Arctic Cooling Accelero XTREME Plus VGA Cooler Review
Our Tests
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We ran some simple tests to check the performance of the Arctic Cooling Accelero XTREME Plus, measuring the GPU core temperature with the aid of the SpeedFan software, and sound pressure level (SPL) with a digital noise meter set 4" (10 cm) from the video card, with the GPU at full load running the folding@Home GPU client. For this measurement, we turned off the fans of the case and the CPU cooler, so their noise wouldn’t interfere. Please keep in mind that sound pressure level measurement is just for comparative purposes, because a precise measurement would have to be done in an acoustically insulated anechoic chamber, which we don’t have.
We compared the results from the Arctic Cooling Accelero XTREME Plus with some other coolers we tested recently (re-tested because we changed the video card from a GeForce GTS 250 to a GeForce GTX 460), and with the VGA stock cooler. You can check the results in the table below.
| Product | Noise | Room Temp. | Core Temp. | Temp. Diff. | Speed |
| Stock Cooler | 55 dBA | 25 °C | 72 °C | 47 °C | – |
| Zalman VF1000 LED | 53 dBA | 25 °C | 74 °C | 49 °C | 2100 rpm |
| Deepcool V6000 | 51 dBA | 22 °C | 52 °C | 30 °C | 1950 rpm |
| Arctic Cooling Accelero XTREME Plus | 51 dBA | 20 °C | 42 °C | 22 °C | – |
In the graph below, you can compare the difference between the temperature of the GPU core and the room temperature. Remember that the lower the value, the better performance is.
