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Just finished istalling this Zalman's new cooler for Radeon 58xx-series.
Installation was easy and everything gone well cause system started fine.
First i started testing this new cooler with MSI Afterburner's Kombustor, also
known as Furmark. After 5minutes i couldnt believe how this cooler works.
I almost lost my mind when i saw this... (Sorry for the huge pic :( )
http://i882.photobucket.com/albums/a...g?t=1274797175
what about a pic of the cooler on the card?
Yeah I'd say that does an incredibly good job. On water at 910MHz/1200MHz/1.17v (still overclocking) with my EK block mine will be around 37*C load on the core, and around 45-50*C on the VRMs. Very impressive for air cooling for sure.
Looking good but i'm afraid it won't hold up like that after you raise Volts. Would love to see though. So far very nice temps for air cooling. :up:
Here pic of the card feat VF3000:
http://i882.photobucket.com/albums/a...g?t=1274808446
Pic of the test system:
http://i882.photobucket.com/albums/a...g?t=1274808835
Test with card overclocked 1000MHz 1.25v:
http://i882.photobucket.com/albums/a...g?t=1274808533
Easily passed Vantage with 1050MHz 1.275v, need to find max for this card with this cooler..
wow that hs is massive, is it dual or triple slot?
Triple Slot.Quote:
Originally Posted by Computurd
Here some quick Vantage, my personal best so far with aircooling!:clap:
http://i882.photobucket.com/albums/a...g?t=1274811328
very nice.. how loud is it compared to the stock cooler? only 20C hotter than decent water, so if it is fairly quiet, what a great choice, if it is loud, then, well, pick your poison. lol
Zalman includes Fan Mate 2 on package, havent eyt tested with it but i can say that at full speed this is almost same loud as stock cooler @ 100%!
I might test this with Fan Mate at low speed, but as i readed before from some asian website, temps drop only couple celcius from max to lowest..
So what are the real temp drop #s compared to stock cooling at same loads?
Also, will this cooler installed take up the same room as the stock refernce card when installed? Just asking b/c I run two 5850s in CF.
Thanks
@ what room temperature is that? Very impressive indeed.
My card was unable to keep core temp under 92c (card's max before throthle)Quote:
Originally Posted by Frogeye
on furmark with stock cooler and with AC Accelero TT Pro so theoreticaly
difference is about 47c with stock clocks. Think about that. TT Pro's cooling
cababilty was just too low for my card, even stock cooler worked better than it.
Card takes three slots but i think cf feat vf3000 will fit on most mobos(?).
I must say that was best spent 45€ of the year!:yepp:
Room temp about 25c right now, same while benched.Quote:
Originally Posted by Associated
Here result with fan 50% (~1200rpm), at this point cooler is almost unheardable!
Difference between 100% (~2500rpm) and 50% only 5 celcius (GPU)!
http://i882.photobucket.com/albums/a...g?t=1274816861
wow impressive results for air on that card, great work!
Very nice results, but I beg to differ about the TT Pro - I run two on my 5850 CFX at 925/1200 (1.225v), and the GPUs stay in the mid 60s under full load, and vrms stay <75c in any game I throw at it. This is while it's nearly silent too.
What about inside a case? Items on an open bench get oddles of free airflow.
Guru3d has a review of the nVidia version of this. It doesn't compare it to other coolers other than the stock one though.
http://www.guru3d.com/article/zalman-vf3000n-review/1
Yeah, my TTPs are running inside a V2000, with a 120mm fan blowing fresh air on them. However, exhaust is very poor.
That's my big question. Furmark with cards at 850/1140 1.087v peaks around 73c on top card and 76c on bottom card. If they would fit in my crosshair III, I likey.
:up::up: very cool.....Quote:
Originally Posted by Asmola
this max i can do with stock HSF with FAN 100 % :ROTF:
http://img694.imageshack.us/img694/4909/10501325.jpg
So I have a thermaltake mx armor + it's a big mid sized case. The bottom gpu slot of my crosshair III is basically about with card installed has about a 1 1/2 inch gap from the bottom of the card to the metal case.
Here are the dimensions on the VF3000
Dimensions 239(L) x 98(W) x 51(H)mm
I'm guessing those are the dimensions of the cooler only and not installed on the card.
Time to break out the ruler. I'm curious can you tell?
The slots of your case are about 20mm apart, you do the math ;)
Nice results from this Zalman, I wonder how it compares to the Zerotherm Coolmaxx 3000, that's a dual slot aftermarket cooler for those who don't know it...
Nice results but not many ppl use open air setups...
Would like to see in case results...
with xtreme burn mode. :D
Its a great sink, I'm using the prolimatech Mk13 myself and am getting around 45C load with 1.3v 1050Mhz with SILENT fans, 2x92mm antec's,
the ones with low/med/high fan option and the difference between high and loud(but WAY quieter than the stock fan on 100%, way way quieter) and low
is only about 2-3C, just not worth it.
I was using mine with a Thermalright VRM cooler, which just barely fitted with the heatsink alongside a IFX-14, the cpu sink had to be tilted just right or the gpu
+thermalright heatsink wouldn't slot in.
I've since added a second card for crossfire, the thermalright heatsink had to go as the essentially triple slot fans + prolimatech blocked the 2nd 16x slot on the Crosshair.
I moved the proli 5850 down to the 16x slot and put the new Asus CU 5850(only one I could get with voltage control) in the first slot and theres a decent clearance.
I'm not sure the Zalman would be any better space wise on the Crosshair. Would be great if a set of jumpers could change the 16x slots to whichever ones you want,
got bags of room in the bottom of my Armour + so having it in the 1st/4th slot would be best.
I've seen other tests and all show a good 30-40C drop from stock sink with silent cooling using the Zalman, Prolimatech or the Spitfire. Zalmans the cheapest but prolimatech
the most chance to be compatible with future cards(if it works with my next 2 cards it will mean great silent cooling on 3 cards from release, for £15 a card which is great.
what is your gaming config ? Voltages? 1.3?
I run my cards @ 1.187v for a 900/1140 oc.
I'd like to get them at 1 ghz for gaming but I don't want to damage anything.
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Originally Posted by drunkenmaster
Very impressive. So far the only place in Canada I've found shipping them is Newegg. Waiting for NCIX to get them in... They are fairly priced for the performance they provide and the fact they may even work with future cards is encouraging ( unlike full cover water blocks ) My 5870 needs fair bit of voltage and as a result the stock cooler can get a bit louder than I like so this would be an solid option. Ive been worried about VRM temps on everything released so far but based on your info, it appears this cooler actually does better than the stock design in all regards :up:
Damn you, I barely get over 19k GPU score on my 5870.....
yeah thats nice but its way to big. My mcw60 which has lasted me through three different gpu's so far and many more to come keeps my card at 23-25 idle and 29-32 max load on the cores with a 920 do in the loop as well vrms stay at about 50 with a fan this is a 5850 btw.