Does Radeon 8500 need fan or aftermarket heatsink?
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Does Radeon 8500 need fan or aftermarket heatsink?
Anyone have any experience with the 8500 and know if it's ok to run with the fan off (assuming circulation in the case)?
Last edited by rtype on Tue Aug 19, 2003 12:29 pm, edited 1 time in total.
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I agree with DryFire, the 8500 does run too hot to run with the standard heatsink and no fan. Some of us have pulled the stock fan off and just use a quiet (5V or 7V L1A for instance) fan mounted on a Zalman bracket over the card to cool it. Others have replaced the stock ATI HSF with the Zalman 17xx heatsink + a quiet fan on a bracket. Other than using the big Zalman heatpipe cooler I don't think you can get away with totally passive cooling on these cards. They do run pretty hot.
I've had success lately with an 8500 128mb retail card using just a Zalman ZM-17 cooler and a 5V front intake 80mm fan (which is generally pointed at the AGP slot). The system has two 5V 80mm exhaust fans as well.
The sink gets hot to the touch, but never artifacts or exhibits any problems during gaming - and has been perfectly stable for some time now. I wonder if anybody else has also tried this cooling solution for the 8500?
The sink gets hot to the touch, but never artifacts or exhibits any problems during gaming - and has been perfectly stable for some time now. I wonder if anybody else has also tried this cooling solution for the 8500?
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I put a K type thermocouple on my Radeon 8500 heatsink, and ran it Fanless at stock voltages in counterstrike for an hour, and then rendered 30 minutes with 3Dsmax, and the temp never went above 55c
I have now run it like this since I bought my Sonata.
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I have now run it like this since I bought my Sonata.
See my specs below in my sig
EDIT: I will get some more recent photos for you soon...