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avatar_58
06-02-2005, 09:33 PM
Ok, more on fans (yeah I know..)

Does anyone here have experience with PCI slot cooling fans? I have looked over reviews on some and have had mixed ideas. Some cards only give a 1 degree of help and thats not very helpful. While some have been quoted to lower adjacent cards by 10 degress (quite a bit for a GPU)

Any suggestions?

Here are some:

http://vantecusa.com/p_fancard.html
http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/Category/category_slc.asp?CatId=804
DudeMiester
06-02-2005, 09:39 PM
You're better off just putting a better heatsink on your GPU.
avatar_58
06-02-2005, 09:45 PM
http://forums.3drealms.com/ubbthreads/sh...p;page=0#866165 (http://forums.3drealms.com/ubbthreads/showflat.php?Cat=0&Number=866165&an=0&page=0#866165)

I would like to get both if it helps...
Ecmaster76
06-02-2005, 10:20 PM
Well I had a friend who had a Geforce 2 MX without a fan on its heatsink. I installed a PCI slot fan under it and it fixed a lot of his crashes he had been having. The other half was the result of a poorly designed motherboard.
Hudson
06-02-2005, 11:09 PM
avatar_58 said:
Ok, more on fans (yeah I know..)

Does anyone here have experience with PCI slot cooling fans? I have looked over reviews on some and have had mixed ideas. Some cards only give a 1 degree of help and thats not very helpful. While some have been quoted to lower adjacent cards by 10 degress (quite a bit for a GPU)

Any suggestions?

Here are some:

http://vantecusa.com/p_fancard.html
http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/Category/category_slc.asp?CatId=804



I just stuck one of my extra Panaflo fans on my 9800 Pro (when I used it). Worked well, served it's purpose.
avatar_58
06-03-2005, 09:47 AM
Hudson said:
I just stuck one of my extra Panaflo fans on my 9800 Pro (when I used it). Worked well, served it's purpose.



I can't stick any more fans on that card....it already has 2 on it. http://forums.3drealms.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/frown.gif