What is a Fanless Video Card?
A fanless video card uses a passive cooling system to dissipate heat, rather than the on-board fan of a conventional video card. The cooling system of a fanless video card consists of a large heat sink made of aluminum and other alloys, designed to pull heat away from the chips. A fanless video card runs completely silent. Video cards have improved in both speed and design, but as chips work harder to process more data at ever-increasing speeds, they generate more heat. An overheated card can create artifacts or system errors, or even fail. Conventional cards use an on-board fan to help keep temperatures under control, but fans can be loud and distracting. Even a quiet fan adds to the overall decibel level of a computer system. A fanless video card makes the system that much quieter, and is a must for the so-called silent computer. In the past, there was some question as to how well graphic passive cooling systems actually worked. The general impression was that they may be fine for no
