Zalman VF3000F GTX 570/580 GPU Cooler Review @ Techgage

I got to look at these coolers in person at Computex, at first glance they look rather cheesy but do have some good qualities.  The radiator is a long twin tower design that overlaps to use as much of the incoming air as possible. 

NVIDIA's GeForce GTX 580 is a beast of a card, able to reach 80°C with minimal effort. So what about those who value high performance along with silence? There are some options, such as Zalman's VF3000F after-market cooler. But with it requiring three slots in your PC, and $75 from your wallet, can it deem itself worthy?

The best part of this cooler is the heatsink they include to cool the VRM and memory chips.  It does limit what cards can actually use the Zalman cooler, though you'd be surprised at how many "custom" cards are still using reference designed PCBs

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