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A Fanless Graphics Card from ASUS

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the but-i-need-fans-to-feel-complete dept.

mikemuch writes "ASUS has come out with the Extreme N6600GT Silencer/HTD, a GeForce 6600GT without any cooling fan. It's sort of odd looking, with heat sinks that fold on a hinge. Great for home theater since it's silent. Loyd Case of ExtremeTech has put it through a rigorous bunch of benchmarks."

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  1. 8 out of 10 by geomon · · Score: 3, Insightful

    I guess the utility of this card is based on how demanding your game is. Looks like it gets "hammered" quite a bit by the GeForce card.

    Silence can be expensive.

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    1. Re:8 out of 10 by Stuart+Gibson · · Score: 3, Insightful

      I run a fanless Gigabyte X800XL that has no issue with the current games. Sure it isn't 1600x1200 with maximum AA and AF, but an easy 1280x1024 with sensible AA and AF (and eye candy on full) with the current benchmark games (HL2, Far Cry etc).

      Doesn't seem like this is something that new, I've had my card for a few months now.

      Stuart

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  2. Um... but by Allen+Zadr · · Score: 4, Insightful
    It seems to depend on a CPU fan. Hardly "silent". Your just eliminating one fan from a multi-fan system. How would it work on a fanless CPU setup?

    Somehow I'm thinking fried silica.

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  3. Overkill by Radres · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Great for home theater since it's silent.

    Or you can just buy a cheap old 2D card with no 3D acceleration since all you are doing is rendering video!

  4. Wrong. by imsabbel · · Score: 3, Insightful

    It doesnt eleminate _a_ fan in a multifan enviroment, it eleminates the smallerst, highest RPM, loudest and easieast to clog up with dirt and fail fan in a multifan enviroment.

    10 12cm case fans running at 7V dont come close to some of those 8000rpm 40mm fuckers

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