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Input: This cooler has certainly lowered temps on my VisonTek R9 290 Reference card. But it certainly wasnt easy to install.<br />The hardest part was installing the heatsink on the back, Maybe I misplaced the cooling pads but the heatsink didnt exactly fit the card, the claps used to hold it down bulged and I had to leave one off so I could fit it into the PCI express slot.<br /><br />The fan is very quite, even at 1300 RPM (fastest setting)<br /><br />Temps before with reference cooler: 94C and major throttling.<br /><br />Temps after water cooler install: 57C max with cooler fan set to 100%<br /><br />Temps using water cooler with recommended fan curve: 68C @ 50% max fan speed.<br /><br />Oh and I have my card OC'd to 1050 core and 1400 memory. This is valid for all of the above results. Im sure the temps would be lower if I left it at stock clocks.<br /><br />My case is a midtower and already could hardly fit the R9 290 so I knew any aftermarket fan cooler wouldnt fit, Thus I went with this option. It certainly does what it is designed to do and allows guaranteed OC'ing headroom.<br /><br />R9 290 VisonTek reference from eBay: $220<br />Water cooler : $120<br /><br />Total cost : $340 for better than GTX 780 performance and guaranteed cool temps.

Works as advertised.