I have a Quantum 3D X-24, but retired it back to its box due to overheating problems. I was told by one of my co-workers earlier today that he was pretty sure that Quantum 3D had released the X-24 with a cooling fan toward the end of the cards production life.

I have not found any references to this in a few web searchs. Did they indeed install a cooling fan at some point and if so are the fan equipted X-24 cards hard to come by?

Thanks
Rusted Parts

gdonovan....just looked at your section on Quantum 3D...looks like I might be chasing after a ghost :)

wrote on 01.10.04 at 01:23:47:

I have a Quantum 3D X-24, but retired it back to its box due to overheating problems. I was told by one of my co-workers earlier today that he was pretty sure that Quantum 3D had released the X-24 with a cooling fan toward the end of the cards production life. I have not found any references to this in a few web searchs. Did they indeed install a cooling fan at some point and if so are the fan equipted X-24 cards hard to come by?

I have heard of it too but think it might be a rumor only, where would it be installed and not interfere with items in the adjacent PCI slot?

Guess what? It's true, Quantum3d did have a fan setup for the X-24's.

=)

I'm working on it..

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Guess what? It's true, Quantum3d did have a fan setup for the X-24's. =) I'm working on it..

;)

Regards,
Oscar

gdonovan,

Saw your other post regarding this in General Disscussion. Good luck in getting one.....Really would like to see a photo and a some info on this one.

One of the main reasons that Quantum3D gave up on the consumer graphics card market was the overheating problems of the X-24.  They did indeed release a card with a fan fitted on the end blowing down the gap between the boards.  But it was too little too late.

The usual solution is to do what I did with my X-24 (and still do with my 200SBi).  That is to fit a "card cooler".  These are just a fan (or fans) fitted to an arm that attaches to where the card securing screws are on the computer case.  Look here - http://www.1coolpc.com/video.htm

I use the 2-52 cooler on an arm that I've extended with a bit of alloy by about six inches.  This will blow away all those overheating blues!  ;D

wrote on 24.10.04 at 20:54:21:

One of the main reasons that Quantum3D gave up on the consumer graphics card market was the overheating problems of the X-24.

Actually they made it clear why they left the consumer end of the pool- 6 month product cycles make it difficult to make money on razor thin margins.

Some people have problems telling the difference between a quality part and service and bargin bin priced generic boards with no support.

Yeah, well those 6-month-product-cycles is another thing we can "thank" nVidia for.

And in case you didn't get it: I was being sarcastic ;D