TNT2 OK without fan?

The fan on my TNT2 died. It's been running fine without one for a week
now. Is that OK or will I have an excuse to upgrade soon? Board is
Winfast3D S320 II 32MB, FWIW.

"xyzzy" wrote in message
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The fan on my TNT2 died. It's been running fine without one for a week
now. Is that OK or will I have an excuse to upgrade soon? Board is
Winfast3D S320 II 32MB, FWIW.

I've been having miscellaneous crashes and hangs. I went looking for the
problem and noticed the fan on my TNT2 Ultra had stopped working. I
replaced with a better heatsink and fan, but the problems didn't stop
(turned out to be a motherboard problem.) My point: my card had been
running for who-knows-how-long without the fan working.

"jeffc" wrote in message
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"xyzzy" wrote in message
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The fan on my TNT2 died. It's been running fine without one for a week
now. Is that OK or will I have an excuse to upgrade soon? Board is
Winfast3D S320 II 32MB, FWIW.

I've been having miscellaneous crashes and hangs. I went looking for the
problem and noticed the fan on my TNT2 Ultra had stopped working. I
replaced with a better heatsink and fan, but the problems didn't stop
(turned out to be a motherboard problem.) My point: my card had been
running for who-knows-how-long without the fan working.


None of my TNT2s have had fans or heatsinks and they have been the most
stable and reliable video card I have owned.

--TW

xyzzy wrote:

The fan on my TNT2 died. It's been running fine without one for a week
now. Is that OK or will I have an excuse to upgrade soon? Board is
Winfast3D S320 II 32MB, FWIW.


If it was a later model TNT2, then you should be ok. The TNT2 Ultras
had a heating problem as they came from the factory overclocked and the
cores were not very good at dissipating it.

"phobos" wrote in message
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If it was a later model TNT2, then you should be ok. The TNT2 Ultras
had a heating problem as they came from the factory overclocked and the
cores were not very good at dissipating it.

Yes, it is in fact the Ultra. I tried putting a Blue Orb on it, and the
damn thing sounds like a vacuum cleaner. I might put a rheostat to control
the fan speed - the heat sink and fan are probably enough better than the
stock that even at lower speed it should be OK. But then, there are no
holes on the card for clamping the heatsink down, and I'm relying on thermal
tape and a twist tie to hold it, so the heat transfer is probably not ideal
either. Thanks.