Question Can I still use my gpu with one fan not working

[Mdsp3]

My gpu is gtx 660 and one of the fans is now bad and not spinning. Can I still use it? Yes I do play games mostly. Based on the situation, I think this fan is not spinning for a long time and I just only knew it recently. And I dont recall my gpu shutting down.

 

[Kormiii]

You can, but its performance will probably be impaired, and the card will be probably crashing under any higher load. For normal office kind of use could still be OK. And the fan should be replaceable....

 

[norcalsc]

as long as your temps are fine but it may affect your performance

 

[Dark Lord of Tech]

As long as temps stat reasonable it's fine.

 

[Dark Lord of Tech]

As long as temps stat reasonable it's fine.

 

[bill001g]

Some video cards are pretty easy to replace the fans. Some you can remove the fans and without having to mess with taking the cooler off the gpu chip. Most gpu use pretty standard fans so if you are not too pick about the color of stuff like RGB you likely can find a replacement.

 

[Bazzy 505]

yes you can, but there's really no need to, there are quite a few sellers specializing in just that sort of thing. All you really need to know is card manufacturer and model.
They are easy to replace and fairly cheap too