[mythtvnz] Idle temperature of Asus Bravo Silent GT220

[Nick Rout]

On Wed, Sep 29, 2010 at 2:07 PM, Mark Kendall <markk at kc.net.nz> wrote:
> For anyone interested
>
> After doing a bit of research (including reading
> http://www.kitguru.net/components/graphic-cards/zardon/asus-bravo-220-review-htpc/7/ ) I replaced the noisy 9600GT in my server with an Asus Bravo GT220.

Is that the same as this card? http://www.pp.co.nz/products.php?pp_id=AA22908

A bit hard to tell from the photo on the review page.

>
> It seems to operate ok, with basic cpu and case fans the machine is now
> finally quiet enough for me however it may need additional cooling (as
> summer rolls on) which I was hoping to avoid.  At idle first thing this
> morning the GPU temperature was sitting at 67 degrees.  I've taken out a
> card that was probably impeding air flow over the heat sink and will
> keep an eye on it and report back.  I suspect that adding some closed
> cell foam to tunnel air better may also be required.
>
> Mark
>
>
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