speedy2721

How would the Xigmatek Battle-Axe do vs stock cooling on my 4850. I can get them at $15 each so would it be worth it over my stock cooling (both my cards use non-reference cooling).

corky dorkelson

I had always heard it performed similarly to the duorb. I tried to get one, but the availability has always been limited. If you can get them for $15, I say GO FOR IT. My duorb keeps my 4850 nice and chilly (50C load clocked at 700 core) so I would say under 60C on the battle axe is the WORST case scenario.

EDIT - I don't think you can use 2 of these in crossfire.

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Pao

Don't forget that Battle-Axes are HUGE!

I think they take up two additional bays besides the one the card is in!

Josh81

i heard battle axes had a huge design flaw

only like 2 of the heatpipes are on the GPU die because the die is so small

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speedy2721

Oh wow those are to big then, my board only has one space between the two PICE slots, so I guess those won't work then.

Thanks everyone for the help, +rep to everyone.

Swiftes

It is a great cooler, but Du-Orb would be your best bet for bang for buck!

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Pao

I hadn't heard that before. Even if that's true though they did something right, because it still gets impressive numbers, even more so due to the fact that for a very long time you could get them for like $20 from MicroCenter when they were still being made.

speedy2721

Would I be able to use one of these on the bottom card and another cooler on the top? If so what cooler is good and is two slots max?

chadamir

I put one on my 4830 and I actually got worse temps than the stock cooler but my card isnt a reference design so who knows.