- last post: 01.01.0001 12:00 AM PDT
I like to pop open my computer every 1-3 months to clean out basic dust in the fans and on the cards/mobo. However, in my older computer, my 9600XT has been running, with a fan, for 4 years, and has never been cleaned.
Most newer cards heat up faster, mainly because the faster computers get, the hotter they get. Just clean it out every once and a while to be safe.