Nvidia Quadro2 Ex

[Famer]

Do any of you guys have this card or have used it. i came accross one brand new in a static bag. the thing is that the card has no heatsink on it i just wonder if it was suppose to come like this. i see on some websites that the card has no heatsink just wanted to know before i plug it in so i dont fry it. if any one can shed light on this it would help.

http://www.watch.impress.co.jp/akiba/hotli...image/q2k1.html

http://www.watch.impress.co.jp/akiba/hotli...image/q2k2.html

http://www.watch.impress.co.jp/akiba/hotli...image/q2k3.html

http://www.watch.impress.co.jp/akiba/hotli...image/q2k4.html

Just wonder if a quadro card could be run with out a heatsink as they have it posted in the pics

Edited September 16, 2004 by Famer

[pthomas]

I've never seen a Quadro card without a heatsink! Even the lowly Nvidia TNT2 cards came with heatsinks. I'd go ahead and put one on just to be safe. After you put it on, keep an eye on how hot it gets too. If it's hot enought to burn your fingers at any point or be uncomfortable to touch, then its running too hot and something more needs to be done to deal with the heat.

Paul

[Famer]

pthomas Thanks. if any one else has any info to add, or can verify that this card can run with out a heatsink please post your thoughts thanks.

[Famer]

Links were down but they should work now like i said if any one has any info on this card other than use google which i did please post them thanks

[pthomas]

If you're feeling brave, plug the card in and put your finger on the GPU die and turn the PC on. Unplug the hdds so it won;t load windows, just sit in boot limbo. Here the GPU will be idle since there isn;t anything to render. It should slowly get warm (its an older GPU so it won;t get hot real quick) and see how long it takes before it gets really warm. If it doesn't get anywhere near toasty after about a min, boot the system into windows and do the same.

If the thing never really gets hot, fire up quake or something and still keep an eye on it. You won;t fry a video card (not one that old) by running it without a heatsink as long as you are monitoring the GPU temp. It's possible it may not need a heatsink, but you could always put one on just to be safe.

Paul

[Famer]

thanks PT