GTX 970 and ARCTIC ACCELERO TWIN TURBO III

[Nikita Marinko]

So I just wanted to share this experience with you guys, if anyone is wondering to get an aftermarket cooler.
I have (had?) reference gainward gtx 970, in harder games it would run up to 70-74C with fan control. In smaller games like dota or cs go it would be around 60C.
I decided to get Twin turbo III (because xtreme IV is way too big for my case and if you look at their site the twin turbo has better cooling on the same card, gtx 770)

So the installing is a little bit retarded, it took me 2 hours to assemble, the thermal paste and chip got disjointed like 10 times during it because its just a such weird way to setup (their site says its compatible with gtx 970, yes it is but reference gtx 970 is a small car
d, much smaller then some older cards so it was really frustrating experience)

Anyway after I manged to set it up and checked that the paste with the chip was ok also.
I go into GTA V (which used to run at 70-74C). I have most of the settings on highest except for AA so i decided to turn that one up to 8x, obviously fps wasnt great (but it was better than before, heat is a huge factor)
So I tried to make the game sweat as much as possible, spawned tons of stuff using trainers and just made everything explode.
THE TEMPS NEVER WENT OVER 45C.
I am satisfied.
Gonna overclock this baby now.

 

[Make a Wish]

ok

 

[RobCrezz]

Well there you go, bigger cooler is better

 

[17seconds]

You never mentioned your Turbo Boost clocks. Your GPU temperature runs in a direct relationship with your Turbo Boost. With a temperature target of 80c your GPU will attempt to fill that thermal overhead by increasing heat with higher clock speeds. I'm assuming that your lower temperatures are leading to higher Turbo Boost speeds, as much as your Power Limit will allow, hopefully.

 

[Quixit]

I put one of these (technically a Twin Turbo 2) on a Geforce GTX 460 years ago, they're great. Massively quieter and better performance than any stock GPU cooler. The only issue being the price and long install process. I've also used a Extreme 3 and they're even worse for installation.

Arctic's VGA coolers are basically the best option on the market, but the price is pretty steep, especially if you don't have a top-end card.