[CUBE] Cube: ADC to DVI / ATi Rage to NVidia Geforce2 MX 32Mb swap

[Thubten Kunga]

No, they don't get too hot in there. I ran one from a tower with a very 
small heatsink for many months with no problems.

Kunga

On Friday, January 3, 2003, at 04:31  PM, John T. Folden wrote:

>>> Can i "safely" replace the original ATI Rage 128 with a "pulled-out" 
>>> Nvidia Geforce2 MX 32Mb that used to work (well) on a G4 733Mhz 
>>> PowerMac with Superdrive (the very first mac equipped with a 
>>> Superdrive) ??
>>
>> Yes.
>
> As someone who just recently sold the very same Power Mac, I have to
> wonder how truly wise it is to use the GF2MX from this model.  The
> heatsink is SOOOOO much smaller then the OEM GF2MX that I have in my
> Cube 500Mhz.  I've heard others say that some Cube's shipped with
> the tower version of these cards but even mine, with the monster 
> heatsink,
> still gets incredibly hot.  I'd think the tower cards would be more 
> likely to
> burn up.  :-/
>
> John