GeForce 8800 GT Mega Heatsink Roundup

Many of you know that NVIDIA's 8800 GT can run rather hot under load. Our GTs ran at over 90C. That spells disaster in a hot case. Let HardOCP show you the way to cool down that white hot GT while not breaking the bank and getting great performance.
INTRODUCTION
In our previous article we looked at a bunch of heat sinks designed to keep your CPU from going nuclear. Today we are turning our attention to the other furnace in your PC, the video card. As video cards continue to grow more and more complex their hunger for power grows in tandem. At the high end of the spectrum we have video cards that consume more power than a similar high end CPU yet receive a cooling solution significantly smaller. This can result is temperatures that are simply unheard of on the CPU side of the fence which can reach dizzying heights of 95C. It doesn't take a genius to figure out that running your expensive video card at these temperatures can lead to an early death. Additionally, changing the heat sink on your video card can really lower the noise level for those of you that use a PC in the living room.
With less noise and lower temperatures it becomes clear why someone would want to change the heat sink on their video card. But which one to choose? Do you get the one with the fanciest styling? What about the one with the fastest fan? With so many choices available it is easy to get lost in the sea of mediocre coolers. We are here to weed through all the hype and show you which cooler is deserving of your hard earned cash.
The card of choice for our roundup is none other than the NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GT. Offering performance of the more expensive cards at a price many people can swallow, this card is on many enthusiasts’ holiday lists. Since this card is so new many heat sinks out there don't officially offer support for this card yet. But wait! Doesn't it have the same mounting holes as the 7900 series of video cards? You would be correct and we intend to find out which coolers will fit and how well they perform. The best part of the whole deal is that if you have an older video card like a 6600 GT, some of the coolers highlighted today will grow with you as upgrade! No need to spend more cash as you upgrade to a 7-series than 8-series.