Some Heated Help Please

[[GA]Kryten]

Hey all
I have been building my m8 a pc
In it i fitted a Pace Banshee card. (he dont play games much, only now and then, and this card wuz v. cheap), and this heats like a bastard. It is obviously mounted next to the celeron 366 chip, which is chucking out enough heat without the banshee's help. The only fan is on the CPU, and the system temp hits just about 50 degrees C - OMG! I mounted a fan pointing at the banshee and now getting a stable 33 degrees - should banshees be this hot?

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**[GA]Kryten**
nickspc@hotmail.com
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[C4]

I have a CL banshee, and that don't heat up too bad. Mookie, you post anything about your Voodoo 3 here and I'll kill u!

C4

 

[mookie]

har har. youre just jelous coz i can play TFC in 1152x864. har har

 

[[GA]KillMachine]

Jest me testing my sig, sorry if i've spoiled your conversation

oh, and my Rage 128 gets a tad hot too (as in finger burning hot) my P3 is right above it and that gets hot as hell too (as there's no fan) i don't seem to ever have any problems though.

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[This message has been edited by [GA]KillMachine (edited 10 June 1999).]

 

[american scum]

well i know its odd but i, an american will be of some help. If you have the processer overclocked you have to underclock the video card. The voltage flowing through will melt it. If no over clocking get a p2 fan. Celeron fans are crap. Ruberband a p2 fan to it and youll be fine.

 

[DApea!]

BTW mookie.
Banshees also do those resolutions.
up to 1900x1600 actually with the latest firmware+drivers.

They are extremely good fer the price.
doing all those resolutions and with a z-buffer too, on all of them.

getting 40fps in 1600x1200 q2, i think.. is incredible, the banshee really does kick ass.

Whassa matter mookie ? cant to 1600x1200 ? monitor too small ? proccessor too pants ?.

american scum.... typical american. doesnt to anything properly.

thought of the rubber band decaying and breaking after abt 2 months ?

 

[mookie]

heh yeah, my monitor is a bit pants... (17") wont handle anything above 1152x864 in windows

 

[SimbobX]

Yup my Banshee runs dead hot too, but it's not next to the processor and I've never had any problems with it.

Are you actually getting problems or are you just curious as to whether it's okay?

Which type of Banshee is it, because they run at slightly different clock speeds I think (some manufacturers o/c them a bit).

 

[abcdzx]

My monitor is 17ii and it goes all the way up to 1600x1200, anyway sorry about calling that mckerney gay, if i offended anyone sorry. I'm a immature school kid who hopefully will grow out of my homophobic lifestyle, and yes i do agree alot of gay people are brilliant, Graham Norton comes to mind.

 

[Mr B]

My Voodoo3 overheated within 1/2 hour of fitting it...

some duff kit sent out by 3dfx methinks as loads of peeps have been complaining about the build quality/chips used...

I wish my TNT2 Ultra would hurry up and arrive...

(doh)

[This message has been edited by Mr B (edited 10 June 1999).]

 

[mookie]

my voodoo 3 gets seriously warm, but i helped that wih a pentium phan

 

[[GA]Kryten]

just curious
i mounted an 8" fan blowing at it and is ok atm - just that a standard, non compu-knowing consumer wouldnt know wtf his comp is giving fatal errors all the time, just cos his banshee is heating with his p2
ta for the help lads
american geeza bloke forgot your name - ta for advice think ill find me a p2 heatsink fan combo
and is this american bloke a litle more helpful than mckernie? yes i think so


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**[GA]Kryten**
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