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Old 2006-02-05, 02:52   #6 (permalink)
Brijn
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Originally Posted by Tech Geek

Just remember... high performance passively cooled cards need lots of airflow. This card's heatsink has at least 3 times the area of the ones on the MSI x300 cards I use at work and trust me... it gets hot under a load.
A cramped case with little airflow could be a problem so plan your system accordingly.
I'm planning to use the Ahanix MCE601, it has two 60mm fans on the back (+PSU fan). I hope that will keep the temp down.. Do they also get real hot if decoding mpeg? Or only if you would use them for games?
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