Ryuken Posted October 21, 2004 Share Posted October 21, 2004 i have a radeon 9600 256mb and it only has a heatsink and my uncle has a crappyer video card and his had a fan so i'm thinking of getting a fan for my video card. and is it hard to install 1 since u have to take the stock heatsink off and put in the new 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gryph Posted October 21, 2004 Share Posted October 21, 2004 Well you need a heatsink plus fan. Technically heat sinks are more important since that's what does the heat dissipation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryuken Posted October 21, 2004 Author Share Posted October 21, 2004 i know about that but i'm not sure if a fan is also needed, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gryph Posted October 21, 2004 Share Posted October 21, 2004 A fan would definitely help though. The worst that can happen is you get too stingy and your card overheats. Might as well spend a few extra bucks to make sure that doesn't happen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryuken Posted October 21, 2004 Author Share Posted October 21, 2004 but does a radeon 9600 256mb fast enough that it needs a heatsink and a fan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gryph Posted October 21, 2004 Share Posted October 21, 2004 Pretty much. It generates enough heat...my Radeon 9700 Pro has heatsink and fan. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryuken Posted October 21, 2004 Author Share Posted October 21, 2004 should i just get a fan that takes up 1 pci slot cuz i don't want to install a new 1 since that's a chance for me to flock up my videocard Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gryph Posted October 21, 2004 Share Posted October 21, 2004 I used to have one of those but I don't know if it did anything. It broke after a few months... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryuken Posted October 21, 2004 Author Share Posted October 21, 2004 i'll get 1 if the part of my case where the video card's at is gettin hot Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghosty Posted October 22, 2004 Share Posted October 22, 2004 Try Using A Video Card Cooler, From What I See It Looks Like A Clamper To The Video Card. It Might Work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThatHotAnimeGuy Posted October 29, 2004 Share Posted October 29, 2004 ooooh what about the water cooled once. hummm. Anyway I dont know what Im talking about and am jus here cuz I keep getting this error 25: Critical error has occured while initializing Direct3D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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