Conclusion
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Finally a picture of the card and product mounted on the motherboard. We can see that it points out a bit and you will loose a PCI slot or whatever slot is closest to the PCI-E when you have mounted it.
Testing:
Intel P4 3,8 Ghz 800mhz
MSI 955X Platinum
MSI 7800 GTX
A-data DDR2
Maxtor 80Gb 7200 RPM
OCZ Powerstream 520W
Idle temperatures were taken while running windows and full temperatures were taken while running gaming loops. Ambient temperature was 22C while testing and temperatures were taken from the internal sensor and shown through Nvidia driver software.
Stock speed:
At stock speeds as most people run we can see there is a big difference temperature wise. What I noticed most though was the noise difference, this Zalman cooler has a bigger fan which runs quieter even at higher speeds. All temperatures were taken while running the fan on minimum speed so we could barely hear it.
Overclocked:
We raised the Core with 100MHz and the memory with 50MHz to see what kind of results we could expect from this cooler. I want to remind you that ambient temperature was quite high when we tested this hardware so the results are a bit higher than normal. We can still see though that the Zalman cooler really crushes the stock cooler in performance and also in noise as we already mentioned.
Conclusion:
The numbers really show that this is a great product, and I can admit that the noise is ALOT lower than on a stock cooler. That is what I expected but I also saw a huge performance difference and with a lower temperature on the card you get more stability and a bit more overclocking potential. Zalman has made it again with this new GPU cooler and I want to give it 5 out of 5 and our editors choice award. Why you say? Because this is an awesome addition to your quiet case or if you just want to be able to overclock a bit more and be able to run a stable computer. I said before that the temperatures were taken in quiet mode with the RPM at the lowest possible, if you want even better performance just twist the knob on the fan controller.
Pros:
+ Great performance
+ Fan controller
+ Quiet
+ Easy to mount
+ Fits most cards
Cons:
- None this far
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