I've got a (relativly) old ATI X800 graphics card in my PC. It serves me well enough for what I do now that I rarely have time for gaming, and gives good enough performance for when I get the chance
The problem is that now i've moved my PC into my office, I notice the noise it produces much more than I used to..probably due to the fact its quiter in here. I've dug out an old fan speed controller which I had lying around from an old build, and have attached all my case fans to that which pretty much silences them, and my CPU has a zalman flower on it which is also pretty much inaudiable.
So the last thing on my list is my graphics card. Its not *that* bad when i'm not doing much with the PC, its still the loudest thing in there (probably as its a tiny fan) but I can live with it..but the second I start to put a bit of strain on it (watching movies full screen, or especially playing a bit of TF2) it kicks in at full speed and makes loads of noise.
So, I think I need a replacement cooler for it. I used to have an arctic cooler for my 9800pro, but I sold that along with the card and don't think it would be suitable anyway..it was awesome for noise though, so I am after something similar that would fit this card.
Problem is that I can't seem to find *any* silent/near silent graphics card coolers that are compatible - the all talk about the X1XXX series and not my card.
has anyone got any reccomendations on what sort of cooler I can get? I know that really I should be thinking more about replacing the card with a new one, but its going to be hard enough to find a spare £20 let alone a spare £150, so thats not really an option unless someone has a near silent, better card going spare
The other thing i've considered is modding the fan cable on the card at the moment to plug in to my fan controller, but on reflection I think thats possible a terrible idea which could overheat the card hah.
Any advice/opinions?