most powerful fanless video card ?

tridion · Post by **tridion** » Mon Mar 03, 2003 10:30 am

What is currently the most powerful video card you can buy which is fanless out of the box ?

efcoins · Post by **efcoins** » Mon Mar 03, 2003 10:52 am

Radeon 9700 Pro with a Zalman heat sink already attached (about £320)

second

Sapphire ATI Radeon 9000 Atlantis 64MB (about £55)

slippy · Post by **slippy** » Mon Mar 03, 2003 4:30 pm

i know ppl have removed their fans off radeon 9000s that came with a fan

but what about a radeon 9000 pro? can that work well without a fan?
i'm thinking of the tyan 9000 pro 64mb http://www.tyan.com/products/html/g9000pro.html

or is it not even worth it to pay extra for the pro, even if it does work without the fan?

TheMuffinMan · Post by **TheMuffinMan** » Mon Mar 03, 2003 8:15 pm

I have a 9000 Pro with the fan unplugged (Mfrd. by ATI, stock heatsink) with a PC P&C at 5v running over it. The GPU is around case temp.

That Tyan (the 9000 Pro) one would run fine with the fan unplugged. That heatsink is huge compared to the ATI stock ones.

slippy · Post by **slippy** » Mon Mar 03, 2003 8:39 pm

TheMuffinMan wrote: PC P&C at 5v running over it.

what is p&c?

TheMuffinMan · Post by **TheMuffinMan** » Mon Mar 03, 2003 8:55 pm

PC P&C = PC Power and Cooling
PC Power and Cooling

way2slo · Post by **way2slo** » Wed Mar 05, 2003 4:38 pm

if u r a gamer, go for ati 9000pro 128mb(which is a good buy now) with a zalman heatsink. i use a matrox G550 dual head and i love it. again, i m not a gamer.

powergyoza · Post by **powergyoza** » Fri Mar 07, 2003 1:24 am

According to tomshardware.com, it looks like the Geforce FX5200 (competitor to the Radeon 9000/9200) will be fanless. Should be worth a try for the Geforce fans out there (no pun intended

).

simmers · Post by **simmers** » Sun Mar 09, 2003 9:22 am

Isn't Gainward producing a silent version of the GeForce FX?

slippy · Post by **slippy** » Tue Mar 11, 2003 11:20 am

here's something from bjorn3d

it also looks like the 9600 doesn't need extra power = less heat = less cooling = less noise

"Moving to a .13 process means the ability to pack more stuff into a smaller die as well as make the chipset use less power. ATI talked about the possibility to get a fan-less version of the Radeon 9600 which uses no fan. For anyone who wants to build a quiet PC this sounds like a great product"

http://www.bjorn3d.com//_preview.php?ar ... pageID=237

most powerful fanless video card ?

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