fan for my video card?

[Ryuken]

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

[Gryph]

Well you need a heatsink plus fan. Technically heat sinks are more important since that's what does the heat dissipation.

[Ryuken]

i know about that but i'm not sure if a fan is also needed,

[Gryph]

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.

[Ryuken]

but does a radeon 9600 256mb fast enough that it needs a heatsink and a fan

[Gryph]

Pretty much. It generates enough heat...my Radeon 9700 Pro has heatsink and fan.

[Ryuken]

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

[Gryph]

I used to have one of those but I don't know if it did anything. It broke after a few months...

[Ryuken]

i'll get 1 if the part of my case where the video card's at is gettin hot

[Ghosty]

Try Using A Video Card Cooler, From What I See It Looks Like A Clamper To The Video Card. It Might Work.

[ThatHotAnimeGuy]

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