needs a fan

I realy dont know y they are making these gaming vards with no fans its stupid and they dont last as long.

Because there is a very large market for quiet PC's?

overclockerI realy dont know y they are making these gaming vards with no fans its stupid and they dont last as long.

Don't last as long? My passive 9800 Pro is still kicking after 3+ years. As long as the cooler is able to keep the card cool enough it isn't going to affect the life of the card if it is passive or not.

ya its true... my dell agp card that ive owned for 5 years still works... but i dont really care for quiet pcs... my parents do, so everything is passively cooled other than the cpu... that has a weird dell cooler that is liek 2 dba... my gaming rig is like 105 dba... lol i have 13 fans at 100%... i got a 5 pack ultra fan 25cfm... ripped the fans outta my old psus... like 70cfm...LOUD and the case stock fans

That cooler looks like crap.

rpgbefore...ya its true... my dell agp card that ive owned for 5 years still works... but i dont really care for quiet pcs... my parents do, so everything is passively cooled other than the cpu... that has a weird dell cooler that is liek 2 dba... my gaming rig is like 105 dba... lol i have 13 fans at 100%... i got a 5 pack ultra fan 25cfm... ripped the fans outta my old psus... like 70cfm...LOUD and the case stock fans

13 Fans? OMG what's wrong with your ears? I have 2 (two) case fans - that's it!

v-zero13 Fans? OMG what's wrong with your ears? I have 2 (two) case fans - that's it!

Yeah... I dont even have ANY case fans, and I'm able to run my opteron at 3.1ghz... however I do have a 110CFM fan on my big typhoon... :D

oh i counted my cpu and vga fans but still i have 9 case fans, loud? yes, very... cool? yes very cool... case temps are 20c... cpu is 25c

rpgbefore...oh i counted my cpu and vga fans but still i have 9 case fans, loud? yes, very... cool? yes very cool... case temps are 20c... cpu is 25c

They don't need to be that low... My D805 is 52C loaded with an ambient of 27C... that's low for a PD dualie...

lol i dun really care... i like low temps lol it also looks cool to see how much i modded my case now... every 2 cm theres a hole lol

I like my 7600GS's. I wish they came with Copper heatsinks and attached to the mem. But for no fans and SLI it works nicely...

Wow... that's crazy low, though. My CPU is 26-28 idle and case is about 20 w/watercooling +9 fans! (Ambient is 68 F in my basement). Anyway, I'm getting a fan controller to tone down my fans when i don't need them that loud because the volume is getting up there after I added the last 2 on my radiator...
Edit: btw rpg, I've been a member since May and already you've passed me up on the posts. That's pretty freakin amazing...

watercooling is overrated, im going to go to phase change after my fans die... -40c heere i come! :D