Re: Do I need a fan?

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From: ian lincoln
Date: Mon, 31 May 1999 00:00

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most screen savers especially open gl ones will cause problems on CL based
systems.
Armando Ortiz wrote in message <3750359b.0@news.dock.net>...
>It's not really needed, but it doesn't hurt.
>
>You're not pushing your graphics card, either...a 3D screen saver won't bug
>your system.  When you get to games that do a lot of rendering is when you
>start to push the card.
>
>Regards,
>Armando
>
>Thomas Morgan wrote in message ...
>>Hi.  I have a Voodoo3 3000 w/PII 266.  I am not really interested in
>>overclocking but was wondering if I still should look into a cooling fan
if
>>I leave my computer on all the time.
>>
>>I haven't had any problems as of yet but I do tend to leave the PC always
>>running and usually have some 3dfx or d3d screen saver running so I guess
I
>>am pushing the graphics card.
>>
>>Thanks,
>>Tommy
>>tmorgan@NOSPAM_snip.net
>>
>>
>>
>
>

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From: "ian lincoln" <ianlincoln@clara.co.uk>
Subject: Re: Do I need a fan?
Date: 1999/05/31
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