[review]13 VGA coolers Roundup
Conclusion:
It’s right to say that the Thermalright T-Rad2 is the king among the thirteen VGA coolers. As we know, T-Rad2 will hit shelves in U.S.A in September for $54.95 without fans, its price is high as well. However, it still outperform its former HR-03 GT in terms of performance/price.
The AC Accelero S1 is excellent as well. It has the largest heat-spreading area and features moderate price. In trems of performance/price, it only fails to beat T-Rad2 and outperform all other coolers.
XIGMATEK VD964γAC Twin Turbo and Coolink GFXChilla are excellent products too. So top 5 products all feature dual fan design, and the rank 6 ,the PCCOOLER HP3-851 should also be a good choice because it features the lowest price and moderate performance.
However, as to Thermalright HR-03 GT, it has the highest price but moderate performance. And the ZALMAN GV1000, which has the 2nd highest price, fails to achieve relevant performance.
Editor’s Recommandation:
We finaly recommand Thermalright T-Rad2 and Arctic S1.Rev2.
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September 9th, 2008 at 5:40 pm
Wow, awesome review!!!
September 9th, 2008 at 10:45 pm
Great review, I only miss some noise tests and adding the new Scythe Musashi to this roundup.
September 9th, 2008 at 10:48 pm
Very good review, sorry eXpreview I thought you were late with the AC TwinTurbo review as I thought it will be only one cooler !!
but I must thank you for this great detailed review !!
September 10th, 2008 at 11:46 am
@Xajel
Thank you for your attenton and support~
In fact, the Chinese version of this review counts for 30,000 Chinese characters.
I can just translate small parts of it. I think you can read the Chinese version too!
here is the link(google translate)
http://translate.google.com/translate?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.expreview.com%2Ftopic%2F2008-09-01%2F1220265993d9926.html&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&sl=zh-CN&tl=en
September 10th, 2008 at 3:12 pm
Nice review and nice work kin (must be a little bit boring to change all these coolers…). Glad to see that FurMark is useful for your reviews!
September 12th, 2008 at 2:19 pm
Awesome review! I’m glad that you chose coolers that are relevant to today’s market and are ones that could be found in any person’s set-up.
I was wondering if you could do a comparison between the T-Rad and the AC S1 with each one using two 92mm fans. It would be great to see the results because I’m sure many people who have the AC S1 have it set up with two 92mm fans (including me).
Thanks again!
September 13th, 2008 at 1:34 am
Thermalright did it again! T-Rad2 is the king. I have HR03-GT and now it is time to upgrade
September 13th, 2008 at 3:27 am
Really cool but for me the essentiel is the noise and there is no noice test
September 29th, 2008 at 9:34 am
Good work
go to bay T-Rad2
October 9th, 2008 at 12:21 am
great review thanks a lot. i am using PCCOOLER HP3-851 (sold by IceHammer as IH650) with 2 120mm ZM F3 fans, i have to say its the best price/cooling/noise solution i’ve yet to find. with F3s set on 7v i have virtually noisless setup that cools very well and costs around 40$.
February 7th, 2009 at 11:07 am
It’s a shame the HR-03 Plus was not included. I still use it from my old 3870 to 8800GT and now on my 4870. Beats every other cooler I have tested when installed with a Sharkloon 120mm fan.
And it bested the T-Rad2, so would of been nice to see it being compared to these other coolers.