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James Goodman
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Sun Nov 06, 2005 6:23 pm Post subject:
FX5200 Operating Temperature? |
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I have an Inno3D FX5200 graphics card which I have been using for about
3 months or so.
I purchased it originally believing it had a large passive heat-sink
fitted to it. However, upon delivery it had a small annoying fan. At
the time the PC it went into (which has evolved into a MCE PC) was
pretty noisy, so the fan appeared silent. Now that I have silenced the
other noisy components (PSU, CPU), the fan on the graphics card is
quite annoying and noisy.
I tried running the card without the fan on, and it performed
flawlessly, but the fan casing became very hot.
Feeling safe in the knowledge that a good number of the FX5200 based
cards on the market run solely with a passive heatsink, I took a trip
to maplins to look into buying some kind of heatsink which I could fit.
I looked at the heatsinks fitted to the FX5200 based cards they had,
and bought some thermaltake memory cooling heatsinks, which when paired
together approximate the surface area of the OEM heatsink's provided by
manufacturers.
After fitting, I ran the computer, including running 3DMark 2001 at
stock and o/c'd settings to test it for stability. Both tests completed
without error, and interestingly the scores attained were higher than
with the stock fan!
However, the heatsink's get very hot. Subjectively they get too hot to
touch for more than a few seconds.
How hot do the heatsinks get on cards with the passive heatsink as
stock?
Cheers, |
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deimos
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Sun Nov 06, 2005 10:43 pm Post subject:
Re: FX5200 Operating Temperature? |
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James Goodman wrote:
| Quote: | I have an Inno3D FX5200 graphics card which I have been using for about
3 months or so.
I purchased it originally believing it had a large passive heat-sink
fitted to it. However, upon delivery it had a small annoying fan. At
the time the PC it went into (which has evolved into a MCE PC) was
pretty noisy, so the fan appeared silent. Now that I have silenced the
other noisy components (PSU, CPU), the fan on the graphics card is
quite annoying and noisy.
I tried running the card without the fan on, and it performed
flawlessly, but the fan casing became very hot.
Feeling safe in the knowledge that a good number of the FX5200 based
cards on the market run solely with a passive heatsink, I took a trip
to maplins to look into buying some kind of heatsink which I could fit.
I looked at the heatsinks fitted to the FX5200 based cards they had,
and bought some thermaltake memory cooling heatsinks, which when paired
together approximate the surface area of the OEM heatsink's provided by
manufacturers.
After fitting, I ran the computer, including running 3DMark 2001 at
stock and o/c'd settings to test it for stability. Both tests completed
without error, and interestingly the scores attained were higher than
with the stock fan!
However, the heatsink's get very hot. Subjectively they get too hot to
touch for more than a few seconds.
How hot do the heatsinks get on cards with the passive heatsink as
stock?
Cheers,
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Passively cooled low end cards are usually VERY low end. They have
reduced core and memory clocks and can use slower buses, like a 64-bit
or very rarely, a 32-bit memory bus. Their total thermal watts output
is usually much lower than an equivalent standard card of that type.
The entire FX series runs hot. Very simply. But there are many FX's
that run without a FAN. Like this one:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16814133127
The H.S. will get very hot, but so long as you have a mild flow of air
in your case, it shouldn't be too bad and shouldn't artifact or lockup.
I had a GF2MX at one time that worked the same way -- passively
cooled, and you couldn't overclock it without a fan blowing across the
RAM and HS.
As a final note, check the heatsink specs to see exactly how many
thermal watts it can dissipate or spread out across its surface. I'll
bet it's lower than a stock heatsink. |
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Dr White
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Mon Nov 07, 2005 2:47 pm Post subject:
Re: FX5200 Operating Temperature? |
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"James Goodman" <j_goodman00@yahoo.co.uk> wrote in message
news:1131279816.159623.109840@g43g2000cwa.googlegroups.com...
| Quote: | I have an Inno3D FX5200 graphics card which I have been using for about
3 months or so.
I purchased it originally believing it had a large passive heat-sink
fitted to it. However, upon delivery it had a small annoying fan. At
the time the PC it went into (which has evolved into a MCE PC) was
pretty noisy, so the fan appeared silent. Now that I have silenced the
other noisy components (PSU, CPU), the fan on the graphics card is
quite annoying and noisy.
I tried running the card without the fan on, and it performed
flawlessly, but the fan casing became very hot.
Feeling safe in the knowledge that a good number of the FX5200 based
cards on the market run solely with a passive heatsink, I took a trip
to maplins to look into buying some kind of heatsink which I could fit.
I looked at the heatsinks fitted to the FX5200 based cards they had,
and bought some thermaltake memory cooling heatsinks, which when paired
together approximate the surface area of the OEM heatsink's provided by
manufacturers.
After fitting, I ran the computer, including running 3DMark 2001 at
stock and o/c'd settings to test it for stability. Both tests completed
without error, and interestingly the scores attained were higher than
with the stock fan!
However, the heatsink's get very hot. Subjectively they get too hot to
touch for more than a few seconds.
How hot do the heatsinks get on cards with the passive heatsink as
stock?
Cheers,
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I was surprised to find how hot a passive cooled 5200 got. But, it held out.
Until about 0.6 nanoseconds after the warranty expired, when it melted
during a bout of Quake 3. Judging by the temperature monitor on later FX
chips, it seems they're designed to run at up to 100-120C. It can't be
healthy though, as my molten blob of a FX5200 can attest to.
Dr.White. |
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James Goodman
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Tue Nov 08, 2005 3:13 am Post subject:
Re: FX5200 Operating Temperature? |
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Thanks for the info people.
It looks as though I will have to put up with it running very hot if I
want it to remain passively cooled. It is only used as an MCE machine,
and will never play games etc, so hopefully it is never loaded
sufficiently (at least graphically) to harm itself!
I tried running a fan in the side of the case, blowing cool air
straight onto the heatsink. It cooled the heatsink to almost room
temperature, but was damn noisy! I might therefore install a silent fan
in this location to improve cooling. |
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