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Vesper103
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Posted: 13th Jun 2008 02:12
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As some of you may have read i recently got an Nvidia Gefore FX5200. My question however is this: am i going to run into heat probelms? I was re-arranging my pci slots (to try and get a sound card to work) and touched my video card, and it felt....well....hot.... Is this card known for overheating? do I need(Read: Absolutley Required) to buy a heatsink?

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CattleRustler
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Posted: 13th Jun 2008 02:15
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the fx5200 should have a lil heaty sink and fan built on, no?
Ive never overheated mine back in the day. Maybe add some case ventilation if yours isnt up to snuff. also a pci slot cooler can help

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Vesper103
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Posted: 13th Jun 2008 02:19
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I know it dosent have a fan. heat sinks it has one little one yes.

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Posted: 13th Jun 2008 02:24 Edited at: 13th Jun 2008 02:25
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hmmm, maybe I am confusing it with a different card but I coulda sworn it had a fan, at least first gen ones - maybe not. Either way I never overheated it but every case is different. Mine was in a box with a p3 slot one cpu, is yours in a box with a hotter cpu?

you could, aside from what I mentioned above, get a spot cooler - antec makes a nice one. you can mount it anywhere and it has a flexible wire arm to aim the fan anywhere. you could point it at your gpu heat sinks, combined with a pci slot cooler it should do well

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Vesper103
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Posted: 13th Jun 2008 04:38
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hmmm okay thank you for all your help i shall loko into that.

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Roger Wilco
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Posted: 13th Jun 2008 16:01
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Wait, you recently got an FX5200?
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NeX the Fairly Fast Ferret
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Posted: 13th Jun 2008 19:56
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Believe it or not, not everyone has cash to blow. Many of my friends use onboard graphics because they cannot afford anything better.


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CoffeeGrunt
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Posted: 14th Jun 2008 01:08
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Same here, I'm packing a Geforce 5200, 1Gb RAM, 2.9Ghz Single-Core Processor Mega Machine, (for the '90s)........

My mate's PC couldn't even run an FPSC game I made.....

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Vesper103
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Posted: 14th Jun 2008 02:46
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my specs are abysmal. I have a Via Apollo Pro Mother board ( so old the company has gone out of business). a 800mhz AMD duron Processor. A Geforce FX 5200 with onboard Audio, and 512 mb ram. oh and a 16gb hard driver. (before i bought my GeForce i have a 8mb Nvidia Vanta LT )

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Posted: 14th Jun 2008 20:13
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Wow those parts must be as solid as a rock to last this long. You'd be very lucky if you got an 8800GTX to last even 3 years, especially if you leave the stock fan on.

To be honest graphics cards do quite hot to touch, my x1950 pro generally reaches up to 45C, most cards can stand between 70 and 90 without any artifacts.

If you're really worried try this program: http://files.extremeoverclocking.com/file.php?f=51, it should tell you the temperature of your card, but if it comes up with an insanely high number than that means it's incompatible.

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Posted: 15th Jun 2008 16:34
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I think rivatuner can support that card as well, but double check that

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Keo C
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Posted: 18th Jun 2008 06:02
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Via didn't go out of business, Intel sees them as a huge rival on the MID market.


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Vesper103
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Posted: 18th Jun 2008 06:53
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really? i ran a search and went to the website and it said it was gone....hmm ill check again

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Keo C
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Posted: 18th Jun 2008 07:06
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Well, the fact you touched your heatsink and it was hot means it working very well. It's taking the heat from the card.


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