Coolers

Gainward GeForce GTX 560 1024MB "Phantom"

This "Phantom" cooler has two high-quality slow and quiet fans concealed under the heatsink that also has heatpipes coming from the base pressed against the GPU. Memory chips are not cooled.

Gigabyte GV-N56GSO-1GI

The cooler has a massive heatsink with heatpipes and two high-quality thin, slow and quiet fans. Memory chips are not cooled.

Inno3D iChill GeForce GTX 560

This is a similar device but with an additional metallic heatsink for memory chips. The iChill cooler seems to be a little more noisier.

Leadtek WinFast GTX 560 OC

This device also has two fans, but the rest differs: two heatsinks interconnected with heatpipes. Fans rotate at a low speed, but still can be heard.

Temperature monitoring results

We measured temperatures using the MSI Afterburner utility.

Gainward GeForce GTX 560 1024MB "Phantom"

Gigabyte GV-N56GSO-1GI

Inno3D iChill GeForce GTX 560

Leadtek WinFast GTX 560 OC

All coolers prove to be efficient after the standard six hours of continuous testing under load. Those 85°C on Gigabyte GV-N56GSO-1GI seem strange, but it turns out that Gigabyte has deliberately lowered fan speed to reduce noise. As for the temperature itself, 85°C is normal for cards like these.

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