broken fan on 5500

[andrewkaddis]

Hey, I have a AGP nvidia fx 5500, in which the fan is broken. Would it be wise to pay about $18 to buy a generic universal vga cooler, or to pay a bit more money to buy a better card??
thanks

 

[Desdichado]

buy a better card. If you want to go really really cheap, but not have to move to pcie, go pick up a 59** on ebay for 30ish. Way better performance for almost nothing.

 

[colinstu]

There is usually a plastic or metal cover over the cooling fins. Just unscrew or pop the cover off, find some random computer fan in your house and zip-tie it on your card.

example