i’m looking for a cheap graphics card that doesnt produce much heat. amd prefered. i currently have a saphire rx470 that cooks the whole room. this pc is used for web browsing and video streaming. no gaming. recommendations appreciated!!

  • Rhaedas@fedia.io
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    2 days ago

    Maybe that card doesn’t have it, but some cards have the ability to step down their activity, like an idle parameter. Also, It shouldn’t be producing a lot of heat if it’s not doing work. I had a laptop years ago that used to constantly heat up and run the fans a lot. Once I got time to open it up to clean it, I discovered the heatsink had come loose from the CPU. Fixing that made it very quiet.

    • strax@sh.itjust.worksOP
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      2 days ago

      thanks for the feedback, i’ll have to see if there is some kind of idle parameter, it does seem to produce a lot of heat even when its not doing much.