We already wrote a lot about the new cooler that AMD decided to slap on the HD 5770. The "older", blower fan was probably more expensive, but it looks like that the new one also does a better job in cooling both the PCB and the GPU itself.

As we wrote before, the new cooler only has the HD 5750 shroud while the heatsink below has a Zalmanish design with two 8mm heatpipes. Due to the fact that it blows air downward, the new cards don't have RAM or VRM heatsink either. The only drawback is that this one keeps the hot air inside the case which can easily be fixed with additional fans, which most users have on their chassis anyway.

The guys at Expreview.com tested both versions and have published some interesting results as the GPU is up to 9 degrees colder under load and 4 degrees colder in idle when compared to the old blower fan. Even the PCB is cooler by few degrees, but of course the case temperature rose a bit.

Although the new cooler might be cheaper and should bring a bit more money to AMD considering the fact that it will not change the price of the HD 5770, it also does a good job, despite the fact that it keeps the hot air in the case.

Of course, you can always wait for those non-reference cards with custom cooling which should show up pretty soon.

You can find the review here.

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