gfx card: recommendation for Germany - Page 2

SUBMAN1 · 06-13-06, 03:08 PM

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Originally Posted by Skybird

Found this. Beats your models both in noise and temp. Scroll down, there are two graphics.

http://www.dirkvader.de/frame.php?si...e%2Fvf700.html

Interesting - but I question their test setups since that is opposite of every other review I have read on the VF700.

-S

SUBMAN1 · 06-13-06, 03:12 PM

Take a look at this - done in a sound room:

This is a recording so you can listen to the Artic Cooler, the Thermalright and the Zalman VF700 and 900. Listen to each one and see what sounds better. They put a recording up. You would be interested in the 12 volt setting. To do 7 volts is putting a load on your PSU. TO do 5 volts is probably not adequate cooling for what you want to use it for.

-S

http://www.silentpcreview.com/article612-page8.html

PS. Zalmans latest offerings all seem pretty quiet - so the are fixing there problems and catching up. The Thermalright will have the best cooling capability. THe Arctic Cooler is the quietest of the bunch, but not by much anymore it would seem.

SUBMAN1 · 06-13-06, 03:21 PM

One more thing I forgot to mention - the Arctic Cooler has an advantage in that it will keep your case cooler - it exhausts the hot video card heat out the back of your case where the Thermalright and Zalman leave it inside your case.

This will allow you to install some Nexus low RPM fans to get the noise down to silence since the only real heat to exhaust outside of this is CPU heat.

Just some thoughts to add to your purchase thoughts.

One more thing - the THermalright is complicated to install - I hear it takes an hour.

THe Arctic Cooler however takes only about 10 to 15 minutes.

-S

porphy · 06-13-06, 04:05 PM

Arctic cooling is nice. I put one on my Leadtek 6800GT and the difference from stock cooler was really noticeable. Only thing I regret is that it took me one year before I acctualy changed the fan. I didn't think difference would be that big.

Cheers Porphy

SUBMAN1 · 06-13-06, 05:02 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by porphy

Arctic cooling is nice. I put one on my Leadtek 6800GT and the difference from stock cooler was really noticeable. Only thing I regret is that it took me one year before I acctualy changed the fan. I didn't think difference would be that big.

Cheers Porphy

My thoughts exactly when I did it. I wish I had done it sooner!

-S

06-13-06, 03:12 PM	#17
SUBMAN1 Rear Admiral Join Date: Apr 2005 Posts: 11,866 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Take a look at this - done in a sound room: This is a recording so you can listen to the Artic Cooler, the Thermalright and the Zalman VF700 and 900. Listen to each one and see what sounds better. They put a recording up. You would be interested in the 12 volt setting. To do 7 volts is putting a load on your PSU. TO do 5 volts is probably not adequate cooling for what you want to use it for. -S http://www.silentpcreview.com/article612-page8.html PS. Zalmans latest offerings all seem pretty quiet - so the are fixing there problems and catching up. The Thermalright will have the best cooling capability. THe Arctic Cooler is the quietest of the bunch, but not by much anymore it would seem. __________________ Last edited by SUBMAN1; 06-13-06 at 03:15 PM.

06-13-06, 03:21 PM	#18
SUBMAN1 Rear Admiral Join Date: Apr 2005 Posts: 11,866 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	One more thing I forgot to mention - the Arctic Cooler has an advantage in that it will keep your case cooler - it exhausts the hot video card heat out the back of your case where the Thermalright and Zalman leave it inside your case. This will allow you to install some Nexus low RPM fans to get the noise down to silence since the only real heat to exhaust outside of this is CPU heat. Just some thoughts to add to your purchase thoughts. One more thing - the THermalright is complicated to install - I hear it takes an hour. THe Arctic Cooler however takes only about 10 to 15 minutes. -S __________________

06-13-06, 04:05 PM	#19
porphy Commodore Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Sweden Posts: 603 Downloads: 4 Uploads: 0	Arctic cooling is nice. I put one on my Leadtek 6800GT and the difference from stock cooler was really noticeable. Only thing I regret is that it took me one year before I acctualy changed the fan. I didn't think difference would be that big. Cheers Porphy __________________ "The only remedy for madness is the innocence of facts." O. Mirbeu "A paranoid is simply someone in possession of all the facts." W. B.