What is the best AGP card which does NOT come equipped with a built in fan?

I have a 64 mb GeForce ti4200 with DVI and TV out, but am only using the
analog out for now.

The fan's normal sound resembles a *distant* but steady air raid warning
tone (I use that comparison to describe the frequency or pitch of the fan
noise). This is an OEM product made by nVidia for Dell, which supplied it
in my new computer a little over a year ago. I can hear the fan outside the
room, in the hallway, and around the corner in the next room.

Dell has shipped me replacement, refurbished, identical cards and they are
identically noisy.

So I'm in the market for a card with NO fan, just a heat sink, and am
willing to pay a performance penalty to get it.

I don't play any games more demanding than Flight Simulator 2004, which is
not particularly demanding.

I have two other fans on the computer, one of which also causes a noise
problem of its own, but the video card fan is the biggest culprit.

The label on the fan says "Millennium Electronics" and the model number
appears to be MFAN-1076-A, described as 12 volts DC 0.07 amps. It is inside
a sort of square metal heatsink which seems to be bonded to the surface of
the graphics chip.

Don Enderton wrote:
> What is the best AGP card which does NOT come equipped with a built in fan?
>
> I have a 64 mb GeForce ti4200 with DVI and TV out, but am only using the
> analog out for now.
>
> The fan's normal sound resembles a *distant* but steady air raid warning
> tone (I use that comparison to describe the frequency or pitch of the fan
> noise). This is an OEM product made by nVidia for Dell, which supplied it
> in my new computer a little over a year ago. I can hear the fan outside the
> room, in the hallway, and around the corner in the next room.
>
> Dell has shipped me replacement, refurbished, identical cards and they are
> identically noisy.
>
> So I'm in the market for a card with NO fan, just a heat sink, and am
> willing to pay a performance penalty to get it.
>
> I don't play any games more demanding than Flight Simulator 2004, which is
> not particularly demanding.
>
> I have two other fans on the computer, one of which also causes a noise
> problem of its own, but the video card fan is the biggest culprit.
>
> The label on the fan says "Millennium Electronics" and the model number
> appears to be MFAN-1076-A, described as 12 volts DC 0.07 amps. It is inside
> a sort of square metal heatsink which seems to be bonded to the surface of
> the graphics chip.
>
>

Look into video card heat sinks (tube cooling win no fan).

Watercool

"Don Enderton" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:2Poeb.159608$(E-Mail Removed)...
> What is the best AGP card which does NOT come equipped with a built in
fan?
>
> I have a 64 mb GeForce ti4200 with DVI and TV out, but am only using the
> analog out for now.
>
> The fan's normal sound resembles a *distant* but steady air raid warning
> tone (I use that comparison to describe the frequency or pitch of the fan
> noise). This is an OEM product made by nVidia for Dell, which supplied it
> in my new computer a little over a year ago. I can hear the fan outside
the
> room, in the hallway, and around the corner in the next room.
>
> Dell has shipped me replacement, refurbished, identical cards and they are
> identically noisy.
>
> So I'm in the market for a card with NO fan, just a heat sink, and am
> willing to pay a performance penalty to get it.
>
> I don't play any games more demanding than Flight Simulator 2004, which is
> not particularly demanding.
>
> I have two other fans on the computer, one of which also causes a noise
> problem of its own, but the video card fan is the biggest culprit.
>
> The label on the fan says "Millennium Electronics" and the model number
> appears to be MFAN-1076-A, described as 12 volts DC 0.07 amps. It is
inside
> a sort of square metal heatsink which seems to be bonded to the surface of
> the graphics chip.
>
>

"Don Enderton" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:2Poeb.159608$(E-Mail Removed)...
> What is the best AGP card which does NOT come equipped with a built in
fan?

ATI 9600 non-pro...

On Wed, 01 Oct 2003 00:01:02 GMT, "Don Enderton"
<(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

>What is the best AGP card which does NOT come equipped with a built in fan?
>
>I have a 64 mb GeForce ti4200 with DVI and TV out, but am only using the
>analog out for now.


