Perfect card for silent gaming - 7850 with no fans.

[Gregster]

http://videocardz.com/41344/powercolor-announces-radeon-hd-7850-scs3-edition

If you have been looking for that silent (or near as damn it) PC, this card looks a good start.

Ideal as a bedroom gaming system or you just want silence when gaming/working. I am very interested in one of these and could be in a computer near me soon

 

[Sin_Chase]

Interesting.

The ArcticCooling 3rd party coolers offer exceptional performance on even 7970/680s though with as pretty damn close to silent fans.

 

[varkanoid]

Only 1gb RAM tho.

 

[Gregster]

Only 1gb RAM tho.

Perfect for some light gaming with decent settings IMO. It is a bit of a turn off though knowing how 2GB is much of a compulsory need more than a luxury now though.

 

[varkanoid]

I think a lot of it is rubbish anyway. I been playing at 1.5gb and 1.28gb fine at 1080 for ages before I got my 670.

 

[wazza300]

the 7850's are pretty silent anyway tbh,but I like it

 

[spixelspixel]

Why was the 7770 passives skipped? Sapphire announced one but was never released.

Tbh I think the 7850 might be too much for a completely passive cooler to handle. With the arctic s1 you need to use a fan in conjunction.

 

[Gregster]

That cooler is huge though Spixel. It takes up over 2 slots (looks close to 2.5 slots) and I am sure it will not get close to the overclocking room of the fan cooled 7850. I have no idea why the 7770 wasn't released with a passive cooler (I thought it was) but for modern gaming in a library, these would be ideal. Big shame about 1GB VRAM but still fine for most settings.