INSTALLING AND TESTING THE TACENS VISIO

To test the Tacens Visio, we used a Gigabyte Radeon HD 4850, a card that runs fairly hot with its reference design cooling. To install the Visio, we only had to install the memory heatsinks, apply the thermal paste, and screw in the heatsink. It couldn’t have been easier.

For both tests in which we measured temperatures, we used the GPU-Z utility. To load the card to the max, we used the Furmark 1.7 Stress Test, which we let run for 30 minutes. The results were as follows:

The Tacens Visio’s results are very good. It kept a Radeon HD 4850 within good limits, while working very silently. Tacens has done an excellent job with the Visio. It hit the mark by using direct touch heatpipes and rifle bearings.