Tweakmonster Dual 80mm Fan Bracket - Testing
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To test the Tweakmonster fan bracket, I found the maximum overclock for my video card with and without the bracket installed. Testing was conducted inside a closed CoolerMaster Wave Master case w/ Plexiglas 
side panel and CPU blowhole. I installed the fan bracket so that air was being blown both above and below the video card; a FIC Radeon 9600 Pro. The GPU is cooled by the small, stock HS/F, and aluminum ramsinks are installed on the Samsung 2.83ns memory chips.
I used the nature test in 3DMark2001se to test for stability and make sure there were absolutely no artifacts. I increased the core clock untill I hit the limit, backed it down and increased the memory clock to find its limit, then set both the core and memory to these new maxes and tested again for stability and looked for artifacts. Before installing the fan bracket, the max overclock on this 9600 Pro was 479.25 core and 398.25 memory. (Stock is 400/300). And after installing the bracket? My overclock was still stuck at 479.25/398.25 with artifacts appearing as soon as the core or memory was pushed one notch further. It is interesting to note however, the frequency of artifacts appearing seemed to be less with the bracket installed than without.
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