The Arctic Accelero Xtreme III is a video card cooler with five heatpipes and three 92 mm fans. Let’s test it and compare it with some of the best VGA coolers we have tested so far.

As with most VGA coolers from Arctic, the box of the Accelero Xtreme III is actually a plastic blister that allows you to see the entire cooler, as shown in Figure 1.

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Figure 1: Package

Figure 2 shows the accessory kit that comes with the Accelero Xtreme III: manual, thermal adhesive, heatsinks for memory chips and voltage regulator transistors, power adapter, and installation hardware.

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Figure 2: Accessories

Figure 3 displays the Accelero Xtreme III.

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Figure 3: The Xtreme III

This cooler is discussed in detail in the following pages.