The tests were performed in a controlled air conditioned room with temperatures maintained at a constant 24c – a comfortable environment for the majority of people reading this.
Idle temperatures were measured after sitting at the desktop for 30 minutes. Load measurements were acquired by playing Crysis Warhead for 30 minutes and measuring the peak temperature. We also have included Furmark results, recording maximum temperatures throughout a 30 minute stress test. All fan settings were left on automatic.
The results are interesting for a couple of reasons. Firstly, the larger, less elegant looking cooler on the ordinary Ice Q Turbo gives slightly better cooling performance, running around 3c lower than the streamlined Ice Q X Turbo X version. More importantly, both are significantly better than the reference cooled card we have in our labs, which runs around 5-12c hotter under the same conditions.