reasonable speed and but most important very quiet video card

[jake]

In my search so far I have only found the sapphire 9600 which is
fanless from what I understand. But it seems to have mixed reviews and
some even receieving defective ones I dunno Im not an expert on these
things which is why Im asking. Are there other fanless video cards out
there?

The reason I am looking to upgrade my ATI AIW 7200 radeon cant play
Crazy Taxi 3. Im not much of a gamer cept for games like that.

thank

 

[Dion L Heap]

In my search so far I have only found the sapphire 9600 which is
fanless from what I understand. But it seems to have mixed reviews and
some even receieving defective ones I dunno Im not an expert on these
things which is why Im asking. Are there other fanless video cards out
there?

The reason I am looking to upgrade my ATI AIW 7200 radeon cant play
Crazy Taxi 3. Im not much of a gamer cept for games like that.

thank

Take a look at the Sapphire ultimate range.

regards,

Dion L Heap
www.thetophouse.com

 

[Julian Richards]

In my search so far I have only found the sapphire 9600 which is
fanless from what I understand. But it seems to have mixed reviews and
some even receieving defective ones I dunno Im not an expert on these
things which is why Im asking. Are there other fanless video cards out
there?

The reason I am looking to upgrade my ATI AIW 7200 radeon cant play
Crazy Taxi 3. Im not much of a gamer cept for games like that.

I've swapped the fan on my 9800 SE for an Arctic-Cooling unit (£7 or
so). It has two settings. There's the virtually silent one that is
just the job for you and the unnecessarily fast overclocking option
for me.
--

Julian Richards
computer "at" richardsuk.f9.co.uk

XP Home
L7S7A2 motherboard
Powercolor 9800 SE 8 pipelines with Omega drivers
1 GB RAM
10 GB + 80 GB HDs
CD+DVD/CDRW drives

 

[Vellu]

And IIRC some manufactures provide 9800SE models without any fans...just a
plain heatsink. These ones are obviously not easily overclockable, but I
guess your not looking for that anyway.

 

[Julian Richards]

And IIRC some manufactures provide 9800SE models without any fans...just a
plain heatsink. These ones are obviously not easily overclockable, but I
guess your not looking for that anyway.

Fanless graphics cards are for big girl's blouses. What you want is
something that has a Dyson vacuum cleaner attached.

The girly man setting on my fan is meant to be just about silent and
has the same cooling capability as the stock fan it replaced.
--

Julian Richards
computer "at" richardsuk.f9.co.uk

XP Home
L7S7A2 motherboard
Powercolor 9800 SE 8 pipelines with Omega drivers
1 GB RAM
10 GB + 80 GB HDs
CD+DVD/CDRW drives

 

[Ben Pope]

In my search so far I have only found the sapphire 9600 which is
fanless from what I understand. But it seems to have mixed reviews and
some even receieving defective ones I dunno Im not an expert on these
things which is why Im asking. Are there other fanless video cards out
there?

The reason I am looking to upgrade my ATI AIW 7200 radeon cant play
Crazy Taxi 3. Im not much of a gamer cept for games like that.

I have a 9800 Pro that I fitted a Zalman ZM80A-HP to - it's about as quiet
as it gets.

Sapphire do a range of passively cooled ATI cards.

Ben

 

[Joe Harrison]

I have a 9800 Pro that I fitted a Zalman ZM80A-HP to - it's about as quiet
as it gets.

Ben,

I was thinking of getting one of those for my 9800 pro - did you have to get
the silent fan as well or are you using just the heatsink??

Cheers.
Joe

 

[Ben Pope]

I was thinking of getting one of those for my 9800 pro - did you have to
get the silent fan as well or are you using just the heatsink??

Just the heatsink. It gets very toasty though - I can;t hold my finger on
the heatsink for more than about 2 seconds.

No artefacts at 450/360MHz (Samsung 2.86ns)

Ben