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Thread ID: 50548 2004-10-24 09:37:00 Video Card Heatsink ApeNz (4220) Press F1
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284142 2004-10-24 21:10:00 >case temp goes down to 27 deg - from 29 deg

thats ok. if it went from 29 to 19 i would be worried.
tweak'e (174)
284143 2004-10-24 21:59:00 your radeon 9200 gets to 60°C ???? thats a bit insane for a small/underpowerd card.
are your IDE cables blocking the air flow?, i had to change mine around so that there was good air flow.
I have a radeon 9600SE with the stock heatsink but im not too sure on how to measure the temps, can i use mbm??. theres no way for me to put a fan on the heatsink because there is like 1 mm between the graphics card and my modem. indeed it was a tight squeeze
Prescott (11)
284144 2004-10-24 23:40:00 i'm surprised you guys have used all the pci slots, exspecially with the amount of features that are onboard most mobo's.

i'm not a fan of modems in the first pci slot (exspecially if your an internet gamer). its always best to but the smallest card next to the vid card.

what you can do is install a fan so it blows down inbetween the 2 cards (depending on which way the fins run)
tweak'e (174)
284145 2004-10-24 23:48:00 > i'm surprised you guys have used all the pci slots,
> exspecially with the amount of features that are
> onboard most mobo's.
>
> i'm not a fan of modems in the first pci slot
> (exspecially if your an internet gamer). its always
> best to but the smallest card next to the vid card.

but theres a small problem to this, my case, the top slot is the pci card which has the modem, and the next one down is the apg slot. i only have one pci slot. i do use the onboard features like the sound and networking and usb. i only noticed this layout when i upgraded from intergrated graphics to my graphics card.
Prescott (11)
284146 2004-10-24 23:58:00 >i only have one pci slot

don't ya just hate micro sized pc's ....argghhhhh ! !
tweak'e (174)
284147 2004-10-25 00:02:00 yeah, i sort of do now, but oh well it looks good and i have the stuff in it what i need, i even put a radeon 9600se in it, i think that is the max it can handle otherwise i would need a new power suppy. Prescott (11)
284148 2004-10-25 02:22:00 Like Presott have said........ 9200 goes upto 60degrees are insane. I dont believe that measure is accurate compare to my 9800xt it only goes upto 60-70 degrees.

anyway.... to make it easier to take off your the heatsink, why dont u go play some hardcore games which require heavy video card processing for 15mins to heat up the glue that is stuck to the heatsink. This will make it easier to take it off.
Blue_face (1148)
284149 2004-10-25 04:08:00 what program did you measure to record that temp??? Prescott (11)
284150 2004-10-25 07:47:00 im using a fan controller with thermal sensors on it - only good graphics cards come with onboard temp readers - that why you pay so much ApeNz (4220)
284151 2004-10-25 08:17:00 > im using a fan controller with thermal sensors on it
> - only good graphics cards come with onboard temp
> readers - that why you pay so much


ok, i got a gecube radeon 9600se, how do i find out the temps?
Prescott (11)
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