Radeon 9000 without fan ok?

[Nicolai Sidenius]

After several hours of work relocating the DC-board I finally got the 
Radeon 9000 video card installed in my Cube. I did this operation in 
order to be able to run dual digital displays and everything is working 
perfectly. Will I also need to install a fan on this card? I'm not much 
of a gamer but run dual displays basically all day long. Will I know if 
the video card overheats in some way before it goes up in smoke?
All advice is very welcome!

Nicolai Sidenius (Milan, Italy)

P.S. Changing the video card I now have a Radeon 7500 card which I 
don't need any more. If there are any european Cubeowners who are 
seriously interested please contact me off-list.

On Tuesday, Jun 3, 2003, at 15:54 Europe/Rome, Riba wrote:

>> I understand the mods needed for some of these cards are rather 
>> involved.
>
> 7500 is not so involving. You can either modify the back plate a bit 
> (not the actual cube enclosure!) or run it without the plate at all 
> which will improve the cooling. 8500 and 9000 both require you to move 
> your DC board, and that is something I wouldn't do. They also run 
> hotter.
>
>> As far as performance, are there any of you out there who might have 
>> impressions or comments?
>> Experiences?
>
> 7500 is faster than the Radeon that I currently use. 8500 is the 
> fastest one, and 9000 is a tiny bit slower than 8500.
>
>> Wish to at some point run a 23 HD Cine possibly with a smaller LCD in 
>> the future.
>
> All three of them can do it. I'd suggest you go with 7500, at least 
> that's what I'm going to do.
>
>
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