Choggs396

Hey fellas,

I have an ATI Radeon 9700Pro 128MB video card in my backup Athlon XP rig. The fan is becoming increasingly louder. I think the fan bearings are going out. (I've heard this can be a problem with older 9700 series cards.)

I'd like to replace the Heatsink/Fan with something else. It's hard finding compatible aftermarket HSF's for these cards since they're so old. Does anyone know of an aftermarket HSF I could get, with a possible link? Doesn't have to be great, just something that'll work. Thanks.

__________________
Je pense, donc je suis
- René Descartes

Overclock.net Professionalism Initiative

If you can’t afford to replace it, don’t overclock it.
- [p]wnzor

Mikecdm

I have thought about buying the AC silencer a few times for my 9800pro but decided that I didn't need to spend the money. I have no experience or heard anything about it, but it looks decent for the price. I have also thought about the accelero S2, but thats twice the price and that can go towards my main rig.

Choggs396

Yeah, I saw that one. It seems to be out of stock, and discontinued. Thanks anyway though.

How does this little Vantec fan look? Do you think it would cool the 9700Pro? It's kind of small, not much for a heatsink.

Or I could go for this Zalman, but I really didn't want to spend $23 for cooling on the card considering it's probably not worth much more than that, lol.

__________________
Je pense, donc je suis
- René Descartes

Overclock.net Professionalism Initiative

If you can’t afford to replace it, don’t overclock it.
- [p]wnzor

Mikecdm

I dunno, it looks like a POS, but almost all of them do that are under $10. The good thing is that the hsf on the card is probably about the same quality as any of those. I would probably try one of them, or if you plan on keeping the back up rig for a while just drop the extra $10 on the zalman or any of the better models.

I know where your coming from, it seems like a waste to spend the money on an old card like that and thats the reason why I didn't buy one. I was going to one day, then I decided that I needed a new computer. I ended up fixing the loud noise problem my 9800 was making by adding a big fan in the front of the case that masks the noise coming from the gpu.

Choggs396

Bump........ and would anyone happen to have a heatsink (willing to sell me) that would work?

__________________
Je pense, donc je suis
- René Descartes

Overclock.net Professionalism Initiative

If you can’t afford to replace it, don’t overclock it.
- [p]wnzor