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| 4.09 inches | | Product Height:
| 2.28 inches | | Product Weight:
| 1.52 pounds | | Package Length:
| 11.5 inches | | Package Width:
| 4.4 inches | | Package Height:
| 2.5 inches | | Package Weight:
| 1.9 pounds | | Average Customer Rating:
|  based on 7 reviews |
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4 of 4 found the following review helpful:
 Overpriced but effective.Aug 11, 2010
By A. Hallmark
"Zerghumper"
The Search
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My cards stock cooler recently died, leading me to believe my card was dead along with it.
After a bit of research I discovered that with the 5970 there were two methods of cooling that don't
involve using the stock cooler:
1. Watercooling, which is the most effective solution, but is also incredibly expensive, just
the waterblock for the 5970 costs nearly $200!
2. Arctic Cooling's 5970 cooler. This one is not as effective as watercooling, but
is obviously much more affordable.
After deciding to replace the stock cooler with the Accelero Xtreme (Xs for letters are so 1990!)
I was pleasantly surprised with how effective the cooling was, but even more so with how much quieter the cooler was.
The Results
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All results were measured using GPU-Z
with a room temperature of 21c.
XFX 5970 stock settings.
-Average Temps at 38% fan speed: 38c-41c at idle.
-Noise level at 38% fan speed: small car motor.
-Average Temps at 50% fan speed: 60c-66c at high load.
-Noise level at 50% fan speed: Vacuum cleaner next to ear.
Arctic Cooling Accelero XTREME 5970 VGA Cooler
My fan always runs at 80%
-Average idle Temps: 28-31c
-Average load Temps: 56-60c
-Noise level at 80% fan speed: inaudible over my case fans.
While the cooling performance at load isn't substantially lower than
the stock cooler, its the quieter performance that really makes me like
this cooler. Obviously without using proper tools my noise analysis is very
subjective, but the noise difference from the stock cooler is very substantial.
Conclusion
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While I still believe the cooler should be sold at closer to $50-60 instead of its current
price, I will say that if your looking to get cooler temps, and more importantly a quieter cooler
than you certainly can't go wrong with the Arctic Cooling Accelero XTREME 5970 VGA Cooler.
Definitely recommended!
Bonus: Arctic Cooling Accelero XTREME 5970 VGA Cooler Installation Guide!
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I take no responsibility for any damage caused to your card by using this guide, I'm just going
to post how I successfully installed the cooler without damaging the card so others can get an idea
of how not to kill their DVI ports.
*Step 1:
Remove the screws and the X-plates (2 X-shaped metal braces above cores) from your card.
Make sure to unscrew the X-plate in a diagonal pattern.
*Step 2:
Carefully sit the backplate and stock cooler aside, and turn the card over so you can see
the two cores, all the circuits and the memory chips.
*Step 3:
Following the included instructions, wipe any residual cooling paste off the cores, and place
the thermal pads on all the indicated memory chips and circuitry. Make sure to screw in the
included memory heatsink as indicated.
*Step 4:
Place the new cooler over the cores making sure to line it up properly. Flip the card over and
place the backplate back on.
*Step 5:
Carefully replace all the backplate screws.
Fully tighten all the screws except for the X-plate screws, do these last.
*Step 6:
Add both X-plate bracers back to their appropriate spots, and GENTLY screw in each screw in a diagonal
pattern being sure to only give each screw about 3-4 gentle twists, you only want these screws at about
50% of their original tightness DO NOT OVER-SCREW! If you over-screw your card will be damaged! This extra strain
is what is killing the DVI ports.
At this point you should be finished, just be gentle when handling the card, and do not hold it just by the heatsink or backplate.
Hope this helps someone!
Monster !!!!Jan 11, 2011
By abdulilah M. Al-Nabulsi
It is one of the best cooler you might had .
High efficiency , Noise level is very minimal -not sensible - ,Fly with O.C freely .
you can reach 1000 Mhz for GPU core easily with temp less than 75 C in max which is really impressed me.
I strongly recommend this product - but be careful in installation -
Fine Product but PriceyNov 24, 2010
By Mike
Before purchasing I read several postings saying there was risk of graphics card damage. Heeded those postings, purchased the product and installed carefully. I had no problems and installation was not difficult. The cooler cools very well and is exceptionally quiet. I have had it running for about 4 months with no problems.
Only negative would be the price, a bit high, but didn't ding it any stars.
Installed flawlessly. Did not damage card.Oct 26, 2010
By Jonathan Burgess
"Tamer"
I had no problems at all with installing this heat sink onto my video card. While it was my first time installing a heat sink onto a video card, I have installed tons of after-market heat sinks onto CPUs. This by far was one of the easiest surprisingly.
I'm not sure how it could damage your video card's DVI port. No part of it comes even close to touching it.
Nice cool and quietSep 07, 2010
By Blur
Before I bought this cooler my 5970 was running hot, about 50+ on idle and reached 92 full load playing games, after I installed the cooler, my idle temps dropped to about 32C and full load playing the same games 67-70c. Def worth the money.
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