Revoltec VGA Graphic Freezer Pro

INTRODUCTION

With the increasing power of video cards comes an increased need for good cooling. The stock cooling you find on both NVIDIA and ATI video cards do keep the video cards cool but often at the expense of a higher than acceptable noise level.

There is a lot of third-party VGA coolers on the market and today we are reviewing one from Revoltec; the Revoltec VGA Graphic Freezer Pro.

SPECIFICATIONS AND FEATURES

• Size: 162x112x44 mm
• Material: Aluminium/Copper
• Weight: 300g
• Fansize: 80x80x10mm
• RPM: 2000RPM +/- 10%
• Sound level: 22dBA
• Airflow: 23.58CFM
• Connection: 3-pin MOLEX

Compability

• nVidia GeForce 4 MX420/440(SE/8X)/460
• nVidia GeForce 4 Ti 4200(8X)/4400/4600/4800
• nVidia GeForce FX 5600(ULTRA)/5700(ULTRA)/5900(XT)/5950(ULTRA)
• nVidia GeForce 6600(GT)/6800(GT/ULTRA)
• nVidia GeForce 7600(GT)/7800(GT/GTX)/7900(GT/GTX)
• ATI Radeon 9000(PRO)/9200(PRO)/9500/9550/9600(SE/PRO/XT)/ 9700(PRO)/9800(PRO/XT)
• ATI Radeon X300/X600/X800/X850/X1300/X1600/X1800/X1900

As you see the cooler should fit most modern (and not so modern) video cards as long as they follow the reference design. Cards with their own special design still might work but Revoltec cannot guarantee it.

THE PACKAGE

The cooler comes in one of those indestructible plastic packages which only can be opened with scissors or a sharp knife.

Inside the package you find:

• The Graphic Freezer Pro
• 3- to 4-pin adapter cable
• 4 aluminium heatsinks
• Thermal paste
• Various mounting screws

The manual which tells you how to install the Graphic Freezer Pro is situated on the back of the packaging so don’t do what I almost did and throw it away after you opened the package.

The four aluminium heatsinks are in my view to few if you are going to fit the fan on one a modern video card. Almost all of the video cards I have access to use 8 memory chips and this means you have to select which memory chips to cool and which not to cool. I recommend buying a few more.