Fan-less vs Fan Video Cards

[user1397]

So what is your opinion on fanless video cards? Is it really not worth it because of higher temps? Is it unthinkable to do any gaming with a fanless card?

[Paqman]

Is it unthinkable to do any gaming with a fanless card?

Not at all, I always buy fanless cards. They're perfectly good. You might need to think about case ventilation a little more than you would otherwise, but that's not a bad thing to do anyway.

[JT9161]

What's the price deference ?

[user1397]

Not at all, I always buy fanless cards. They're perfectly good. You might need to think about case ventilation a little more than you would otherwise, but that's not a bad thing to do anyway.

well I just have a gateway desktop with a standard case...what would you recommend for better ventilation?

[blur xc]

I recently converted mine to fanless and love it. #1 advantage -QUIET. I had a banshee of a vid card fan, and I'm glad to let it go. I did add another 120mm fan to the side of my case though, but it's a real quiet fan.

Overall, it never really runs any cooler than the oe fan/heatsink did, but when ventilation is compromised, the temps will rise faster than the old setup did. Either way, it's still way cooler than the temp threshold (if I'm reading it right) that's stated in the nvidia setting manager, 50c on the low end, 64c the highest I've seen it.

BM

[Paqman]

What's the price deference ?

Pretty minimal, although you'll struggle to find many of the latest cards available fanless. If you look at cards a model or two down you should get plenty of options.

[Paqman]

well I just have a gateway desktop with a standard case...what would you recommend for better ventilation?

If your case is adequately ventilated already then you should just be able to slap a fanless card in and not worry about it. It really depends on what card and what case though. In general, tidying up your cables and installing better case fans will help. The stock ones tend to be rubbish.

[user1397]

What's the price deference ?

there's not a difference in price usually from what ive seen

[juancarlospaco]

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[WalmartSniperLX]

Passive cooling is a miracle on video cards. Those smaller fans that come on the active coolers are so LOUD to my ears. They make a higher pitch whine that just kills me. Other people's ears vary.. and tolerances lol. I would get a fanless any day, or slap on an aftermarket passive heatsink. Just make sure your case has good air flow. A cheap fix for air flow is to leave the case open. That's what I'm doing.