Xigmatek Battle-Axe VGA Cooler

nflesher87 · 10-05-2008, 09:01 PM

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KainXS · 11-10-2008, 10:13 PM

nice review, its a powerful heatsink i gotta admit that, dosen't look bad either and cheap

locoty · 11-10-2008, 10:16 PM

it takes two slots

i've bought it for my 4850

very nice cooler

got 41 C when idle and 65 C when full load

Sasqui · 11-10-2008, 10:21 PM

Can't tell who did the review - Darksaber or nflesher87?

No mention of the fan connections to the board - does it connect to the on-board header, or PSU feed? Any control over the fan speed?

KieranD · 11-10-2008, 10:22 PM

would this be good for a 4870 stock

Basard · 11-10-2008, 10:23 PM

I helped my friend install this on his 8800gt, the tape on the RAM sinks was COMPLETELY pointless... should have just left it off, save us all some time and grief of removing it. And the heatpipes blocked the RAM sinks on his card as well. Still the cooler is crazy good--friend's 8800gt runs 55c on load.

Put some faster fans on this thing and it would be killer, but still only two of the heatpipes touch the core.

My Powercolor 3870 runs folding@home all day and never breaks 64c with a way smaller zerotherm cooler. I like the zerotherm that came with my card over this thing though. The fact that you can only get two heatpipes over the core could save xigmatek a lot of money, if they would just merget the HDT with zerotherm's design--I think that would be sweet.

^^As for this being good for a 4870 stock..... not sure dude, it would be good for any card pretty much, but it's sorta overkill for a lot of people, it's really big man... I'd check out zerotherms. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16814131095 <--- this is my card dude, i'd suggest getting the zerotherm attached to this one.

locoty · 11-10-2008, 10:25 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Sasqui

Can't tell who did the review - Darksaber or nflesher87?

No mention of the fan connections to the board - does it connect to the on-board header, or PSU feed? Any control over the fan speed?

it connects to the onboard header. no control over the fan speed

AsRock · 11-10-2008, 10:25 PM

Nice review, shame you cannot get good heatsinks on the other 2 ram chips.

nflesher87 · 11-10-2008, 10:41 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Sasqui

Can't tell who did the review - Darksaber or nflesher87?

No mention of the fan connections to the board - does it connect to the on-board header, or PSU feed? Any control over the fan speed?

Lol I did but then Darksaber did some editing and put his name on it

And it just comes with, as seen in the pictures, a 3pin adapter that converts the two 3 pin connectors to one which you can then either connect to the board or hook up to a fan controller of your own

Quote:

Originally Posted by KieranD

would this be good for a 4870 stock

absolutely, check it out at microcenter, $2.99 AR!!!

Quote:

Originally Posted by Basard

I helped my friend install this on his 8800gt, the tape on the RAM sinks was COMPLETELY pointless... should have just left it off, save us all some time and grief of removing it. And the heatpipes blocked the RAM sinks on his card as well. Still the cooler is crazy good--friend's 8800gt runs 55c on load.

Put some faster fans on this thing and it would be killer, but still only two of the heatpipes touch the core.

My Powercolor 3870 runs folding@home all day and never breaks 64c with a way smaller zerotherm cooler. I like the zerotherm that came with my card over this thing though. The fact that you can only get two heatpipes over the core could save xigmatek a lot of money, if they would just merget the HDT with zerotherm's design--I think that would be sweet.

^^As for this being good for a 4870 stock..... not sure dude, it would be good for any card pretty much, but it's sorta overkill for a lot of people, it's really big man... I'd check out zerotherms. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16814131095 <--- this is my card dude, i'd suggest getting the zerotherm attached to this one.

Yes I was extremely disappointed with the ramsink thermal material as I mentioned in the review...as for this verse the zerotherms, basically if you don't want a huge honking cooler like this, go for another brand, otherwise when considering price/performance, the battle-axe really is the best vga air cooler available right now (mostly due to being $3 AR at microcenter)

Wile E · 11-10-2008, 10:49 PM

A bit of constructive criticism here, but wouldn't it be better to list the temp delta over ambient as opposed to the core temps, in order to account for possible differences in ambient temp?

nflesher87 · 11-10-2008, 11:12 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Wile E

A bit of constructive criticism here, but wouldn't it be better to list the temp delta over ambient as opposed to the core temps, in order to account for possible differences in ambient temp?

