[devmage]

Greetings Folks,

I was wondering if anyone had purchased a aftermarket cooling fan for their X1900 XT and had good success with it? Hopefully one that is more quite than the stock fan on the card

Thanks,

Devmage

[Waragainstsleep]

Not personally, but if you want some help with serious cooling, post on macmod.com. There is a thread there about a JAllen folding farm machine. Its not actually a Mac but the author has some badass cooling on his cards and knows his stuff. Not that people here don't.....

[all2ofme]

Haven't bought one, but I've seen only good things about this one:
http://www.xlr8yourmac.com/Graphics/...nt_Cooler.html

[toknee]

This is the passive cooler setup that I use on my X1900XT. It cools better than the stock active heatsink.

Go to macrumors, and someone has done a complete review of this cooler on a X1900XT


Newegg.com - ARCTIC COOLING Accelero S1 VGA Cooler - Retail

[Macadvo]

You must either a) have your MP on your desk b) have hard (eg wooden) floors or c) have excellent hearing as the fan noise from my X1900 is entirely bearable, and that's after having a totally silent iMac!

[EricTheRed]

I just purchased an Accelero X2 Cooler from Cyberguys.com. I'm hoping that this will quiet down my Mac Pro and not aggrevate my tinnitus.

http://www.cyberguys.com/templates/s...roductID=11957

[EricTheRed]

I received my Accelero X2 Cooler from Cyberguys.com today and installed the new fan. I think my Mac Pro is a little quieter. It certainly starts up quieter now. To install I had to do some screw swapping between OEM and the screws that came with but I got everything together.

[herbsman]

is the accerlero a good choice? i keep reading reviews about how most aftermarket coolers for the x1900 simply blow the hot air inside the case rather than directing the heat outside the case. is the extra heat circulating inside the case because of the coolers like the accelero bad for other components? i have 3 HD's in my mac pro as well.

i really need to get something, because i had my x1900 replaced at the apple store 3 months ago because of civ4. i'm a die-hard civ4 fan and after playing it so much on my mac pro, something with the vidcard got damaged. after i would quit the game, the vidcard's fans would rev up and down like my old power mac, but much louder.

the mac genius said the card probably got fried and he also mentioned that he was swapping out quite a few x1900s at that time. he also added that almost all were gamers, mainly WoW players.

[EricTheRed]

Originally Posted by herbsman 

is the accerlero a good choice? i keep reading reviews about how most aftermarket coolers for the x1900 simply blow the hot air inside the case rather than directing the heat outside the case. is the extra heat circulating inside the case because of the coolers like the accelero bad for other components? i have 3 HD's in my mac pro as well.

i really need to get something, because i had my x1900 replaced at the apple store 3 months ago because of civ4. i'm a die-hard civ4 fan and after playing it so much on my mac pro, something with the vidcard got damaged. after i would quit the game, the vidcard's fans would rev up and down like my old power mac, but much louder.

the mac genius said the card probably got fried and he also mentioned that he was swapping out quite a few x1900s at that time. he also added that almost all were gamers, mainly WoW players.

I have four HDDs in my Mac Pro and using a dashboard widget that monitors fans speed and temps, the HDD's are running on average a little cooler (1-2°C cooler), I have all of my RAM slots filled and they seem to be running 1°C cooler for no good reason as well. The CPUs are the same and fans speed all remain the same.

[Leonard]

Originally Posted by Macadvo 

You must either a) have your MP on your desk b) have hard (eg wooden) floors or c) have excellent hearing as the fan noise from my X1900 is entirely bearable, and that's after having a totally silent iMac!

I've heard a couple say that they hear a helicopter sound from the card, and at first I didn't hear it, but if I listen carefully, I can hear the fan and it does sort of make a helicopter sound (the back of my computer is about a foot from a wall so I think it reflects off the wall a bit). But it doesn't really bother me. Besides I have 5.1 surround speakers playing, when I'm playing games or iTunes, so I don't hear much except for the game (it's not a quiet room).

[herbsman]

Originally Posted by EricTheRed 

I have four HDDs in my Mac Pro and using a dashboard widget that monitors fans speed and temps, the HDD's are running on average a little cooler (1-2°C cooler), I have all of my RAM slots filled and they seem to be running 1°C cooler for no good reason as well. The CPUs are the same and fans speed all remain the same.

That's good to know! I'm leaning towards the Accelero now. Another guy from work told me not to worry about temps either. He also said his Mac Pro is showing no signs of increased heat.

[EricTheRed]

Don't install the Accelero X2 Cooler. It does run a little quieter but this weekend when I booted off of XP and was playing Command & Conquer 3 with some friends, my X1900XT video board overheated. I do have other cards in my Mac Pro and one of those did partially cover the exhaust of the Accelero X2 Cooler's fan. Nevertheless, I pulled the card and returned it to stock and the card worked fine after that.

[svtcontour]

Check this test out but mind you its not on a 1900XT but it can be a good guide to follow and I'm sure the coolers or most of them anyway are available to fit on the 1900XT
MADSHRIMPS - Hardware Reviews ,Crazy Projects, Modding Tutorials and Overclocking

[applemacbook]

Is the stock cooling really loud?
I have a 1900XT but it's still in the box, I've only opened it once to see what it looks like (damn thing is heavy!)

[EricTheRed]

Originally Posted by applemacbook 

Is the stock cooling really loud?
I have a 1900XT but it's still in the box, I've only opened it once to see what it looks like (damn thing is heavy!)

Not really. I just happen to have tinnitus.

[svtcontour]

Join the club my friend

Originally Posted by EricTheRed 

Not really. I just happen to have tinnitus.

[The Ancient One]

If you have an "old" Mac Pro, you may have bigger issues with cooling than you think. I ordered mine on day one. I started having graphics issues in graphics-intensive programs (also known as games) about a month ago. After some frustration, I got to a second-level tech at Apple. He said it had overheated and he knew exactly how to fix the problem. My rev 2 X1900 XT is on its way right now. I do have to ship the original back, though. Apparently there was a problem with some of the early X1900 XTs.

[all2ofme]

Interesting. Not the first time I've read about that, either. Mine's starting to show horizontal lines of corrupted pixels in the last week. Guessing that that's the video card on its way out.

[UnixMac]

Are there any plans for a more powerful "consumer" card for the MacPro anytime soon? I'd like to see more VRAM to keep up with the latest and greatest PC versions.

[EricTheRed]

As an extended follow-up my X1900XT card shelled (blacked out during games and wouldn't come back). Apple sent me a new card the next day to sort the problem. My Mac Pro is an early model. I had to hit the new card with a firmwear upgrade to get it to work with XP.

[Richard Richard]

well , i've got tinnitus AND a noisy x1900 !

on another note , i just invested in a piece of carpet off cut and put that under my mac pro , it certainly made some difference as i've got hard wood suspended floors

using smc fan control and upping the internal fans to 750 seems to help too !!

i don't fancy tinkering with the insides in case i mess things up and invalidate my warranty