GF4 Ti-4400 without fan?

[lem0n]

I have an ASUS GF4 TI-4400 128mb, and was wondering, is it possible to get a heatsink to it instead of the fan+heatsink combo? My goal was to make it quiet, but is it too powerful/hot to run with only a heatsink? Thanks in advance for any answers.

 

[scottchen]

Try the ZM80A-HP.

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[tombance]

If you really want to be clever, go find a method for undervolting your card (not underclocking) as Ive heard that most vpus run at higher voltage than is really necessary in order to provide a margin for error. You can see how to do this <A HREF="http://www.silentpcreview.com/modules.php?op=modload&name=Sections&file=index&req=viewarticle&artid=33&page=1" target="_new">here</A> (he underclocked too). I know this may sound a bit extreme but if you do ever manage this tell me, because I really want to do this (my card's default voltage is 1.68v because its a gainward special edition, and could really do with being cooler).

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[lem0n]

This is interesting reading. Thank you. I'm not very experienced in overclocking, but I'm learning as I go.

 

[vizual_assasin]

use a water cooling system in your computer with a part to cool the video card. they work wonders im using a radeon 9800 128 video card without a fan and it stays at 24 degrees with my water cooling system on energy saving mode

 

[scottchen]

He doesn't want to overclock so there's really no point for watercool.

-Intel PIV 2.6C @ 3.575G -Asus P4P800 -OCZ Copper 2x256 4000EL memory @ 275mhz 3-4-4-8 -Sapphire 9800np @ 432/760 -SB audigy -120G Maxtor Diamond Plus9 S-ATA150 hdd -450 Enermax PSU

 

[lem0n]

That's right, I'm not overclocking. My goal is to silence my PC without spending too much money, and I believe the lil fan on my GPU is one of the bigger problems. I was thinking about taking care of CPU cooling with a heatpipe system, but I'm very unfamiliar with that. My CPU is an Athlon XP 2400+. I'm also wondering how to make my powersupply quieter, I really wouldn't want to buy a new one.

The ZM80A-HP looks good, now I'm just curious about the price.

<P ID="edit"><FONT SIZE=-1><EM>Edited by lem0n on 11/18/03 04:44 AM.</EM></FONT></P>