Geforce4 passive cooling on an fx5200?

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I can't find the stock cooler that came with my 5200. It had a fan on it, but the heatsink was not very big. Would I be able to use the passive heatsink on my old geforce4 card on my 5200 without having to worry about overheating? It would be used for gaming and such. Stock speeds also.
 
This is a question for engineers, not technicians.

Honestly though, if you put it on and test it at lower clocks than normal and ramp up to regular temperatures as you feel is safe for your card- you could do it by ear- if you are skilled, if you're unskilled, call nvidia's tech support and ask but I doubt you'll get a correct answer unless you ask for the highest rung tech support (they are most likely engineers, or email them)

~Adam
 
uhh... why was the fan taken off your 5200 in the first place?

The passively cooled 5200s I've seen seem to have about the same sized HSFs as the passively cooled GF4mx that I've seen (I have to assume that's what you're talking about when you say you have a GF4). We're talking about a pretty low powered GPU here, so I wouldn't really worry too much, as long as you're sure that the HSF mounts properly & has good contact.
 
Being lax about stuff like this is how people's shit gets messed up. We need to know two things to continue if you don't take my advice above: the gpu's core heat creation rate and the cooler's heat dissipation rate. Then and only then will you be able to know for sure.

~Adam
 
Some 5200's come passively cooled. It can be done. Although I wouldn't recommend it for most system configurations. If the case is ventilated well and is in a reasonably cool enviroment I'd say you'll be fine. If not, than probably not.
 
ameoba said:
uhh... why was the fan taken off your 5200 in the first place?

The passively cooled 5200s I've seen seem to have about the same sized HSFs as the passively cooled GF4mx that I've seen (I have to assume that's what you're talking about when you say you have a GF4). We're talking about a pretty low powered GPU here, so I wouldn't really worry too much, as long as you're sure that the HSF mounts properly & has good contact.
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Thank you, that's all I needed to know.
 
my 5200 is passive on my htpc setup...one case fan, one powersupply fine...no problems...
 
I have seen about 3 stock passively cooled 5200s. They all get very hot but as long asthe HS is about the ize of a pack of cigs or a deck of cards and more than a half inch deep then you should be ok. Try not to fill up the pci slots right next to the agp port so it will have more room for convection.

As alwasy, sand down the core and HS to remove any residual goo from the last instalation.
 
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