Stock coolers aren’t always designed for maximum performance but rather designed for a good medium of price/performance to keep costs down. This is where third party cooling manufacturers come in. Cooler manufacturers such as Arctic Cooling and Zalman have become quite known for their third party graphics coolers in terms of noise and performance. Today we’ll be comparing graphics coolers from both manufacturers. Enter the Arctic Cooling Accelero X2, Zalman VF700-Cu, and VF900-Cu