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ok guys, i don't know much when it comes to hardware so i need your help

i was wondering if it would be a good choice to get a seperate cooling fan for my radeon 9800pro. from what i've read i'm not really sure just how necesserary those things are. i mean, will it just reduce the noise or will it actually give better performance through better cooling?
i haven't had this card for long but sometimes i'm just worried i'm frying it . but if it's more for the noise reduction, i wouldn't really need it.

any advice appreciated

The 9800 Pro came with a relatively small fan that was suitable for it. So, unless you've been overclocking it, there's no need to change the fan.  :)

ok thanks rob
and no i'm not overclocking, so it won't make a difference at all if i buy one? if it really won't, i'd be very happy to save the 20 pounds. but if it would even give a slight improvement, i would consider it

No improvement unless you overclock.

So no improvement with fan chnage.

ok thanks guys. now let's waste that money on some payware

ok thanks guys. now let's waste that money on some payware

Couldn't agree with you more!  ;D

if i overclocked my Radeon 9600XT would give me better graphics and frame rates? And what program would overclock it (if there is one)?

If you overclocked your 9600 XT (which I don't recommend, as it comes with an primitive cooler), then it would give you better frames.

You could overclock it with Rivatuner or ATI Tools, both available from Guru3D

Cheers.

Well you can OC GFX cards much easyer and safley than you can CPUs, why well temperatures are not as big of a concern, if you overclock your card right you will artifact long before heat becomes and issue. All the better colling does is allow a higher OC....also changing the cooler voids any warrantee so if your not OCin you voided your warrantee for nothing...

if you really want to overclock your card and need a new fan get one of these http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProductDe ... 602&depa=0 they go in one of your PCI-E panels and work wonderfully (this is what i used to overclock my little sisters 9800 SE) easy to install and not at all loud, but man do they suck the air out of your case.