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Test System: Software:
Stock Scores: We benched the system
at stock settings using standard air cooling before installing
the Asetek kit. Benchmarking comprised of taking the temperatures
of the system components at idle, after a session of Farcry at
1600x1200 4xAA 16xAF and after encoding 24 minutes of DVD to DivX.
Here’s how the 2 cooling solutions compare:
Overclocking On our test system the maximum overclock we achieved on air was 2500mhz @1.65v on the CPU and 540core 580memory on the X800. When the Asetek was used this increased to 2600mhz CPU and 580mhz core on the GPU. Memory overclock on the X800 remained the same as its not cooled by the Asetek system. The results for the above settings are shown below, remember when comparing them that the CPU is running 100mhz faster on the Asetek with .25v more and the Radeon is running 40mhz faster on the Asetek.
The results achieved when overclocking are excellent on the Asetek system, even at settings higher than those achievable on air its still outscoring the stock temperatures on air, what more could you want from a cooling system! Graphics temperatures are a particular high point, almost half the temperature of the Air-cooled system.
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