Cooler for HD6950?

OOZMAN · Dec 25, 2011

I have the stock cooler on my HIS 6950 2GB, and it allows little overclocking potential.

I don't want to spend too much, around/below the $50 mark.

I've narrowed it down to the Arctic Accelero Twin Turbo II
http://www.arctic.ac/en/p/cooling/vga/375/accelero-twin-turbo-ii.html?c=2182

and the Gelid Icy Vision Rev 2
http://www.gelidsolutions.com/products/index.php?lid=1&cid=17&id=52

What do you guys think?

Leaning towards the Gelid simply for the looks, performance wise the coolers seem to be similar, no?

Thanks in advance! :toast:

DZZRtt · Dec 27, 2011

I have Gelid installed on my Sapphire HD6950 1Gb. It keeps GPU temperature below 68 C, after a few hours playing Battlefield 3, even though it's overlapped by Cretive X-Fi. Fans rotation restricted to a ~850 rpm by Scythe kaze master.
Just make sure to buy appropriate fan controler. Icy Vision louder then hell on the default 2000 rpm (but not so noisily like the Sapphire stock cooler though).
p.s. I got only 2 low rpm case fans. So with a propper case ventilation it could be even better.

lenin · Dec 29, 2011

Hi, I have 6950 with bios from 6970, I use “TriXX” program, for overclocking and fun speed. Very nice program, in Battlefield 3 with ultra settings I have about 37-40˚, with 6 fun coolers in case. You can try to grow your fun speed with this program.

OOZMAN · Dec 29, 2011

lenin said:
Hi, I have 6950 with bios from 6970, I use “TriXX” program, for overclocking and fun speed. Very nice program, in Battlefield 3 with ultra settings I have about 37-40˚, with 6 fun coolers in case. You can try to grow your fun speed with this program.

Think you made a few typos there dude..

System Name	Gaming Rig + Digital Audio Workstation.
Processor	i5 2500k @ 4.7ghz 1.4V (max 5.0)
Motherboard	ASUS P8Z68-V Pro
Cooling	Noctua NH-D14 with single Antec Tri-Cool fan, 3 more Tri-cools for the case
Memory	8GB G.Skill Ripjaws X 1866mhz 9-9-9-24
Video Card(s)	HIS HD6950 2GB, 930/1500mhz stable. CFX with 6970 eventually
Storage	Intel 320 series 120GB SSD. 2.7TB generic HDD storage.
Display(s)	32" Sony Bravia LCD TV 1920x1080. Yeah baby!
Case	Blue Raidmax Raptor.
Audio Device(s)	Phonic 302+ 1394 interface, + 2x Behringer 9" 225W studio monitors. Cant buy better for under $600!
Power Supply	Corsair TX750W
Software	Dual boot: Win 7 Ultimate x64 SP1/Mac OSX Lion (not really used), Cubase 5 for DAW.
Benchmark Scores	3DMark Vantage- P22288 :\|: Furmark 720 preset- 3644 frames, 1080 preset- 2347 :\|: Skyrims max everyt

Processor	Intel Core I7-4770K@4.5GHz/1.19v
Motherboard	Asus Sabertooth Z87
Cooling	Zalman CNPS10X Flex with 2xGT-AP18
Memory	2Х4096MB Corsair Dominator Platinum 2133c9
Video Card(s)	MSI R9-290X 4G Gaming
Storage	Crucial M4 128 Gb WD SATA-III 500Gb WD5000AAKX, Hitachi Deskstar 7K1000.C HDS721010CLA332 1Tb
Display(s)	Dell UltraSharp U2311H
Case	Cooler Master CM 690 II
Audio Device(s)	Creative X-Fi extreme music+Microlab Solo 6C, Marshall Monitor headphones
Power Supply	Chieftech BPS-950C 950W
Software	Window 7 x64

System Name	Gaming Rig + Digital Audio Workstation.
Processor	i5 2500k @ 4.7ghz 1.4V (max 5.0)
Motherboard	ASUS P8Z68-V Pro
Cooling	Noctua NH-D14 with single Antec Tri-Cool fan, 3 more Tri-cools for the case
Memory	8GB G.Skill Ripjaws X 1866mhz 9-9-9-24
Video Card(s)	HIS HD6950 2GB, 930/1500mhz stable. CFX with 6970 eventually
Storage	Intel 320 series 120GB SSD. 2.7TB generic HDD storage.
Display(s)	32" Sony Bravia LCD TV 1920x1080. Yeah baby!
Case	Blue Raidmax Raptor.
Audio Device(s)	Phonic 302+ 1394 interface, + 2x Behringer 9" 225W studio monitors. Cant buy better for under $600!
Power Supply	Corsair TX750W
Software	Dual boot: Win 7 Ultimate x64 SP1/Mac OSX Lion (not really used), Cubase 5 for DAW.
Benchmark Scores	3DMark Vantage- P22288 :\|: Furmark 720 preset- 3644 frames, 1080 preset- 2347 :\|: Skyrims max everyt

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