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Robert Orin Charles Kilroy <[log in to unmask]>
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Thu, 18 Jun 1998 14:44:57 -0400
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> Mark Rode wrote:
> > I own a Monster I and I burned the first one up playing  the Hyperblade
> > game that came with the card. I only installed and played the game long
> > enough to see I didn't want it ...about 15 minutes...but that was long
> > enough to kill the card.
> <snip>
> > On the replacement card I have setup a 486 CPU fan to blow directly on the
> > chip and a digital indoor outdoor thermometer probe suspended above the
> > card to monitor temperature. Running a game will heat things up rather
> > quickly by 3 degrees Celsius. I don't know why they don't just put a heat
> > sink on there and maybe even a fan.
>
> Boot Magazine ran an article a few months back about a cooling fan for
> video cards.  I don't have it handy, but you might want to check their
> web site, http://www.bootnet.com

I checked out the Boot site and the article was about overclocking your
3Dfx card.  The place to find the fans for your 3D card is
http://www.3dfxcool.com

Robert Kilroy

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