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: 3/23/2000Remember when video cards didn't require cooling? The video cards back then didn't even have a heatsink on them. Those days are long gone. Not only do the top end video cards today require a heatsink, most come with a heatsink fan.
With video cards running faster and hotter than ever before, keeping them cool becomes more important, especially if you plan on overclocking your video card. Most overclockers tend to put a larger heatsink and fan on their video card in the pursuit of more speed. The disadvantage of this type of setup is the loss of one or two PCI slots and the end of your video card warranty. For some, this was worth the performance increase. Others needed a more eloquent solution. This is where card coolers come in.
One of the first card coolers to hit the market was created by...The Card Cooler. The Card Cooler was and still is a very kick ass product, offering great performance for the money. Now Global Win has stepped into the card cooling arena with two card coolers of their own. When they showed up at The Tech Zone, the first thing we thought was shootout!
The Tech Zone LAN party members love The Card Cooler. Nearly every player has one and we all wanted to know how the new Global Win units compared. A call to The Card Cooler had us a new improved card cooler with ball bearing fans to fight the Global Win models. Thanks guys! We like to also thank AMK Services for suppling us with the new Global Win card coolers. Let the battle begin.