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recommend, cheap cool gpu (sh.itjust.works)

submitted 2 weeks ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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i'm looking for a cheap graphics card that doesnt produce much heat. amd prefered. i currently have a saphire rx470 that cooks the whole room. this pc is used for web browsing and video streaming. no gaming. recommendations appreciated!!

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Maybe that card doesn't have it, but some cards have the ability to step down their activity, like an idle parameter. Also, It shouldn't be producing a lot of heat if it's not doing work. I had a laptop years ago that used to constantly heat up and run the fans a lot. Once I got time to open it up to clean it, I discovered the heatsink had come loose from the CPU. Fixing that made it very quiet.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

thanks for the feedback, i'll have to see if there is some kind of idle parameter, it does seem to produce a lot of heat even when its not doing much.