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Articles: Coolers

XIGMATEK BATTLE-AXE VD964 and AURAS Fridge VGA Coolers (page 4)

Category: Coolers

by Sergey Lepilov

[ 04/01/2008 | 10:13 AM ]

Installation Tips

The complete list of supported graphics cards is given in the Technical Specifications section of this review. The cooler can be installed on any of them very quickly and easily. First you fasten two metal plates bundled with the cooler to its base, then you insert the retention spindles into their corresponding holes and then set the graphics card on top of them. After that all you need to do is fasten the graphics card with spring screws at the back of the PCB:

The double battle-axe installed onto a GeForce 8800 GTX looks very serious and impressive:

The massive cooler design has an even greater effect if you look at the graphics card from the top:

I am sure that not everyone will dare install such a massive and heavy (617g) cooling system onto his graphics card. But if you decided to do it, then you should give up the next three PCI slots on your mainboard for good:

It is totally up to you to decide if it is worth it or not, we hope our article will help you to make this decision. In conclusion I would like to say that the recommended retail price for XIGMATEK BATTLE-AXE VD964 is seta round $45.

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