after the most silent GFX card help ?

[Meridiusuk]

Hi all

I am after a GFX card for my new build i bought a ATI Sapphire ATI Radeon HD 4670 Ultimate Passive which i had to return as the GFX was damaged and there are none left but to be honest it would not fit my pc as i am instaling a hugh hs on the cpu on a asus i5 pd55 and the heatsink on the gfx would be in the way as you need the back of the gfx card to be free of any heatsink.

so i am back to the drawing board and wanted to know what is the best silent as possable gfx card i can get.

I only use my pc for desktop and internet and some music and HD movies i dont play gmaes at all on my pc which is why i went for the ATI Sapphire ATI Radeon HD 4670 Ultimate Passive in the first place.

abit peved about returning it but such is life so anyonw recomend a silent as poss gfx card for my new build which has nothing on the back of the card.

thanks and sorry about asking this again

 

[maddness]

get one of these:

http://asus.com/product.aspx?P_ID=7hOkCtcoGbkj7z2h&templete=2

quite cheap around £20-25

i have one myself in a rig and its great

will handle anything 2d with ease and does hd blueray / mkv for breakfast

 

[Meridiusuk]

thanks but after a directx 11 card i think

 

[maddness]

thanks but after a directx 11 card i think

are you sure, the 4670 is not (10.1), and there are only a handful of ati cards directX 11 at the moment

5970
5870
5850

you might be waiting a while

besides why do you want a dx11 card if your not gaming?

good luck lol

 

[craptakular]

thanks but after a directx 11 card i think

Y if you don't play games?

 

[Meridiusuk]

you never know i might in the future. just been looking at this card http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-217-SP&groupid=701&catid=56&subcat=1515

but dont know how quiet it is or if its close to been totaly silent

 

[CBJ]

I just got a passively-cooled HD 4550 for a machine I want to be as quiet as possible. I'm pretty sure it would do all the things you've mentioned and it cost less than £30.

 

[KillBoY_UK]

S3 Virge DX , low power no heatsink and fan and no whine

Seriously I think Gigabyte do a passive 9600GT & 8800/9800 GT

 

[tommythetim]

but dont know how quiet it is or if its close to been totaly silent

This 5570 http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-125-PC&groupid=701&catid=56&subcat=1515 Is on a this week offer and it's a better card for only £9 more. The 5000 series is very quiet because of the good job amd's done with the power play at idle.

 

[Meridiusuk]

i wounder if ocuk are going to be getting this card in release date nov 20th

http://www.powercolor.com/Global/products_speci.asp?ProductID=6648#

could not beleve it when i got the very last ATI Sapphire ATI Radeon HD 4670 Ultimate Passive and it was damaged on delevery, maybe it was a sign since it would not fit the Asus P7P55D Pro Intel P55 and the Prolimatech Megahalem in the same case as the Prolimatech Megahalem is only a few mm away for the gfx card and there is a hs on the back of the Sapphire ATI Radeon HD 4670.

asus fault putting the cpu socket so close to the first gfx card slot as other boards i have looked at seem to have the gfx slot more apart but i love my asus boards

this is why i have to get a passive without any heatsink on the back of the card or get a fan version which all have nothing on the back.

but ion my 5 year old machine i have a passive so i dont know what these fan based cards are like are they noisy or silent

thanks