[CES 07] Arctic Cooling Accelero S1 & S2
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Quote from the Elite Bastards review that "nick705" posted a link to directly below.
"GPU temperature
Our final consideration for this review is just how efficient the Radeon X1950 PRO SCS3's cooling solution is - Often a worry with a passively cooled board, especially at this kind of performance level. So, just how does it fare against the active cooling solution used by ASUS' EAX1950PRO?
The answer is - Incredibly well. Starting out at idle (or at least, as idle as a GPU can get at Windows Vista's Aero Glass desktop), we find the PowerColor board actually running a few degrees cooler than the active solution.
Idle
Power Color X1950 Pro with AC S1 cooler (passive) - 32C
ASUS X1950 Pro with active cooling (fan) - 35C
Load
Power Color X1950 Pro with AC S1 cooler (passive) - 51C
ASUS X1950 Pro with active cooling (fan) - 57C
Next, we put the boards through a half hour spell of running 3DMark06's four game tests in a constant loop for thirty minutes, before measuring the temperature again. Naturally, both boards have seen a large increase in GPU core temperature, but once again the Radeon X1950 PRO SCS3 proves to be the cooler of the two parts by several degrees - Astonishing results for a passively cooled board, even accounting for its slightly lower clock speeds compared to the ASUS part."
What can I say, I am damned impressed.
Andy
"GPU temperature
Our final consideration for this review is just how efficient the Radeon X1950 PRO SCS3's cooling solution is - Often a worry with a passively cooled board, especially at this kind of performance level. So, just how does it fare against the active cooling solution used by ASUS' EAX1950PRO?
The answer is - Incredibly well. Starting out at idle (or at least, as idle as a GPU can get at Windows Vista's Aero Glass desktop), we find the PowerColor board actually running a few degrees cooler than the active solution.
Idle
Power Color X1950 Pro with AC S1 cooler (passive) - 32C
ASUS X1950 Pro with active cooling (fan) - 35C
Load
Power Color X1950 Pro with AC S1 cooler (passive) - 51C
ASUS X1950 Pro with active cooling (fan) - 57C
Next, we put the boards through a half hour spell of running 3DMark06's four game tests in a constant loop for thirty minutes, before measuring the temperature again. Naturally, both boards have seen a large increase in GPU core temperature, but once again the Radeon X1950 PRO SCS3 proves to be the cooler of the two parts by several degrees - Astonishing results for a passively cooled board, even accounting for its slightly lower clock speeds compared to the ASUS part."
What can I say, I am damned impressed.
Andy
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Not so sure about the AGP/PCI-E problems with this Heatsink.I think AGP would depend on getting a separate HSI heatsink and whether or not that would interfere with the heat pipes. Different AGP cards have the HSI in wildly different places, so it's a bit hard to say. Zalman do a HSI heatsink though, so it's not inconceivable.
They mention the x800 series as compatable and they are available in AGP, wheras other cards that are listed are PCI-E, so I dont think that their will be any major problems.
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Accelero s1 vs s1m
I ran across this today...
inno3d I Chill Series
These cards claim to use Arctic Cooling Accelero s1m coolers.
They appear to be "shorter" than the s1 coolers pictured earlier in this thread. I'm hoping that the s1m model is indeed a different model that will fit inside of spcr's favorite htpc case.
If these cards are hdcp compliant, I'll be first in line to purchase one.
inno3d I Chill Series
These cards claim to use Arctic Cooling Accelero s1m coolers.
They appear to be "shorter" than the s1 coolers pictured earlier in this thread. I'm hoping that the s1m model is indeed a different model that will fit inside of spcr's favorite htpc case.
If these cards are hdcp compliant, I'll be first in line to purchase one.
From the press release:nikkai wrote:I really don't want to be a pest...
I'm assuming no one knows when the release date is for the S2?
or if it's even available retail? Oh well... I guess I'll go for thermalright HR-03? Twice as expensive though... sigh
Accelero S2 will be available by end of March 2007.
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Yeah it doesn't seem to be available anywhere yet. By the way, official site now lists S1 too
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I just bit the bullet and bought the Powercolor passive X1950pro which uses the S2. Should serve my needs for quite some time, and with any luck the S2 will be detachable and can be reused down the road (although by then it will probably be obsolete... ).
P.S. I love that the S2 only uses one extra slot. Watch and learn, Thermalright!
P.S. I love that the S2 only uses one extra slot. Watch and learn, Thermalright!
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The card includes RAM and VRM sinks. See here:Matija wrote:How are you cooling your VRMs?
http://www.bjorn3d.com/read.php?cID=1082&pageID=3293
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Heat buildup seems under control. I gained a few C on my CPU temps, but they're stable. GPU temps come down pretty quick once I exit a game. You can see my full system specs over here:
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FYI, I emailed Arctic Cooling a few days ago asking when the S1 and S2 will be available, and got no reply whatsoever. I also emailed Newegg asking when they expect to have them in stock, and they said "Unfortunately there is no information on those items." Not lookin' good... why is it so hard for Arctic Cooling to set a date and stick to it?
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