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jstutman

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Oct 13, 2001
I have a radeon 9800 pro with no hsf on it, would it be safe to plug it up and see if it works with out hurting the card? i wont do anything like play games to make the card work. i just want to see if the card is even any good.

would it be okay?
 
1) Moved to the ATI section

2) NO! Do NOT, under ANY circumstances, turn on the computer w/o a proper HS on that card! They produce enough heat to damage or fry the card w/o proper cooling.
 
thanks, and sorry about the "wrong place to post" ill remember this one :clap:
 
I thought you where actually joking.

Would you like me to set fire to $180 of your money?
 
well i figured id go for gold, the hsf i took off of it was no cheapy made and the fan dont do crap, so i assumed ( *** out of u and me) it didnt get that hot. guess that poc hsf does alot for this video card.
 
Trust me it gets very.
You can run a GeForce2 without a HS and the core gets fairly warm.

If you've got a modern card, make it do some benchmarking, the some heavy gaming.
Remove the HSF and feel how hot it is.
 
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