| Zalman Fatal1ty FS-V7 VGA Cooler
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Testing:
To test the Zalman Fatal1ty FS-V7 CPU cooler, I installed it in the following system:
• AMD Athlon 64 3500+ processor
• ECS KN1 SLI Extreme motherboard (default settings)
• Thermaltake Tai-Chi Super Tower Case
• 2 - BFG Technologies GeForce 6600GT OC PCI-Express in SLI
• 2gb (4x512) Samsung 3200 DDR
• 2 - Seagate 80gb SATA in RAID 0
• 1 - Hitachi 120gb SATA
• Sony DVD-R DRU500A
• Memorex DVD/CDRW
• Cooler Master CoolDrive 4 (used to take temperatures and fan speed)
• 8n1 3.5 Media Reader
• Logitech MX1000 Cordless Mouse
• Logitech "Natural" Cordless Keyboard
• 2 - 120mm LED Fan (default fans only)
To take the load temperatures, the following applications were run for several hours:
• EverQuest 2
• Folding@Home 4.0
• Sisoft Sandra 2005 Burn In Wizard
The chart below lists the various fan speeds of the coolers I will use in the temperature comparison. As you can see the Fatal1ty FS-V7 has a wide range of fan speeds. The default speed is pretty close to the maximum speed.
Here you can see the various temperatures reported both by the onboard temperature monitoring utility, and the Cooler master CoolDrive IV. All temperatures were taken at the default speeds shown above. It is easy to see the difference in temperatures between the default BFG cooler and the Zalman Fatal1ty cooler. A 5C decrease in temperatures can help make your video card last longer (after all heat kills), can boost an overclock, and will help to keep your overall system temperature a little cooler.
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