On 01/09/2001 14:50, "(PCI PowerMacs)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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> Date: Sat, 1 Sep 2001 11:37:21 -0700 (PDT)
> From: Gordon Hawley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Subject: Radeon PCI card
> Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>
> Hello:
>
> Is anyone using the Radeon PCI card? And if so, when did you buy the card?
> I am asking because there have been many reports of very loud fans on
> these cards and I'm wondering if this was just isolated to the first
> couple of batches made.
>
> Initially the Radeon VE card looked promising (no fan on this) but I've
> read some reports of the PC version the last couple of days and it looks
> pretty pathetic. No idea what the Mac version will be like until people
> actually get ahold of them and run some tests. They are due this month, so
> hopefully we'll see them sooner, rather than later. It is supposed to be
> more powerful than the Rage Orion, but not as powerful as a true Radeon.
> Time will tell.
>
> Gordon Hawley
I just bought a Radeon PCI card and it's fan fluctuates from loud to quiet.
I don't know why it does this but my guess is that the fan is just new, mine
has settled down and it is quiet.
John
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