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August 30, 2010 by Lawrence Lee
| Product |
GELID Icy Vision
GPU Cooler |
| Manufacturer |
GELID
Solutions |
| Street Price |
~US$55 |
GELID is a manufacturer that we believe is on its way up. Though it currently
lacks the name recognition of its progenitor, GELID seems to follow Arctic Cooling's
fundamentally strong design principles and quiet computing philosophy, only
with a flashier style. The GELID products we've reviewed so far, the Silent
Spirit and Slim
Silence, are affordable, quiet cooling solutions, but certainly not
high performing by any stretch of the imagination.
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GELID Icy Vision vs. PowerColor Radeon HD 4890.
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The Icy Vision, on the other hand, is an ambitious VGA cooler which GELID claims
can tackle some of the hottest single GPU cards on the market including the
Radeon HD 5870 and GeForce GTX 480. Though it may be a quiet product, absolute
cooling proficiency is the name of the game here and the Icy Vision has all
the right tools to excel in this area. The heatsink has 5 heatpipes, a pair
of 92 mm fans, and weighs almost a pound; it's not particularly impressive for
a heatsink cooling a CPU, but fairly massive for a GPU.
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Included accessories.
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Along with the hardware to mount the cooler itself, GELID provides an impressive
array of heatsinks for 16 RAM chips, the NVIO chip on Nvidia cards, and voltage
regulators. One notable inclusion is a one-piece VRM heatsink with a hard mounting
scheme for a variety of cards from ATI's Radeon HD 4000/5000 series — this
is typically absent from most GPU cooler packages. In addition, rather than
having thermal adhesive pre-applied, thermal tape is attached to the heatsinks
manually. Rounding out the package is a tube of thermal compound and a 3-pin/4-pin
molex fan adapter cable.
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| Air Flow (CFM / CMH): |
67.14 / 114.13 |
| Bearing: |
1 Ball & 1 Sleeve |
| Cable Length (mm): |
200 |
| Current (A): |
0.5 (0.25 / fan) |
| DC Voltage (V): |
12 |
| Fan Speed (RPM): |
2000 (+/- 10%) |
| Fan: |
2 x 9215 S-Shape UV Blue Fan |
| Heatsink Dimensions (mm): |
216 L x 95 W x 52 H |
| Life Time MTTF at 40C (h): |
50'000 |
| Noise Level (dBA): |
max. 26 |
| Static Pressure (mmAq): |
1.3 |
| Warranty (years): |
5 |
| Weight (g): |
465 |
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Supported Cards*
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| ATI™: |
HD4850, HD4870, HD4890, HD5830, HD5850 &
HD5870 |
| Nvidia™: |
9800GT, 9800GTX, GTS250, GTX260, 275, 280,
285, GTX465, GTX470 & GTX480 |
| The compatibility list is based on ATI & Nvidia's reference
board layout ONLY. GELID Solutions holds no responsibility for incompatibility
on nonstandard cards. Please refer to the height restriction drawing. All
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