Accelero XTREME Plus II the new king?

[Live]

While researching a new VGA cooler for my AMD 5850 I have found out that a revision 2 is coming out for the Accelero XTREME Plus. The main changes seems to be wider compatibility and no need for special mounting kits for different cards (at least not for most cards).

Technical details taken from various retailers:

Dimensions: 288 x 50 x 103 mm (WxHxD, with fan) some retailers lists 290 x 55 x 110 mm
Weight: 615 g some retailers lists the weight as 900 g
Heatpipes: 5 x 6 mm
Fan: 3 x 92 mm (max. 0.5 Sone, 1,000 - 2,000 rpm, 138 CFM, PWM) some retailers list the fan speed as 900 - 2000 rpm
Cooling power: 250 Watt
Warranty: 6 years
Compatibility: *
Intel 2900 XT, HD 3850 / 3870 / 4830 / 4850 / 4870 / 4890 / 5830 / 5850 / 5870 / 6850 / 6870 / 6950 / 6970
NVIDIA 7800 GT / GTX, 7900 GTX, 8800 GS / GT / GTS / GTX / Ultra, 9800 GTX (+), GT 130, 150, 240, 250, GTS 450, GTX 460 / 480 / 560 Ti / 570 / 580
New compatibility with optional mounting kits:
NVIDIA GTX 260 / 275 / 280 / 285 / 465 / 470
* Compatibility information relates only to the reference design.


No information is up on the official Arctic page but it is listed: http://www.arctic.ac/en/p/cooling/vga/3 ... tml?c=2182

Here are some links and pictures with the info I have found:






http://translate.google.com/translate?h ... rmd%3Divns

http://translate.google.com/translate?j ... 0339548649

[justice99]

What's the difference between the I and II?
Look's like its only a compatibility upgrade, i bought the first model for 25€.

[zyrobs]

What's the difference between the I and II?
Look's like its only a compatibility upgrade, i bought the first model for 25€.

Nice. It's only available for 2x the price here.

I've been considering this cooler for my 6950, but the motherboard in my computer has SATA ports placed in such a way that the fans MAY get in the way.

On my 5850 with an accelero S1 and a 12cm fan, I had to position the fan to the middle so it didn't push hard against the Sata connector.

I was leaning towards the Scythe Setsugen 2, mainly for space considerations, but I heard that the cooling performance is worse with that, and it may not cool a 6950 with unlocked shaders at max load, unless I spin up the fans so it becomes very loud.

[falcon26]

Those coolers are nice. But they are too dam big. My friend has one on his 6950 and its huge! I have a twin turbo pro on my 6950 and it cools just as well but its half the size...