Video card annoyance...
Posted: Wed Apr 04, 2007 4:35 am
Hi guys,
I bought an X300SE passive video card, but the damn thing keeps overheating! The shop I bought it from won't let me exchange it either, since there is nothing wrong with the card perse, its just badly designed heh. I play one game - counterstrike 1.6. It's 7 years old, so an x300 is more than enough!
Are there any other passive video cards out there which are less likely to overheat? The heatsink on this thing isnt great... as can be seen in the picture below:
Are there any other cheap cards which are less prone to being a complete dick around like this? I was thinking a 7300gt might be ok? I don't want a 7100gs as they use system RAM.
Does anyone have experience here?
Also, I only have one 120mm case fan, and one 120mm fan in my corsair power supply (both ridiculously low speed). Is that enough to even be running a passive video card AT ALL?
Thanks
I bought an X300SE passive video card, but the damn thing keeps overheating! The shop I bought it from won't let me exchange it either, since there is nothing wrong with the card perse, its just badly designed heh. I play one game - counterstrike 1.6. It's 7 years old, so an x300 is more than enough!
Are there any other passive video cards out there which are less likely to overheat? The heatsink on this thing isnt great... as can be seen in the picture below:
Are there any other cheap cards which are less prone to being a complete dick around like this? I was thinking a 7300gt might be ok? I don't want a 7100gs as they use system RAM.
Does anyone have experience here?
Also, I only have one 120mm case fan, and one 120mm fan in my corsair power supply (both ridiculously low speed). Is that enough to even be running a passive video card AT ALL?
Thanks