I suppose, however all temps were taken with an open case on the same day and without ambient temp fluctuation of any more than 1C

Wile E · 11-10-2008, 11:15 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by nflesher87

I suppose, however all temps were taken with an open case on the same day and without ambient temp fluctuation of any more than 1C

Well, I'm also thinking of it from the perspective of doing future gpu cooler reviews. That way the current measurements still hold their merit as a basis of comparison to future reviews.

nflesher87 · 11-10-2008, 11:24 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Wile E

Well, I'm also thinking of it from the perspective of doing future gpu cooler reviews. That way the current measurements still hold their merit as a basis of comparison to future reviews.

oh

haha point taken

theJesus · 11-11-2008, 03:04 AM

This cooler looks pretty good, but like most good vga coolers lately, it seems inspired by the arctic acceleros. I'd like to see this compared to the acceleros and zalman's vf1000.

That's really disappointing about the ramsinks though

Scrizz · 11-11-2008, 04:37 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by theJesus

This cooler looks pretty good, but like most good vga coolers lately, it seems inspired by the arctic acceleros. I'd like to see this compared to the acceleros and zalman's vf1000.

That's really disappointing about the ramsinks though

want to see if it is an upgrade from my AC S1 with 2x120mmfans

WarEagleAU · 11-11-2008, 04:48 AM

Perhaps you can get low height ramsinks. Otherwise, this is an awesome cooler. Its honkin huge though and the price is superb.

hayder.master · 11-11-2008, 08:06 AM

very nice review , and very cool coolers

burtram · 11-11-2008, 10:12 AM

so if it will fit a 9600gso, does that mean it will fit my 8800gs? since they are basically the same card (just not sure about their pcb), i'd love to keep my oc and drop the fan noise by dumping the stock cooler =P

Tatty_One · 11-11-2008, 11:06 AM

I got all excited then, I thought we finally might have aftermarket cooling for the GTX 200 series

KainXS · 11-11-2008, 12:34 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by burtram

so if it will fit a 9600gso, does that mean it will fit my 8800gs? since they are basically the same card (just not sure about their pcb), i'd love to keep my oc and drop the fan noise by dumping the stock cooler =P

if it fits an HD3870 then it will fit the XFX 8800GS, they have the same mounting holes

FreedomEclipse · 11-11-2008, 01:26 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by theJesus

it seems inspired by the arctic acceleros.

I have to agree - when i first saw it i reconised it as Artic Coolings new Accelero 'Twin Turbo' (which i have installed on my 8800GTS 512) Its really no different asside from a few scoops in the fins & the H.D.T mumbo jumbo.

& even then im VERY suprised that the AC Twin Turbo cooler wasnt included in the comparions since they look so alike.

something else that also doesnt quite make sense is the appearance of the HR-03GT which still performs well but is slightly dated & is no longer as readily available as it was 6 months ago. most places do not stock them anymore & if they do their probably not expecting re-stock after the remaining units have gone out

another problem with this review that id like to point out is the lack of products you compared it too - 'Stock, HR-03GT, Xigmatek' even an Artic Cooling S1 or Zerotherm's Hurricane HC92-CU 8800 included into the evaluation would have been a better choice as they are more recent products compared to the HR-03. youve left little or not much room for people to make a decision on how good this cooler really is or how much they want this product because your directly comparing it to a 6month old HR-03. in which case - if this product was actually ANY good at all then you are selling it short by comparing it to a 6month old cooler & pretty much nothing else.

(Artic Cooling 'Twin Turbo)

& its a shame the review wasnt able to test the 'loudness' of the coolers which at the same time is a very important factor in cooling.

I cant hear my AC TT cooler till i rev the fan to 70% & even then its just barely noticable above the rest of the noise my pc makes which isnt a lot at all.

Im not saying it was a pityful review - im saying the review could have been a lot lot lot more better.

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wolf2009 · 11-11-2008, 02:24 PM

Whats up with the weird greenish-yellow tint on the Images ?

