does this need cooling

BudBud Chesterfield, Va
edited September 2004 in Hardware
I bought a g-force 2 off a friend for a new file server Im building. It doesnt have any cooling, not even a passive heatsink. Is that bad? The guy who I bought it off of said it never came wih one out the box. Should I get a passive cooler for it?

Comments

  • primesuspectprimesuspect Beepin n' Boopin Detroit, MI Icrontian
    edited September 2004
    I wouldn't worry about it. The video card isn't even going to be doing anything if it's just a file server. I have tons of crappo cards like that in my servers and whatnot, all "naked" chips....
  • BudBud Chesterfield, Va
    edited September 2004
    its just getting hot so i was curious thanks prime always the man with the answer
  • Geeky1Geeky1 University of the Pacific (Stockton, CA, USA)
    edited September 2004
    I would cool it. I've only ever seen one GF2 without at least a heatsink, and that's a Compaq card. And that system was exceptionally flaky. Better to just cool the damn thing and not have to worry about it.
  • muddocktormuddocktor
    edited September 2004
    Yeah, just glue a small heatsink on with AS adhesive at least. GF2 gpu's do put out a fair amount of heat so I would at least passively cool it.
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