Removing the stock cooler and measuring GPU temps

[Subliminal Aura]

Can I remove the nasty noisy fan on my radeon 9550 ?

I also forgot what utility I need to measure the fan speed / temps - any ideas ?

Many thanks for any help.

Cheers

 

[Shiz]

Could use Rivatuner for speeds+temps. ATI Tool is also quite good for temps and fan control.

 

[Subliminal Aura]

Could use Rivatuner for speeds+temps. ATI Tool is also quite good for temps and fan control.

Had been reading since my initial post...

Yeh I tried atitool but it doesn't like the 9550 as ATI has overclocking locks on it you can soft unlock it and then flash upgrade to a 9600 but thats not of interest to me all I want to do is to read the temps and fan speed and decide how to silence it.

Also read that the 9550 doesnt have a temperature sensor chip so am a little dubious at the moment.

 

[TheMightyTen]

Also read that the 9550 doesnt have a temperature sensor chip so am a little dubious at the moment.

This is true, the first ATI card to have temp sensors was the 9800XT (R360)

 

[Subliminal Aura]

should i just disconnect the fan leaving it on the gpu and seeing how i get on ?

 

[Darg]

No! You'll overheat and possibly burn out your card.

Someone had pictures of a similiar card running with just the Zalman northbridge heatsink attached. Not sure if it would be sufficient for your card and would require very good case airflow.

 

[Subliminal Aura]

No! You'll overheat and possibly burn out your card.

Someone had pictures of a similiar card running with just the Zalman northbridge heatsink attached. Not sure if it would be sufficient for your card and would require very good case airflow.

I have a zalman laying around so I could give it a try... No case at the moment I have stripped it all down : Replaced the fan on the ICE with a silent one ... stripped the PSU of fans with a 12cm sitting on it...

I'll post a pic in a minute

 

[Cyber-Mav]

get a zalman vf700, im using one on my 9800pro and its brilliant.

 

[Subliminal Aura]

get a zalman vf700, im using one on my 9800pro and its brilliant.

Don't want to be paying more than the card is worth

Heres what I've got so far :

 

[Subliminal Aura]

I've lifted the shuttle out of the CPU stand and the noise has decreased dramatically the machine is virtually silent but the GPU fan is the loudest component.

Placing my finger on the fan and so stopping it physically proves its the noisy part of the equation. Appears that it being in close proximity to the side wall of the case or CPU stand just amplified the noise due to the air buffering against the side walls.