Beertintedgoggles · 11-11-2008, 03:29 PM

I can't believe no one else has made mention of this already, maybe I'm going to get slammed for doing so.... but a 0° delta between the core idle and load temps for the Xigmatek at high = BS.

wolf2009 · 11-11-2008, 03:37 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Beertintedgoggles

I can't believe no one else has made mention of this already, maybe I'm going to get slammed for doing so.... but a 0° delta between the core idle and load temps for the Xigmatek at high = BS.

thats why its preliminary review . thanks for pointing it out .

mab1376 · 11-11-2008, 03:41 PM

i just bought one off http://www.directron.com/ $24.99

10-05-2008, 09:01 PM	#1
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Sound Card:	Xifi Elite Pro/VideoLogicZXR550's
PSU:	Thermaltake ToughPower 750W
Software:	Win 7 x64, Vista 32 dual boot
Benchmarks:	Best 3D Mark 2006-24,590 on Vista

System Name:	Codename: Project Arizona II {Type: C.}
Processor:	Intel Core 2 Quad Q9550 2.83Ghz @ 3.910Ghz {'S' Spec }
Motherboard:	Asus P5Q Pro
Cooling:	OCZ Vendetta 2
Memory:	4Gb (2x2Gb) OCZ 8500 HPC Edition 1066 @ 460Mhz [5-4-4-12]
Video Card:	x2 ATi HD4870 1Gb Toxic Edition In crossfire
Harddisk:	1x 80Gb 2x750GB (Sata II Samsung Spinpoint F1)
CD/DVD Drive:	Samsung SH-S223F DVD-Rw (Sata) {Black}
CRT/LCD Model:	Samsung 226cw 22" {Black}
Case:	Antec 902
Sound Card:	Asus Xonar D2X {Logitech Z-5500 Speakers}
PSU:	Antec True Power Quatro 850Watt {Moddable}
Software:	Windows 7 7600 x64

11-11-2008, 02:24 PM	#22
wolf2009 Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: MI Posts: 2,777 (4.24/day) Thanks: 249 Thanked 552 Times in 296 Posts System Specs	Whats up with the weird greenish-yellow tint on the Images ? __________________ *Read My Avatar's Story*

11-11-2008, 03:29 PM	#23
Beertintedgoggles Join Date: Nov 2005 Posts: 383 (0.26/day) Thanks: 19 Thanked 81 Times in 68 Posts System Specs	I can't believe no one else has made mention of this already, maybe I'm going to get slammed for doing so.... but a 0° delta between the core idle and load temps for the Xigmatek at high = BS.

Processor:	Opteron 170 CCBBE 0610 3.015GHz @ 1.55V (naked) ~49C full load
Motherboard:	DFI LANPARTY UT NF4 SLI-DR Expert
Cooling:	SI-128 w/Silverstone FM122 (removed entire retention bracket and created a custom screw down system)
Memory:	2GB Kingston DDR400 @ 250MHz (DDR500) 2.5-3-2-0 @ 2.86V (Crap heatspreaders removed)
Video Card:	BFG 8800GT @ 705/1998/995 (Cooled with SI-97 and custom mounted) / PNY 8800GT 705/1836/950
Harddisk:	Seagate 250GB, Western Digital 160GB, Hitachi 80GB
CD/DVD Drive:	NEC DVD+/- (with lightscribe that I'll never use)
CRT/LCD Model:	NEC MultiSync LCD1760V 17"
Case:	Enermax - Chakra (poked, prodded, cut, and drilled)
Sound Card:	Audigy 2 NX (external to share with the gf's computer next to mine)
PSU:	PC Power & Cooling 750W
Software:	XP Pro

11-11-2008, 03:41 PM	#25
mab1376 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Long Island, NY Posts: 733 (0.64/day) Thanks: 59 Thanked 36 Times in 28 Posts System Specs	i just bought one off http://www.directron.com/ $24.99 __________________ Current 3dMark06 score 13801

System Name:	My Current Desktop/Laptop
Processor:	Intel Core 2 Duo E6600 @ 3.0GHz (1333MHz FSB) B2 (5/4 ratio) \| Laptop core 2 duo T7500
Motherboard:	eVGA 680i (122-CK-NF68-AR)
Cooling:	Zalman CNPS9500AT
Memory:	6GB RAM running at 1066MHz (2GB axeram, 4GB G-Skill) 5-5-5-15 2.0v w/ OCZ XTC Cooler
Video Card:	Asus HD4890 @ 975MHz core and 1150MHz ram (4.6GHz)
Harddisk:	Seagate 320GB SATA 3GB/ps 16MB cache Perpendicular recording.
CD/DVD Drive:	Pioneer DVR-216DBK 20x sata burner
CRT/LCD Model:	Asus VK266H 25.5" Widescreen 1920x1200
Case:	Antec 900
Sound Card:	Sound Blaster X-Fi Xtreme Music
PSU:	Kingwin 600w Modular w/ Blue LED fan and Window
Software:	Win 7 x64, XP x64
Benchmarks:	SuperPi 1M 14.297s 3dMark06 12,568

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