Geforce Ti4200, looking for cooling that's quiet/silent
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Geforce Ti4200, looking for cooling that's quiet/silent
I recently got a sonata and find it quiet, but it could be quieter!
I took out my graphics card while trying to find out what was making most noise in my box and found it to be more quiet without it.
Hence my search to something more quiet/silent. Whitout bringing case temps up!
Have a few more bits that i'd like more quiet but thats for different forums?
What do you use for cooling your graphics? Seen a zalman (i think) passive cooling block (gold covering whole vga card, more or less) and various differnt fas etc.
Wich works for my current card and i still capable of cooling futere cards, most likely ati brand, thinking maybe getting 9600xt end of summer
Any advice appreciated,
Jozi
I took out my graphics card while trying to find out what was making most noise in my box and found it to be more quiet without it.
Hence my search to something more quiet/silent. Whitout bringing case temps up!
Have a few more bits that i'd like more quiet but thats for different forums?
What do you use for cooling your graphics? Seen a zalman (i think) passive cooling block (gold covering whole vga card, more or less) and various differnt fas etc.
Wich works for my current card and i still capable of cooling futere cards, most likely ati brand, thinking maybe getting 9600xt end of summer
Any advice appreciated,
Jozi
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I too am looking for a quiet cooler for a Geforce4 Ti4200. I've seen the following cooler that would be really nice to run on this card but it's not compatible:
http://www.svc.com/vga-rev3.html
I used to have a Radeon 9700 Pro with a Zalman but it boosted case temps too much and was really overkill. Does anyone know of a cooler similar to the one above that will work with a Ti4200?
http://www.svc.com/vga-rev3.html
I used to have a Radeon 9700 Pro with a Zalman but it boosted case temps too much and was really overkill. Does anyone know of a cooler similar to the one above that will work with a Ti4200?
I have a Zalman ZM80C-HP on my Leadtek Ti4200. Without any fans at all and just 3 80mm fans @ 5V for case cooling, it understandably got quite hot. Zalman recommend opening the PCI directly below it for better cooling, which I did, but the bottom heatsink would still get very hot (almost too hot to touch). It was stable, but too hot for my comfort.
The solution for me was an old 60mm stock AMD fan slowed down to 1% via speedfan and attached where the extra 80mm fan would go. It puts through a piddly amount of airflow, but a little is 10x better than none, and now the heatsink only gets warm to the touch.
As for raising the case temps... I don't see how that would work since the Ti4200 is still putting out the same amount of heat. Relative to the arctic vga silencers it definately does have higher case temps, but I noticed no difference compared to the stock cooler.
The leadtek ti4200's seem to be rather notorious for being hot, perhaps they increased the gpu voltage?
The solution for me was an old 60mm stock AMD fan slowed down to 1% via speedfan and attached where the extra 80mm fan would go. It puts through a piddly amount of airflow, but a little is 10x better than none, and now the heatsink only gets warm to the touch.
As for raising the case temps... I don't see how that would work since the Ti4200 is still putting out the same amount of heat. Relative to the arctic vga silencers it definately does have higher case temps, but I noticed no difference compared to the stock cooler.
The leadtek ti4200's seem to be rather notorious for being hot, perhaps they increased the gpu voltage?
I went the el cheapo route with my 4200. That little whiny fan drove me nuts. I took a Zalman nb47j I had lying around and affixed that to the gpu. I then took a 60mm fan off an old stock amd hs I had. I strapped up the fan to blow onto the nb47j, then undervolted it to 5v. The fan is VERY quiet, and the hs is only warm to the touch. I can loop 3dmark 2001 for over an hour and still grab hold of the hs....(the top anyway).
The fan is attached at the rear (rightmost if installed) portion of the card, so I can still utilize some of my pci slots. Not that I use them anyway, but maybe you do...
The fan is attached at the rear (rightmost if installed) portion of the card, so I can still utilize some of my pci slots. Not that I use them anyway, but maybe you do...
I've underclocked my Ti 4200 to try to cool down the case
There is an article here http://www.overclockers.com.au/techstuff/a_coolbits/ that has all you need to over/underclock your card. This should help reduce your case temps, and it's pretty easy adjust if you want performance for gaming.
Also I'd be curious to know how this works for others. My clock frequency is down to 80MHz and Memory is down to 160MHz, but I felt like the difference was hardly noticible when i touch the card.
There is an article here http://www.overclockers.com.au/techstuff/a_coolbits/ that has all you need to over/underclock your card. This should help reduce your case temps, and it's pretty easy adjust if you want performance for gaming.
Also I'd be curious to know how this works for others. My clock frequency is down to 80MHz and Memory is down to 160MHz, but I felt like the difference was hardly noticible when i touch the card.
Ive tried to take the memory speed down on my 4200 but it locks up the system below 400mhzLwood wrote:I've underclocked my Ti 4200 to try to cool down the case
There is an article here http://www.overclockers.com.au/techstuff/a_coolbits/ that has all you need to over/underclock your card. This should help reduce your case temps, and it's pretty easy adjust if you want performance for gaming.
Also I'd be curious to know how this works for others. My clock frequency is down to 80MHz and Memory is down to 160MHz, but I felt like the difference was hardly noticible when i touch the card.