Conclusion: My inner engineer loves this thing. Beyond the fact that it works really well, it looks good too. It's a classic case of a design where form follows function.
Pros: Full Copper design looks great, works great at all speeds, Very quiet, inaudible in my application on High Speed, Includes adjustable fan controller, Simple, flexible,...
Cons: Application data out of date, no nVIDIA 8XXX or 9XXX cards listed, If used in poorly ventilated cases, will raise case temperature, Clear insulating washers almost inv...
Summary: The first chart below shows how the stock noisy-at-full-speed cooler performance as compared to the VF900-Cu LED at both low and high fan speeds. High fan speed on the
Pros: Very good installation instructions., Dual heatpipe design., Fan Controller., Quiet at low-mid speeds., Blue LED fan.
Cons: Fan Mate 2 Controller could integrate better with the system., Two slot cooler.
Zalman VF900-Cu LED: New Universal VGA Cooler Review
X-bit labs
4 August 2006
Summary: Cute appearance, high efficiency, a very quiet fan with highlighting, tool-less installation on the graphics card – these are the features the new VGA cooler from Zalman
Pros: High GPU cooling efficiency, Very quiet at medium and silent at minimum fan speed, Compatible with almost all existing graphics cards, Simple to install, Fan Mate 2, g...
Cons: High price, Worse than the Zalman VF700-Cu at cooling the graphics card’s PCB and power circuit (this is true for the Radeon X1900 XTX)
Summary: The VF900-Cu is an excellent VGA cooler produced in typical Zalman-quality fashion, but at the end of the day I can't help but feel somewhat let-down.