Is the stock fan loud or any good. Right now I have liquid cooling but it isnt doing too great since its cooling both the gpu and cpu. Iam just going to let it cool the cpu. I dont have a lot of money to spend but I do want a quiet pc. I was gonna get artic cooling but was wondering if its worth it. Is the stock fan loud at idle? I remember my 7800gt fan was really loud all the time.
x1900xt stock fan
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i haven't owned an x1900xt, but i have owned to 7xxx nvidia cards, and have tried an alternative cooling unit and still found them to be loud. So if i think an nvidia card is loud AND an aftermarket cooler...i could only imagine how loud the x1900s sound
if silence and performance is what you want...i don't think there is any better solution than this
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16814150189
if silence and performance is what you want...i don't think there is any better solution than this
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16814150189
the zalman vf900 is pretty quiet at the lowest setting but can get a little loud when turned up all the way, i have been extremely happy with it on my 1900gt
Another VF900 user here, full speed and can't hear it unless I put my ear next to the PC with the case open.
But is the vf900 worth the extra 10. Since the accelero x2 is only 30 after shipping and the vf900 is 40.
I think they are of the same silence, and if not the accX2 might be slightly more quiet.
The difference is that the accX2 blows the hot air right onto the motherboard, where as the vf900 dispurses it inside the case
The difference is that the accX2 blows the hot air right onto the motherboard, where as the vf900 dispurses it inside the case
Would it sway you if I mentioned that the Accelero X2 blows hot air directly onto your motherboard and is a b!tch to get off afterwards?
The Accelero is designed to cool the voltage regulators at the end of the video card and indirectly increases your motherboard temperatures.
Most users at XS.org and many review sites will tell you the Accelero is cooler and quieter. My vote definitely goes to the X2.
Here is one review:
http://www.madshrimps.be/?action=getarticle&number=13&artpage=1800&articID=405
X1900 series cooling -
ATI stock cooler - it's cooling ability holds up well even against aftermarket cooling, it does exhaust hot air outside of the case, it's noise is decent at low speeds but awful when ramped up to high speeds
Zalman vf700 - inadequate cooling for the X1900 series
Zalman vf900 - some people have their best results with the 900 (but many have better results with the Accelero X2 or even the stock cooler,) some early reviews were misleading, it can be used later on on a different make or model of card, it looks good, it does dump it's hot air back into the case, it's quiet at low speed, it's not much louder at high speeds, it is hooked directly to a molex (so it can't use the card fan header and ramping.)
Accelero X2 - it may be the best available aftermarket cooler, it probably won't work on your next card, it's bulky and not that attractive, it also does dump it's hot air back into the case, it's very quiet at all speeds, it hooks to the card fan header so it can use the card's fan ramping, it is cheaper than the vf900, it can be difficult to remove later on if care isn't taken when installed.
ATI stock cooler - it's cooling ability holds up well even against aftermarket cooling, it does exhaust hot air outside of the case, it's noise is decent at low speeds but awful when ramped up to high speeds
Zalman vf700 - inadequate cooling for the X1900 series
Zalman vf900 - some people have their best results with the 900 (but many have better results with the Accelero X2 or even the stock cooler,) some early reviews were misleading, it can be used later on on a different make or model of card, it looks good, it does dump it's hot air back into the case, it's quiet at low speed, it's not much louder at high speeds, it is hooked directly to a molex (so it can't use the card fan header and ramping.)
Accelero X2 - it may be the best available aftermarket cooler, it probably won't work on your next card, it's bulky and not that attractive, it also does dump it's hot air back into the case, it's very quiet at all speeds, it hooks to the card fan header so it can use the card's fan ramping, it is cheaper than the vf900, it can be difficult to remove later on if care isn't taken when installed.
Last I checked, that's a bad thing.
I don't need to be told, I have used both and I have found that the Accelero X2 is not only a pain in the arse when it comes to my motherboards, it's also a hell of a lot more difficult to take off when need be.
Edit: Got my wires crossed there, fixed it. Nitrazepam FTW!
In all honesty there's nothing wrong with the stock fan, and if you don't find it loud then there will be no need to change it. If you do find it loud though, there are plenty of other solutions.
I should also note though that my VF900 got my X1800XT to 730/900, and it still had some headroom on the memory but I like round numbers. My X2 got nowhere near those clocks.
Well I always thought stock fans were really loud. I like to have a quiet pc but now iam thinking about the accelero.
It's a very good thing to cool your voltage regulators. If you checked yours you would see that they can get very hot without any cooling (mine will easily break 85C during gaming).
I too have first hand experience with the X2 and with a VF700 and VF900. All of them were very simple to install, and the Zalmans were equally easy to uninstall, however, I haven't found the need to uninstall the X2 because it works the best.
I don't understand why it would be a pain in the ass when it comes to your motherboards. Mine work fine with it (Used on a MSI P965 and a DFI NF4 Ultra-D).
And for reference my X2 got my X1800XT to 700/800 and it usually loads at 66C, not to mention it's completely silent compared to the VF900 which is quite loud on 12V (anything less than 12V and it causes overheating).
I like to see some proof of that overclock. Maybe some validated 3D Marks '03 scores?
I say get the X2 as i own a VF900 on my 7800GT and it is really loud at full speed.. The way i can bare using it is at the slowest settings 
. I was hopeing to get a cooler that was more quiet and cooled better but only got one that cool 1% better (at lowest speed) and only slightly more quiet.
I have a Artic Cooler on my 6800NU and it is silent, the X2 i hear is sort-of the same (in sound levels).
. I was hopeing to get a cooler that was more quiet and cooled better but only got one that cool 1% better (at lowest speed) and only slightly more quiet.I have a Artic Cooler on my 6800NU and it is silent, the X2 i hear is sort-of the same (in sound levels).
I bought the x2 and I hope it should work out fine. Even though, I think the stock heatsink on the x1900xt looks freakin sweet but performance rather than looks.
And btw I have a fortron psu (450 wat) http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16817104954. Will this beable to power the x1900xt when overclocked too? I have a amd 64 3200+. 4x512mb sticks. 2 sata hds. 2 dvd burners and a water cooling kit.
I believe you made the best choice. The trick to being able to remove it easily later is to either keep your stock memory pads in good shape and reuse them (what I did,) or to smear a tiny bit of AS5 on the replacement memory pads. The reason an Accelero can be extremely hard for some people to get back off the card is that the replacement memory pads are way too sticky. Use either of the above approaches to solve this problem. You will be really happy with how quiet it is - I modded my bios to run it at 100% speed full time and I still can't hear it above my other case fans. It's that quiet. According to ATItool, my voltage regulators are almost always quite a bit hotter than the GPU itself. So I think also it's a good thing that it also blows some air over them.
I'm not sure on the Fortron, so I'll refrain from trying to awnser that question.
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