Quake3World

the graphics card in my works machine is making a hell of a racket. cleaned off what little dust there was on it but it hasn't improved much.

how safe is it to poke/prod the fan to try and make it quieter? i never really think about what goes on inside the system box, so am a bit wary of fiddling with it.

Sounds like the barrings are going out in the fan.. Replacement time..

Aye replacement is the best option. The way those fans are set up isn't suitable for messing with.

You can get fanless cooling kits for a lot of cards and never stress about the noise again. What model is it?

What GPU?
I installed an ATi Silencer on my 9800 Pro. You could go that route.