I za kraj, možemo pogledati ukupnu situaciju i doći samo do jednog zaključka – Accelero je osvojio zlatnu medalju. Jednostavna montaža, primjerena oprema, odlične karakteristike i minimalna buka su bez sumnje dovoljni za osvajanje prvog mjesta. Tvornički hladnjak na GF 7900GTX kartici, s druge strane, prati zlatnog dečka u stopu i ne dozvoljava mu da odmakne previše, niti po pitanju buke, a pogotovo ne po pitanju performansi. Njegova zamjena je u najmanju ruku neozbiljna, stvarno je potreban vrhunski hladnjak po niskoj cijeni da zauzme njegovo zasluženo mjesto. A to svakako nije KuFormula VF1 plus. I dok mu se mogu oprostiti lošije performanse, zbog načina montaže i nekompatibilnosti s nekim modelima, buka koju proizvodi njegov hladnjak u radu se može kazniti zatvorskom kaznom. Relativno komplicirana montaža ima i svoju prednost, njegova tolerancija po pitanju izbora ventilatora može biti i zanimljiva igra za korisnike sklone takvim rješenjima, ali to već ne spada u ovaj članak. Jedna od prednosti ovog hladnjaka je nazivna kompatibilnost sa svim postojećim grafičkim karticama, no kako je naš test pokazao, tu ne spadaju kartice s dvostrukom pločicom s konektorima.

Što se tiče cijene, situacija je sljedeća. U hrvatskim trgovinama AC Accelero X1 košta oko 170 kn dok hladnjaka KuFormula VF1+ nema. Ako pak bacimo pogled na neki od inozemnih online IT trgovina, vidjet ćemo da Sytrinov hladnjak košta nešto više od Accelera.

Inicijalno je sastavni dio ovog članka trebao biti i test performansi prilikom overclockanja, ali nažalost taj test nismo mogli napraviti s meritornim rezultatima. Prilikom mjerenja tih performansi na KuFormula VF1hladnjaku dolazilo je do nelogičnih rezultata, pri čemu je viši radni takt jezgre grafičkog čipa donosio i nešto niže rezultate zagrijavanja. Taj slučaj se u nekim situacijama i ponovio na Acceleru pa smo zaključili da se ipak radi o greški u upravljačkom programu, a ne o sposobnosti hladnjaka da bolje ohladi jezgru pri višim taktovima.

Sve u svemu, Accelero X1 je izvrstan hladnjak za sve one koje muči buka tvorničkog ventilatora, a posjeduju jednu od kartica s liste koju ovaj hladnjak podržava (dakle snažnije GeForce kartice). Sytrin KuFormula VF1+ je pak zanimljiv proizvod koji na papiru izgleda jako dobro, ali zakazuje u praksi zbog kompleksne instalacije i bučnog ventilatora.

Conclusion in english

In the end, after a quick glance of our test notes and results we can to only one conclusion – Accelero X1 wins the gold medal. Simple installation procedure, adequate bundle, excellent performance and minimal noise are, without a doubt, enough to win the first place in this test. Stock cooler on our reference GF 7900 GTX (by Leadtek), on the other hand, follows AC’s "golden boy" without to much problems, performance and noise wise. Keep in mind that there is no real need to replace such good stock cooler with a third party soulution, unless the other cooler is extremly good and extremly cheap. That leads us to a newcomer in this test – KuFormula VF1+. Altough we can forgive him less than stelar performance because of installation issues (two slot bracker on GXF card we used for testing), the noise of the coolers turbine fan is very annoying. Relatively complicated installation for some users can be an advantage when using custom source of airflow, but that really doesn’t fall in the scope of this article. One advantage of this cooler is compatibility with all graphical cards, at least by specifiations. As you have seen in our test, that doesn’t stand for cards that have double wide I/O backplate.

Lets discuss price. In croatian IT stores AC Accelero X1 has a price tag of about 170 kn, but KuFormula we couldn’t find. On the other hand, we checked some international IT web shops and there is a slight discrepancy between Accelero X1 and KuFormula VF1+ – Accelero is actually cheaper than Sytrin’s cooler.

Initialy, we planned to include some overclocking results in this article, but we encountered some problems – senseless results which meant that VF1+ was keeping overclocked card on a lower temperature then the card on stock speed. We encountered the same problem with Accelero X1 so only logical answer was that drivers are not showing the correct numbers.

All in all, Accelero X1 is an excellent VGA cooler for all who are not satisfied with noise and/or performance of stock cooler on their GFX card, considering that card is on the supported list (basicaly high-end GeForce cards). Sytrin KuFormula VF1+ is an interesting product which looks very good on paper, but is not so good in practice because of complex installation and noisy fan.