The best Passivly Cooled video card available

edcentricedcentric near Milwaukee, Wisconsin Icrontian
edited September 2009 in Hardware
My wife wants her machine quieter.
Right now I am thinking of swapping out the CPU for a low voltage C2D.
I have better fans. for the case.
And that leaves the video cards.

Web browsing, easy games, and watching videos (on line and DVDs, BD too)
It is supporting a 24" LCD at 1920x1080

What is out there these days.
tks ed

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  • Cliff_ForsterCliff_Forster Icrontian
    edited September 2009
    edcentric wrote:
    My wife wants her machine quieter.
    Right now I am thinking of swapping out the CPU for a low voltage C2D.
    I have better fans. for the case.
    And that leaves the video cards.

    Web browsing, easy games, and watching videos (on line and DVDs, BD too)
    It is supporting a 24" LCD at 1920x1080

    What is out there these days.
    tks ed

    To my knowledge there is not a higher performing passively cooled option than this one.

    http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814125258

    For the workload described this may be just fine.

    http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814131135
  • miragemirage
    edited September 2009
    Other more economical alternative is to replace the GPU cooler with a passive one. You can check if ARCTIC COOLING ACCELS1 Rev 2 VGA Cooler fits.
  • LeonardoLeonardo Wake up and smell the glaciers Eagle River, Alaska Icrontian
    edited September 2009
    + What Mirage wrote. Those Arctic Cooling passive coolers are simply amazing. I've used them before.

    Ed, you could also use software to moderate the vid card's fan speed. It might be quiet enough for you, but at least it would be a free experiment. Maybe you wouldn't have to buy anything.
  • LeonardoLeonardo Wake up and smell the glaciers Eagle River, Alaska Icrontian
    edited September 2009
    Ed, YHPM
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