Wednesday, January 23rd 2013

Arctic Touts Radeon HD 8000 Series Compatibility on Accelero Coolers

Not too long ago, Arctic leaked a bucket list socket LGA1150 processors which aren't due for another five months. The PC cooling major now updated the GPU support lists of its Arctic Xtreme 7970 and Arctic Accelero S1 Plus to include three Radeon HD 8000 series GPUs, HD 8970, HD 8950, and HD 8870. Either Arctic is riding on the assumption that the mount hole spacing of those GPUs won't change from current HD 7000 series, or that it's catering to the various HD 8000 series desktop graphics cards in circulation by OEM desktop PCs, which are rebrands of HD 7000 series parts.
Source: VideoCardz
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10 Comments on Arctic Touts Radeon HD 8000 Series Compatibility on Accelero Coolers

#1
dj-electric
"What? fired?! ok... ok! so I'm gonna leak video card names as well! screw you all!"
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#2
progste
well DUH! they're the same cards :shadedshu
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#3
Prima.Vera
I used to have a 4870X2 until I bought this cooler for the card. After I mount it, the card was kaput...
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#4
Socram13
progstewell DUH! they're the same cards :shadedshu
But if you read the original news, you will see that AC III have compatibility with HD 8970 and HD 8950, which didn´t happen with HD 7970 and HD 7950, or is just a typo.
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#5
radrok
Prima.VeraI used to have a 4870X2 until I bought this cooler for the card. After I mount it, the card was kaput...
Oh yes I do remember that was quite a common issue with Arctic coolers back in the 4870x2 day.
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#6
Thefumigator
Are they any good? I see these in the results of every gpu I search in newegg....
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#7
progste
ThefumigatorAre they any good? I see these in the results of every gpu I search in newegg....
you mean the cooler? yes, it's awesome. very quiet and performing
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#8
radrok
ThefumigatorAre they any good? I see these in the results of every gpu I search in newegg....
Yes they are good on GPU cooling but they lack on VRM cooling which is also important.

If you are thinking about this kind of cooler without having already purchased the GPU then you'd be better off with a Twin Frozr or Windforce X3
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#9
GSquadron
How do I know if a cooler can cool vrm too?
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#10
radrok
There are two ways to address VRM cooling, the main cooling unit can have a heatpipe connected contact plate specifically made for the VRM area or just separate mini heatsinks that get the secondary airflow that passes through the main heatsink.

The arctic mainly uses mini heatsinks unless it is a very specific unit like the Arctic for dual GPUs
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