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xX StitcH   05-16-2009 at 10:13:49 PM

First of all, please don't laugh, lol.

I was fixing up my sisters PC (cleaning out all the dust and doing a fresh OS install) and after I cleaned all the dust out and powered it up again, the GPU fan is screaming. I took it all apart and I can't find anything wrong with it. The card is a GeForce 5700LE 256MB.

What would you guys recommend? The mobo does not have integrated video so I need something. I don't know if I should buy a new heatsink fan assembly, or just get a new card all together? I can't really find any information on these cards, do they run hot? I'm assuming not, but would it be okay to run it without the fan?

Thanks for any help!

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Bronze Graphics badge coozie7   05-16-2009 at 10:19:31 PM
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DEpends.
You could attach a suitably sized case fan to the card and either disconnect or remove the original fan (crude but it works).
Or you could tell us the rest of the system specs so we can guide you to a replacement.

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xX StitcH   05-16-2009 at 10:35:31 PM
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AMD Athlon XP 2700+
512MB DDR266
Biostar M7NCD Mobo

Need anything else?

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AKM880   05-16-2009 at 10:39:09 PM
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Since your motherboard is only AGP I recommend getting a card like ATi HD 3450 AGP. The fastest card for AGP is the 3850 and it might be bottlenecked by the CPU. Do you do any gaming by any chance?

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 3450%20AGP

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xX StitcH   05-16-2009 at 10:46:08 PM
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It is my sister's PC. I'm pretty sure she plays stuff like The Sims 2 and Roller Coaster Tycoon. So not anything demanding, lol.

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AKM880   05-16-2009 at 10:49:58 PM
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That 3450 would proably be enough for Sims 2/Roller Coaster Tycoon. Theres also a 3650 but I don't know if your CPU will bottleneck it.

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AKM880   05-16-2009 at 10:50:47 PM
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You also might want to upgrade the RAM to 1GB too if you do purchase that 3450.

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xX StitcH   05-16-2009 at 10:57:46 PM
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I'm trying to get out of this spending as little money as possible. She does not really need more memory.

Is there anything I can get that is more in the $20 range?

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AKM880   05-17-2009 at 12:14:44 AM
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Those two games you listed don't need a demanding GPU. You could get the FX 5200 AGP video card or the 6200

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6814500066
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6814125249

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xX StitcH   05-17-2009 at 02:21:12 AM
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Well, I figured I had nothing to lose, so I have it running without the fan for now. Seems to be running fine, but of course there is no temp sensor so I don't know the exact temp.

I touched the heatsink after it was running for awhile and it was barely warm. I guess I'll see how long it holds out like this. Hopefully it is not being used enough where it will overheat.

There is also a system fan sucking in cool air and blowing it right around the heatsink of the GPU so I guess that might be helping a little.

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