Thanks for this article, I found this and did it after my stock fan died (except I cut out the original shroud instead of using cardboard with a dremel)It runs cooler than it did brand new!

I've changed it like you described it and it works great. on load I get 70-72'C!! instead of 85-88'C thanks!

You can see the pictures of how I did here http://i4memory.com/f22/zalman-vf1000-4789/#post101276

I have 2 8800 GT setup in SLi mode, My friend came across this post when we were looking for cooling aftermarket cooling solutions for Grfx cards. Well to make along story short I spun off this Dudes idea but added a lil sumtin to it, I used to 80 mm fans, I took pictures for reference. I got home from Wholesale Computer supply at approx. 5:30 PM and I have just now completed the procedure to where it works flawlessly. I did however do something else a lil different with the fan setup. Like I said I used 2 80 mm fans but went a lil further and decided that I would leave the stock fan inside because when I got to looking at the way the blades were setup they are just designed to push the air strait trough the heat sink fins so I figured that I would set the fan over top of it pushing air onto it and the other fan directing heat out or if You would rather use the term exaust well do. My temps are phenominal and there is a huge difference, My buddy was thinking it might be a lil' bit of an air conflict at first but I decided to give it a try and Im glad I did but I owe My buddy alot of thanks cause He helped Me out the whole way through even though we are states apart We was using Yahoo Mssngr and Video Cam. My cards came OC'ed stock from BFG core 625 and shader 1566. My Pc was always shutting down on Me during gameplay on My COD4 server so last night I finally figured I had enough and I was gonna do something about it and tonight I did just that, I personally reccomend any1 trying this to take Your time bro and dont be stupid like Me and run drill bits through Your fingers and forget to make the holes big enough cause 1 u start cutton on the shroud it looses integrity and flexes and there were a few times I had to take the dang things back out and remove the shrouds and do some more cuttin'. I also reccomend that if You got a air compressor and a die grinder to use it instead of a dremmel, much faster ;) Temps are 43 C at idle now I will come back and report what they are in game. Hope this helps somebody decide if they wanna do this or not Later On Dudes!

i have XFX 8800gt alpha dog 512mb xxx edition gfx card.. i use a table fan with my case open because of various reasons: It cools 1.motherboard (NB/SB) 2.CPU 3.RAM 4.GPU-Here is the Problem 4.:the Shroud on my XFX 8800gt doesnt let Table fan's air into the heatsink and so it renders my tabletop cooling soln. useless.. SO, HOW TO REMOVE SHROUD ON XFX 8800GT ALPHA DOG XXX?

بالتأكيد That was great! And thankyou for your hard work, I too think that was too much thermal paste ^__^ , in the link, you'll see what we meant. http://xs224.xs.to/xs224/08061/instrct_tim426.jpg it's of a cpu but you get the idea... oh, you need to press down and twist a little on the heatsink to spread it well and move out any air.

Your picture on page 3 shows you're using too much thermal compound on the GPU. It should be applied much thinner, the edge of a razor blade is a good tool for doing this. Mark