Does a geforce2 REALLY need a heatsink?

madcow235 · Feb 8, 2004

Im not looking into overclocking this geforce2 at all but the heatsink it had was this whole fan/sink dealy thing and that broke so for a while i was using my Radeon9800's heatsink but since my radeon had to be sent back, damn colored lines, its now heatsinkless and since its heatsinkless there is no way to run my printserver. So is it possible?

Timdog · Feb 8, 2004

It may be possible if you had good airflow in the case. I would not run a video card without a heatsink though. The heat could end up frying the card and then you have to spend more money on a new card instead of getting a heatsink.

repo man11 · Feb 8, 2004

I agree. It would probably be ok with no fan with good case cooling; but it should really have a passive heatsink. You have a working card, why risk killing it?

Xymurgy · Feb 8, 2004

I have a visiontek Gforce2, and it has no heatsink.

deathBOB · Feb 8, 2004

Geforce 2s do not use heatsinks...

SewerBeing · Feb 8, 2004

I have two geforce 2's flying around here, neither have heatsinks.

Nismo · Feb 8, 2004

mine came with hsf

deathBOB · Feb 8, 2004

The hottest mine ever got was slightly warm to the touch... It was probably 5-10 degrees above ambient w/ load

Mr.Radar · Feb 8, 2004

If you're concerned about heat, why not just use PowerStrip to wayyy underclock it (esp. since it's only for your printserver)?

slater3333uk · Feb 8, 2004

Which version of gf2?

I have a ti which would definatly overheat without a sink but i also have an mx200 which only came with a tiny one and would prolly be ok without one. They do get hot tho!!!! the mx is hot enough to burn me.

I would try and find a smallish sink and underclock

Xymurgy · Feb 8, 2004

I'd ask for a second opinion, but I'd just go ahead & try it without a heatsink. If it started to overheat, you'd see artifacting.

Yuriman · Feb 8, 2004

I have owned 3 Gf2's, one was an MX200 that had a passive sink, and it would burn your hand if you touched it. I also owned an Mx200 with active cooling, and it ran warm. Lastly, and actualy before the others, I owned an Mx400 and even with active cooling it ran warm. 200mhz [email protected] micron realy heats up. The passive Gf2's usualy had cores running under 150mhz.

Komitet · Feb 8, 2004

My chaintech gf2 mx 400 came with a Heatsink and fan, and was still hot to the touch at stock speeds.

Tawcan · Feb 8, 2004

Put on a passive heatsink and you should be ok if your case has a decent air flow.

Running a chip without any heatsink nowaday is basically asking for trouble.

dalilman52 · Feb 8, 2004

i also own a gforce2 and it came with a passive heatsink, which got very hot, it burned me if i touched it more than a few seconds so i glued on a new hsf (in sig) just so this antique can last longer (dahhh i want a new video card!!!)

i really doubt that ur video card would run w/o one, most definitely would fry within a few days/hours

chasingapple · Feb 8, 2004

My Elsa Geforce 2 GTS 32MB card came with a HS and fan. Hell my Creative Labs Riva TNT2 Ultra came with a HS and fan.

Dermen · Feb 8, 2004

I have a mx200 with no heatsink at all.

copernicus · Feb 8, 2004

same here mx2oo no heatsink used it for about a year and had no probs with it.

Big_Baller · Feb 9, 2004

I have the empty bottem of a crystal orb attached to my backup geforce 2 gts. It works just fine being passive.

PachManP · Feb 9, 2004

um the gf2 ti needs a hs and fan...but from the looks above you could get away with your card if you drasticly underclocked it. personally I wouldn't not use at least a passive hs on it. it's not expensive to get a cheap one that'd prod do fine.

Does a geforce2 REALLY need a heatsink?

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