8500le video card fan

Is it safe to run my video card without the fan?

"avenger" <u38273@uwe> wrote in message news:79bd3f45f1ce2@uwe...
> Is it safe to run my video card without the fan?

In a well ventilated case, it's unlikely an 8500LE would generate a huge
mount of heat in regular 2D use. You'd see artifacting if it was. It may
have issues in 3D, but I doubt you're gaming much with an 8500LE.

With the stock heat sink, no. Not unless your case has a large fan blowing
directly at the card (like this one:
http://www.thecoolingshop.com/images...tremEngine.jpg)

If the stock fan broke and you don't want to spend money on an aftermarket
cooler, you can remove the stock fan (usually held down by 3 tiny screws),
then zip-tie a cheap 60 mm or 80 mm case fan to the heat sink.

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"avenger" <u38273@uwe> wrote in message news:79bd3f45f1ce2@uwe...
> Is it safe to run my video card without the fan?
>

Agreed. I have two I've been running without fans for several years now.
I believe the le cards were underclocked to start with.

Kent_Diego wrote:
>> Is it safe to run my video card without the fan?
>>
> I have one that does great without the fan. Another has problems so I have a
> PCI slot cooler for it. Test and see. If you have trouble use ATITool to
> under clock GPU.
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