Look into a Zalman ZM80A-HP. It's a VGA Heatpipe Cooler. The website
is http://www.zalman.co.kr/english/product/zm80a-hp.htm and can be
purchased almost anywhere on the web.

just wondered the Zalman heat pipe cool for the VGA card, is it butter than
the stock fan ie would i be able to overclock more maybe?
"James" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> On Wed, 01 Oct 2003 00:01:02 GMT, "Don Enderton"
> <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>
> >What is the best AGP card which does NOT come equipped with a built in
fan?
> >
> >I have a 64 mb GeForce ti4200 with DVI and TV out, but am only using the
> >analog out for now.
>
>
> Look into a Zalman ZM80A-HP. It's a VGA Heatpipe Cooler. The website
> is http://www.zalman.co.kr/english/product/zm80a-hp.htm and can be
> purchased almost anywhere on the web.
>
>

Andrew Poyser wrote:
> just wondered the Zalman heat pipe cool for the VGA card, is it butter
> than the stock fan ie would i be able to overclock more maybe?

I can get to 450MHz on my 9800 without artifacts and the airflow in my case
is appalling.

Ben
--
I'm not just a number. To many, I'm known as a String...

On Wed, 01 Oct 2003 00:01:02 GMT
"Don Enderton" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

> What is the best AGP card which does NOT come equipped with a built in
> fan?
>
> I have a 64 mb GeForce ti4200 with DVI and TV out, but am only using
> the analog out for now.
>
> The fan's normal sound resembles a *distant* but steady air raid
> warning tone (I use that comparison to describe the frequency or pitch
> of the fan noise). This is an OEM product made by nVidia for Dell,
> which supplied it in my new computer a little over a year ago. I can
> hear the fan outside the room, in the hallway, and around the corner
> in the next room.
>
> Dell has shipped me replacement, refurbished, identical cards and they
> are identically noisy.
>
> So I'm in the market for a card with NO fan, just a heat sink, and am
> willing to pay a performance penalty to get it.
>
> I don't play any games more demanding than Flight Simulator 2004,
> which is not particularly demanding.
>
> I have two other fans on the computer, one of which also causes a
> noise problem of its own, but the video card fan is the biggest
> culprit.
>
> The label on the fan says "Millennium Electronics" and the model
> number appears to be MFAN-1076-A, described as 12 volts DC 0.07 amps.
> It is inside a sort of square metal heatsink which seems to be bonded
> to the surface of the graphics chip.

If the Sapphire 9800 Pro Ultimate won't do for you, take a look at the
Sapphire 9600 Pro Ultimate, which is also fanless, but has a smaller
heat sink and is plenty fast.

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--John
Reply to jclarke at ae tee tee global dot net
(was jclarke at eye bee em dot net)

>
> Look into a Zalman ZM80A-HP. It's a VGA Heatpipe Cooler. The website
> is http://www.zalman.co.kr/english/product/zm80a-hp.htm and can be
> purchased almost anywhere on the web.
>

Be carefull about going this route. I got one a month ago ($30), after
after installing it discovered the piercing whine of the video card fan was
masking a piercing whine from the hard drive. Replaced the hard drive
($100), but now notice that the refrigerator in the next room is quite noisy
as well. Lord knows where this will end.

Having said that I can unhesitatingly recommend the Zalman HeatPipe.
Really good, easy to follow instructions, includes extra/spare parts. And
you can safely run at stock speeds - so no performance penalty provided your
not an overclocker.

hb wrote:
> Be carefull about going this route. I got one a month ago ($30), after
> after installing it discovered the piercing whine of the video card fan
> was masking a piercing whine from the hard drive. Replaced the hard drive
> ($100), but now notice that the refrigerator in the next room is quite
> noisy as well. Lord knows where this will end.

LOL.

I replaced all the fans in my system with quiet ones and noticed that the
vid card was the loudest.... then got the zalman and the HD is the
loudest... it is a Raptor though. The GXP120 needs replacing for a fluid
dynamic bearing model... and it looks like WD are bringing out a larger,
faster and quieter range of Raptors... grrr...

Now thinking of replacing the power transistors/regulators/whatever they in
the PSU with SOI ones to reduce the heat that generates and maybe uprate
it's current output.

Aiming for a quiet PC is an endless task...

Ben
--
I'm not just a number. To many, I'm known as a String...