Sapphire Radeon 9000

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rseyd

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Hi,

I just bought a Sapphire Radeon 9000, 64mb, DVI, VIVO. I think the card has Composite as well as S-Video ins and outs. The card has a heatsink but no fan. I deliberately bought a card without a fan because I want a less noisy PC. I'm now concerned that the card may run too hot. It will be going into a well ventillated case. No over-clocking. Only light game play. Is this a good video card? Will it run cool enough without a fan or must I attach one? I would really appreciate any comments and suggestions.

Thanks!
 
You should be ok without a fan on the 9000 as long as you have good air flow in your case.And they perform quite ok for a budget card.
 
get a 9100 + a big zalman heatpipe, lol the 9100 is better than the 9000 for not much more :(.

Anyhow that's my suggestion and I stick to it.

~Adam
 
I've seen several cards in that speed range (Radeon 8500/9000/9100/9200) without fans that ran just fine, even for some 3D gaming, even in cases that weren't particularly well ventilated. I wouldn't be too worried *until* your video card bugs out, which I don't think it will do.
 
I have a cpu fan on mine with stock heatsink, core can go 320, mem can go 315 or so. At stock speed (275/275) i could probably take the fan off without much of a worry. So dont worry about it :)
 
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