Logisys All Copper VGA Cooler w/ RAM Sinks

Performance:

Now that we were ready to test the heatsink, we fired up one of our testbeds, tested idle, and load temperatures with the stock heatsink and then the Logisys One for All Cooler. Our testbed goes as follows:

We let out test bed run for about 30 minutes for each phase of testing, idle and load. For idle we let our system idle for 30 minutes with a basic screensaver running. We then did an intense gaming session for 30 minutes, doing the same with charting the temperatures. We then put on the Logisys cooler and repeated the same steps. To record the temperatures we attached a thermal sensor to one of the RAM modules and slid another thermal sensor between the heatsink base and the VPU heat spreader. The two thermal sensors were connected to an Enermax fan controller. The RAM modules used on our ATI 9000 AGP 64MB card that we used for testing, was Samsung K4D64163HF-TC40. We not only ran the graphics card at stock speeds of 200/250 (Memory/Core) but also at 225/290 (Memory/Core). When running at the overclocked speeds, we experienced no artifacts when testing either cooler. Ambient temperature was maintained at 22°C during the testing process. The results looked like this:

Conclusion:

Obviously, we saw a major difference between the stock passive heatsink and the after market Logisys One for All VGA cooler. In conclusion, the Logisys cooler did its job exceptionally well. Aside from a few installation confusions and the weight of the cooler, we enjoyed it very much. Our suggestion to you is to run out and pick up one of these coolers, for your graphics card. You'll never know when you'll need to upgrade. The Logisys VGA Cooler will be there waiting. Best of all, this card doesn't require an extra expansion slot for exhaust, even though it's best to leave space between your graphics card and other devices.

Pros:

· Universal (nearly)
· Cooling performance
· Eight RAM heatsinks
· Large VPU heatsink
· Attractive Appearance

Cons:

· Weight of heatsink
· RAM heatsinks aren't easily removable