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Beyond3D News
Join Date: May 2007
Posts: 440
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Late last week an intriguing Radeon HD 2600 XT turned up from Sapphire, arguably AMD's biggest graphics AIB partner. Passively cooled and still at 800MHz, the promise of high video and 3D performance with no noise was a big one. We took an early look to see if it stood up under initial testing.
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hardware monkey
Join Date: Mar 2007
Posts: 3,900
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Heat on these passively-cooled graphics cards is no joke. I've got an HIS isilenceII X1650XT in a Dell mid-tower with no airflow through the case and it gets hot enough to lockup during gaming, even with the side panel removed.
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