Gigabyte has some nvidia 66xx with silent cooling (no fan). I have had the same fan problem in the past and gone that way. Another option is a zalman gpu heat sink if it fits. remove the fan on your card and put on the heat sink.
Mike On Thu, 2006-03-02 at 14:34 -0500, Steve Hendrix wrote: > I know this has been discussed before, but the market constantly > moves and I want to hear recent experiences. I have an Nvidia > GeForce2 GTS that has given me good service since I bought this > machine, hmmm, probably 6 or 8 years ago. It's developed a low but > annoying howl that cuts in and out. I've traced it to the fan on the > video card; looks like the bushing has become worn enough to have > some play so it sets up enough chatter to bring the fan to a complete > stop, then the motor spins it back up again, repeating every few > seconds. Depending on temp, time of day, phase of the moon, etc., it > may stop doing it for several hours, then start back up again. I'm > thinking I'd better just replace the video card with something > current, or at least have something on hand for when this one dies in > the middle of an urgent project. > > My needs are fairly simple; I'm not into computer gaming. Protel > itself is about as graphics-intensive as I get, although I do have a > very large collection of personal photos and videos online, and I of > course need to do normal office-type applications as well as > engineering apps. I'm running Win2K and don't plan to > up/side/downgrade to XP until I'm forced to do so, which I don't see > in the near future. I see today that Tiger has the GeForce FX 5500 > for $45 (after screwing around with their goofy rebates, of course); > that looks more than adequate for the job. But I know Protel can be a > bit quirky about working with a specific video card. Anybody out > there have experience, good or bad, with Protel vs. this particular > card, or another they'd recommend in a similar price range? > > Steve Hendrix > > > > ____________________________________________________________ > You are subscribed to the PEDA discussion forum > > To Post messages: > mailto:[email protected] > > Unsubscribe and Other Options: > http://techservinc.com/mailman/listinfo/peda_techservinc.com > > Browse or Search Old Archives (2001-2004): > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] > > Browse or Search Current Archives (2004-Current): > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] ____________________________________________________________ You are subscribed to the PEDA discussion forum To Post messages: mailto:[email protected] Unsubscribe and Other Options: http://techservinc.com/mailman/listinfo/peda_techservinc.com Browse or Search Old Archives (2001-2004): http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] Browse or Search Current Archives (2004-Current): http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]
