krazieaznboi

currently, im using the fanmate to connect the fan to the video card but can the fan on the vf900 connect directly to the video card? it is getting quite annoying to change the fan speed manually everytime i game.

hereonyourown

get a fan controller then, they're about $15 online

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krazieaznboi

the fanmate is a fan controller. im trying to get rid of it.

jinja_ninja

I know what you mean krazieaznboi, I have the same problem. I have to adjust the speed at the back on my case, although the games will run fine on low speed. However, I don't want to cause too much strain on the GPU.

I don't think there is an easy solution unfortunately.

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Aaron_Henderson

hook directly to the motherboard without the stupid fanmate...wouldn't trust them for anything, especially a $100+ GPU

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krazieaznboi

if i hook up the fan to the motherboard, won't it either ran on max? or won't it run on silent mode or stop spinning because fans don't have thermal sensors so motherboard detects ambient temp and just stop the fan from spinning?

is it possible to connect the fan directly to the video card without the fanmate2?

Melcar

Just plug it in to your motherboard, and unless you set fan controls on your BIOS (some boards allow limited fan controls), it will run at full speed, which is practically inaudible.

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crazcookye

I had mine connected directly to power supply, via 3 pin to molex adaptor. Yes the fan is on 100% all the time, but it cools the card down really well, and have had it running at 100% for over a year now without any problems.

The noise is very managable, but I do thank my antec p180 for that.

deafboy

I ended up making a front panel for mine (the blue plexi with the two knobs)....I have two, one for each heatsink



also...did you have to modify your VF900 for yours to fit your x1950xt? I had to file some of my fins.

krazieaznboi

hmm nope. it fits prefect as it is.

btw, i love what you did with the fanmatess.