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    Senior Member LostBok's Avatar
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    3rd party graphics cooling?

    I now have an X1900XT... which I am VERY happy with.

    But in the eternal search for somehting faster, I've tried a few OC's - it will OC up to X1900XTX speeds very happilly, but the cooler sounds like a hair-dryer during some gaming / benchmarks.

    I am after something like the Accelero X2, but would like it to vent OUTSIDE the case.... ideally something like the HIS iceQ3 cooler, but I couldn't find anybody who had these in stock when I was shopping for my XT and they aren't sold separate to the grpahics card, as far as I am aware.

    Are there any third party graphics cooling solutions that provide similar features and performance for equally low noise levels?
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    try a look at the zalman vf900-cu

    here is a review http://www.tweaknews.net/reviews/vf900/
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    The HIS cooler looks like a modified Arctic Silencer. I haven't seen any AS models for the 1900s other than the acceleros.
    http://www.guru3d.com/article/Videocards/342/1/

    The VF900 is better than an Arctic Silencer, but it doesn't vent air outside the case.

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    Im not sure your right about that Ive had both and they are similar in performance. The vf900 is a great cooler and at 100 perecent the fan can be heard , but not mutch, however, the Accelerox2 can't be heard at all even at 100 perecent and the two are super close in performance. I just sold my Vf900 and went back to the Accelero and there is a difference in sound and if the VF900 is better I sure cannot tell.

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