Radeon 7500 long term in Cube?

[Soo Hom, ECE]

My cube came with a Radeon and it has worked fine except the fan got really 
noisy after the 2nd year and I had to take it out to clean and oil it.  
There is a small amount of fan noise but it has to be real quiet to be 
noticeable.  The system feels warm all the time and I suspect the fan is 
required to prevent overheating. 

Soo 


Hal writes: 

> I'm wondering if anyone that has been using an Apple OEM Radeon 7500 in 
> their Cube can share their experience. Specifically, I'm considering going 
> to a Radeon 7500 (Apple OEM pull) in my Cube, which already has a base 
> fan) and am considering running it as is (no fence, no added fan on the 
> card) and hope to hear from someone that's tried this for a while. I've 
> heard that running it without a fence and with a base fan is enough. 
> 
> I've run a GF2MX and a GF3 in my Cube and would also love to hear anyone's 
> thoughts on performance comparisons with the 7500. I've anly seen 
> head-to-head comparisons with a GF4MX. I'm not thrilled with the fan noise 
> from the GF3 and am considering the Radeon 7500 as a good middle ground 
> replacement. My current configuration is 500mHz stock processor, 1GB ram 
> and WD 100GB SE drive. 
> 
> Any info is appreciated. 
> 
> best,
> -Hal 
> 
> 
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