Fan on BFG AGEIA PhysX card died

[Heyyou27]

Not only am I a not so proud owner of the AGEIA PhysX card, but I'm now the owner of an AGEIA PhysX card with a broken fan. Because I had no idea how long the fan has been broken, I decided to take a screwdriver and remove the fan from the heatsink. Lo and behold, the card runs the same as it did with the fan when it was funtional; while the card does get a bit warm, it still operates normally and has had no issues without the fan.

 

[croc]

Just goes to show how much work a physx card really does....

 

[swifty_morgan]

You're right, it does get hot, and you should look into getting a replacement fan. It's there for a reason. I'd pull the card from my box until I did so.

 

[jkflipflop98]

I'd take the card out of the system and hope that some sucker on e-bay will buy it for $50

 

[jt001]

I'd take the card out of the system and hope that some sucker on e-bay will buy it for $50

Seconded

 

[Heyyou27]

I've already replaced the cooling solution myself; I'm not trying to sell the card, even though it's basically worthless. I was really just wondering if anyone else has had experience with the card and temperatures. Most review sites show it consumes about 23W of power so it doesn't require much to keep cool.

 

[akahuddy]

I'd sell the card anyway... money in your pockets. Or try and RMA the card or something to that extent.

 

[Heyyou27]

I'd sell the card anyway... money in your pockets. Or try and RMA the card or something to that extent.

I'd sell the card, but I got it pretty cheap anyway and I'm not desperate for money.(not that I would get much :lol: )

 

[lunaweb]

This reply is intended as a general reply to PhysX disaster. YEARS AGO when PhysX just game I posted a comment on THG that this technology ultimately fail.

Later I read all sorts of "wise cracks" from oh so clever people as to "why I was wrong". I knew the time and day would come I could show you all a toffee!

Brace yourself clowns. It has arrived. PhysX SUX.

I was right and you ALL WERE OH SO WRONGhttp://img.tomshardware.com/forum/uk/icones/message/icon4.gif

Sit and rotate on it.. HAHAHA http://img.tomshardware.com/forum/uk/icones/message/icon6.gif

If have any others "pearls of wisdom" I can laugh at here's my email addresshttp://img.tomshardware.com/forum/uk/icones/smilies/pt1cable.gif
clint@lunaweb.co.za