Testing

Methodology

Testing a GPU cooler involves taking the temperature of the graphics processor when in different states. First the cooler is attached using the supplied heatpaste and temperatures are taken of the GPU when it is at idle and at full load. We then remove the cooler and replace it, this time using Arctic Silver 5 heat paste and retake the temperatures.

For "Idle" state, we leave the pc at the desktop with no applications running. After 30 minutes the temperature is taken. For load, we ran our heaviest Crysis benchmark (poor 6600GT) for 30 minutes, and then retook the temperature.

All temperatures are in degrees C and were taken using Rivatuner.

The PC used to test this cooler was as follows:

Processor	Intel Core 2 Duo E6750 @ 3.2 GHZ
Motherboard	Gigabyte P35T-DQ6 rev. 1.0
RAM	Crucial DDR3 12800 2GB @ 1600 MHZ
HDD	Maxtor DiamondMax 20 80GB SATA
Power supply	Spire Rocketeer 600w
Graphics Card	Leadtek 6600GT
OS	Windows XP Pro x86
Graphics Driver	169.21

All results were compared to those of the cooler I have had mounted on the old 6600 for yonks, the Jetart VC3600 Vcool.

Results