Video Card Cooling

Joes2Silly · Post by **Joes2Silly** » Fri Mar 17, 2006 1:43 pm

I just put my sisters old video card in my computer and it runs fairly well. But the heat sink is constantly hot and it will probably get even hotter when I overclock it more (I already have overclocked it a bit) So what is something that I can do to fix this problem

Kurt_ · Post by **Kurt_** » Fri Mar 17, 2006 1:45 pm

Buy a bigger heat sink.

Joes2Silly · Post by **Joes2Silly** » Fri Mar 17, 2006 1:46 pm

but i dont want to spend a lot of money on the video card because:

1. its old
2. its only a 64 MB card
3. i dont want to spend a lot of money

paul4990 · Post by **paul4990** » Fri Mar 17, 2006 2:45 pm

shove an 80mm fan up its ass?

Joes2Silly · Post by **Joes2Silly** » Fri Mar 17, 2006 2:51 pm

up whos ass

paul4990 · Post by **paul4990** » Fri Mar 17, 2006 3:22 pm

the card

Kurt_ · Post by **Kurt_** » Fri Mar 17, 2006 3:33 pm

Another great solution. Attach a fan to the heat sink, is what he's saying.

Joes2Silly · Post by **Joes2Silly** » Fri Mar 17, 2006 3:52 pm

why dont i just buy something like this

Metroid fan · Post by **Metroid fan** » Fri Mar 17, 2006 3:59 pm

Thought you didn't want to spend money?

Post by **marshallh** » Fri Mar 17, 2006 4:21 pm

So, you are saying this video card is a waste of time for you, yet you still want to overclock it and cool it without spending any (much) money. If it's not important to you, why are you asking us?

Even better, to fix the cooling problem, don't overclock it! You're just making its lifespan shorter, and for what reason?

daguuy · Post by **daguuy** » Fri Mar 17, 2006 4:24 pm

just curious, how good is a 64mb card? would it be enough to play call of duty or world of warcraft or any of that 'new" stuff?

Zzebotes13 · Post by **Zzebotes13** » Fri Mar 17, 2006 4:26 pm

you could, but it wouldn't be that great of a gaming experience

Post by **Skyone** » Fri Mar 17, 2006 4:29 pm

Metroid fan wrote:Thought you didn't want to spend money?

3. i dont want to spend a lot of money

teraflop122 · Post by **teraflop122** » Fri Mar 17, 2006 4:43 pm

how good is a 64mb card

I'm gonna laugh when someone buys a 512MB Radeon X1300, thinking it will be super awesome just because it has lots o' video memory

However, that is only one of several instances in which I would laugh.