[HardwareZone] Trinity of Fans - Galaxy GeForce GTX 285 OC with AC Edition review - Overclock.net

sodaholic134 · 07-02-09

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Heat is one of the biggest obstacles that man has to combat in his never-ending quest for faster computer hardware. Overclocking processors to run faster requires extreme cooling techniques, which is why professional overclockers at competitions turn to liquid nitrogen that has an intense cooling effect with temperatures of about -200 degrees Celsius.

Graphics processing units (GPUs) are no different. The latest GeForce GTX 200 series of cards from NVIDIA are blazing fast, but they are also equally hot. NVIDIA's fastest single GPU, the GeForce GTX 285, is easily capable of reaching temperatures in excess of 80 degrees Celsius at its core when placed under a heavy load.

And while 80 degrees Celsius might still be considered safe by NVIDIA's standards (105 degrees Celsius is NVIDIA's maximum threshold), heat, in general, is not good for a system's well-being. We have mentioned about the inadequacy of NVIDIA's reference cooler ad nauseam but to date, they have yet to improve upon the reference cooler that they've been sticking on all their GeForce GTX 200 class of cards.

Fortunately, NVIDIA's partners have taken things into their own hands. Palit started the ball rolling with their GeForce GTX 260 Sonic 216 SP. Soon other vendors started following suit with their own designs and others with cooling solutions from third party cooler specialists. Galaxy has taken the latter route and has turned to cooling experts Arctic Cooling in a bid to keep its top GeForce GTX 285 chilled.

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Guess it's not SLI compatible with that huge cooler. Love the overclockability, though.

the_milk_man · 07-03-09

jeez! 770!

DeadSkull · 07-03-09

How are the VRM temps with the Accelero Xtreme cooler?

Also when is this thing hitting newegg. 750+ core sounds really good, or maybe I should just get the Accelero HD4870x2 Extreme cooler and finally get to 850 core on my HD 4870x2. Bloody stock cooler keeps overheating one core.

skugpezz · 07-03-09

that is an awesome card

Adrienspawn · 07-03-09

Great cooler. Must them a lot for all that metal. And that core clock is incredible, can't even get that on my WC'ed GTX285.

TotalLamer · 07-03-09

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Guess it's not SLI compatible with that huge cooler. Love the overclockability, though.

Why would you say that? It looks identical to the Arctic Cooling Accelero XTREME coolers on my 4870x2's, and they CrossFire just fine.

TotalLamer · 07-03-09

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Originally Posted by DeadSkull

How are the VRM temps with the Accelero Xtreme cooler?

Also when is this thing hitting newegg. 750+ core sounds really good, or maybe I should just get the Accelero HD4870x2 Extreme cooler and finally get to 850 core on my HD 4870x2. Bloody stock cooler keeps overheating one core.

It's an amazing cooler, but if you do get it, heed my warning: When you pull out the stock screws on the x-bracket for each GPU, immediately take them to a nearby hardware store and find similar screws that are a few mm longer... use those instead. Save yourself days of frustration.

**Marin** · 07-03-09

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Originally Posted by TotalLamer

It's an amazing cooler, but if you do get it, heed my warning: When you pull out the stock screws on the x-bracket for each GPU, immediately take them to a nearby hardware store and find similar screws that are a few mm longer... use those instead. Save yourself days of frustration.

It's really not that hard. I got the x-brackets back on in under 5 minutes.

TotalLamer · 07-03-09

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It's really not that hard. I got the x-brackets back on in under 5 minutes.

Really? I had absolutely zero luck installing the brackets until I went out and bought longer screws.

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