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Introduction:::...
It's
been a bit of a touchy subject for certain companies, but
with transistor counts and power requirements hitting astronomical
levels, heat is an ever-present demon that needs to be dealt
with.
We've
seen lots of solutions for dealing with GPU/VPU heat, some
passive and others active, some huge and others more compact,
some successful, others not so.
It's
tempting to assume that just because a manufacturers sells
a graphics card with a particular cooler fitted that it's
perfectly capable of doing its job, but we also need to
remember that most cards these days are based on original
reference designs, and these tend to put a lot of emphasis
on low noise, low weight, small size and reduced manufacturing
costs, but not necessarily great cooling. This is why so
many aftermarket coolers perform better and, in some cases,
look better too.
On
trial today is the very latest VGA cooling kit from the
folk over at Jetart. The last VGA cooler we looked at from
the Jetart stable was quite clearly designed for graphics
cards from previous generations and, though it performed
well, it wasn't really an ideal choice for the current crop
of high power pixel engines.
Today's
offering is a different beast entirely. It's bigger, it's
heavier, it comes with eight rather than four RAM sinks
and it looks good too, always a bonus.
As
ever let's look over the specs:
| Cooler Dimensions |
110.0 x 88.7
x 31.6mm |
| Fan Dimensions
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60 x 60 x 12mm
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| Heatsink
Material |
Copper
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| Reted Voltage
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DC 12 V
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| Rated Current
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0.2 Amp
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| Power Consumption |
2.4 W
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| Fan Speed
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3400 R.P.M. |
| Bearing Type |
Ball Bearing |
| LED |
Blue Light
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| Weight |
320 gm |
| Accessories |
• Clip A : 61.0 x 20.0 x 11.0 mm
• Clip B : 89.5 x 15.0 x 13.5 mm
• Memory Heatsink :
20 x 20 x 6 mm x 8 pcs
• Cable Adapter :
3 to 4 pin power supply connector x
1 pc
• Double - side Thermal Tape :
18 x 18 mm x 8 pcs
• Space Screws: 5 x 11.4 mm x 2 pcs
• Screws: 2.5 x 13.5 mm x 2 pcs
• Thermal Paste : 1.5 gm x 1 pc |
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