD6H5FY5713
TBH though I'm not sure these are any better than the cooler you have already.
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