Nvidia GTS 250

[JustIce12]

is there any store i can buy a graphics card cooler for a legacy GPU?

when i mean store i mean an online store.

[YoungBlade]

If you go on eBay, it looks like you can just buy a GTS 250 for around $20. That's probably the way to go - I doubt you're going to find a place selling a legacy cooler for cheaper than that.

[PDifolco]

Any cooler will cost more than a GT710 which is a KILLER GODZILLA compared to the GTS250 

 

[Somerandomtechyboi]

I think its just more cost effective to ziptie a damn 775 copper core onto the thing, buy one of those for 3$ and ziptie to the gpu, and these are not weak coolers either (iirc designed for core 2 quads, have one myself and performs abit worse than my 92mm china tower)

[JustIce12]

Guys even better...

[jaslion]

Whats the budget? And identical gts 250(or gtx 9800 same card) is 20$ tops cheaper than a new cooler

 

or if the fan is dead stra0 a fan to it

 

edit nvm you figured that one out

[JustIce12]

1 minute ago, jaslion said:

Whats the budget? And identical gts 250(or gtx 9800 same card) is 20$ tops cheaper than a new cooler

 

or if the fan is dead stra0 a fan to it

 

edit nvm you figured that one out

found a fan im my old fan box and starp it with zip tie...

[manikyath]

what exactly is the reason behind the question?

 

because GTS250 is sort of in that terretory where you can score a working card for free if you know the right dumpster to dive in...

[JustIce12]

14 minutes ago, manikyath said:

what exactly is the reason behind the question?

 

because GTS250 is sort of in that terretory where you can score a working card for free if you know the right dumpster to dive in...

my dad plays Legacy games such age of empires III, not DE, and the games are not playing well

Heroes V and such so he need a good graphics card and i had that GTS 250 with a broken fan. 

and no, buying a new gpu is out of the question

[manikyath]

4 minutes ago, JustIce12 said:

my dad plays Legacy games such age of empires III, not DE, and the games are not playing well

Heroes V and such so he need a good graphics card and i had that GTS 250 with a broken fan. 

and no, buying a new gpu is out of the question

remove the fan, and strap a roughly similar fan in it's place. i have a radeon HD5770 that still spins fine with the fan from some cheap-ass cpu cooler roughly in place of where the old fan sat.

[JustIce12]

3 minutes ago, manikyath said:

remove the fan, and strap a roughly similar fan in it's place. i have a radeon HD5770 that still spins fine with the fan from some cheap-ass cpu cooler roughly in place of where the old fan sat.

what I should have done in the first place, now I ordered some VRAM heatsink to that GPU.

Because this Cooler which is original doesn't cover the VRAM 

[manikyath]

2 minutes ago, JustIce12 said:

what I should have done in the first place, now I ordered some VRAM heatsink to that GPU.

Because this Cooler which is original doesn't cover the VRAM 

back in the day the vram really didnt need that much cooling, just make sure there's airflow trough the heatsink.

[JustIce12]

1 minute ago, manikyath said:

back in the day the vram really didnt need that much cooling, just make sure there's airflow trough the heatsink.

still 5 dollar for a pack of heatsinks various sizes and thermal glue to make VRM happy? I think it is a good deal

[JustIce12]

22 hours ago, manikyath said:

remove the fan, and strap a roughly similar fan in it's place. i have a radeon HD5770 that still spins fine with the fan from some cheap-ass cpu cooler roughly in place of where the old fan sat.

Hey, the GPU is either dead or would not turn on.

Maybe because the original fan is not plugged in?

Because i Cant see it the Device Manager....

[jaslion]

On 12/3/2022 at 3:06 PM, JustIce12 said:

Hey, the GPU is either dead or would not turn on.

Maybe because the original fan is not plugged in?

Because i Cant see it the Device Manager....

If its not working then its dead.

 

I mean you can plug in the original fan but I doubt thats the issue.

 

5$ is enough to get a gts250. Keep in mind its NOT SUPPORTED in new windows 10 or 11.

[JustIce12]

8 hours ago, jaslion said:

If its not working then its dead.

 

I mean you can plug in the original fan but I doubt thats the issue.

 

5$ is enough to get a gts250. Keep in mind its NOT SUPPORTED in new windows 10 or 11.

Because the heatsink is cold that why I think it’s dead and also no video output (no matter port). My dad uses windows 7