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Good replacement fan for 7800GS
I have this video card: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16814143046
" BFG Tech BFGR78256GSOC GeForce 7800GS 256MB" The fan is very noisy and I'm pretty sure it's going to fail at any moment. Do you have recommendations for a replacement? Thanks! |
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Good replacement fan for 7800GS
Same exact card here and yes the fan is a little on the noisy side. However
BFG has an outstanding reputation for quality cards -and- great warranty service. In a Nvidia AGP card you are already at the top of the line. However the ATI x1950 AGP card is a bit faster still. My 7800GS steps the fan from low to high depending on cooling requirements. Any other Nvidia AGP card would be a performance step down regradless of the fan noise. Learn to love it. It is doubtful you'll have a premature fan failure. That fan has a 20,000 hour MTBF rating. Hang on to that card - learnt to love it for it's performance. Charlie "lrbtav" wrote in message oups.com... I have this video card: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16814143046 " BFG Tech BFGR78256GSOC GeForce 7800GS 256MB" The fan is very noisy and I'm pretty sure it's going to fail at any moment. Do you have recommendations for a replacement? Thanks! |
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Good replacement fan for 7800GS
The VF900 is not gonna work, because the 7800GS has a separate AGP bridge
chip that requires cooling. Zalman even mentions this (near the bottom of the page): http://www.zalman.co.kr/eng/product/...x=192&code=013 In fact, no Zalman cooler works with the 7800GS. The AC Accelero S2 reportedly does, but I haven't seen it for sale except from a single German web site. The alternative is to remove the stock fan and the heat sink shroud, then zip-tie an 80 mm case fan to the card. Ugly, but nobody is gonna see it inside the case. -- "War is the continuation of politics by other means. It can therefore be said that politics is war without bloodshed while war is politics with bloodshed." "Sarge®" wrote in message ... On Wed, 11 Apr 2007 14:16:22 -0500, "Charlie" wrote: Same exact card here and yes the fan is a little on the noisy side. However BFG has an outstanding reputation for quality cards -and- great warranty service. In a Nvidia AGP card you are already at the top of the line. However the ATI x1950 AGP card is a bit faster still. My 7800GS steps the fan from low to high depending on cooling requirements. Any other Nvidia AGP card would be a performance step down regradless of the fan noise. Learn to love it. It is doubtful you'll have a premature fan failure. That fan has a 20,000 hour MTBF rating. Hang on to that card - learnt to love it for it's performance. Charlie "lrbtav" wrote in message groups.com... I have this video card: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16814143046 " BFG Tech BFGR78256GSOC GeForce 7800GS 256MB" The fan is very noisy and I'm pretty sure it's going to fail at any moment. Do you have recommendations for a replacement? Thanks! I'm pretty sure you meant a replacement for the fan. I replace the stock one right away on my 7600 with the Zalman VF900-CU Copper Dual Heatpipe. Love it and its quiet, albeit a bit big. |
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Good replacement fan for 7800GS
I have the Gainward 7800gs + 512 Silent Golden Sample, from what I have been
able to find there are no coolers that will fit this card. Other AGP cards are no real problem but the 7800gs is. "lrbtav" wrote in message oups.com... I have this video card: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16814143046 " BFG Tech BFGR78256GSOC GeForce 7800GS 256MB" The fan is very noisy and I'm pretty sure it's going to fail at any moment. Do you have recommendations for a replacement? Thanks! |
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