AGP passive cooled cards - which one

[sare^baw's]

i want to change my current leadtek 128mb 6800le as its too noisey for my htpc, this was what the previous owner fitted.

anyway is the any nvidia 6600 carda or ati similar cards that are passive cooled and are agp? i dont want to lose much by changing my card so looking for something with similar performance that has agp and passive cooled.

it is for my htpc however i will require it to run games like HL2 on my 19" monitor as well as do all the other htpc things well movie playback.

 

[sare^baw's]

ah a chap on another thread says he bought an artic cooler for his and he was still not happy and ended up going for the passive cooled 6600.

the prolem is all the 6600 passive cooled cards are pci-e and i have not seen an agp version.

i would be happier buying a cooler for my current card but i am reluctant incase i can still hear it as its a htpc in my living room and i want it really quiet.

thanks for all the replies

 

[sare^baw's]

Interesting, Gigabyte produce quite a few silent AGP cards.

There's a 6800 passively cooled and it looks huge.

Link to Gigabytes page:

http://www.gigabyte.com.tw/Products/VGA/Products_List.aspx?VenderType=NVIDIA&BUSType=AGP&BUSSpeed=8

Passively cooled cards are listed!

yes but none of the are agp they are all pci-e

which is the best/ quietest cooler for my 6800le, the zalman vf700 or vf900 or the artic cooler?

i might just go with one of these coolers and take a chance, i sure hope it is going to be quiet enough.

 

[sare^baw's]

That link I explicitly posted are AGP cards??

so they are m8 my apologies, i had a look around the gigabyte site earlier and never found any, well done away for a wee looky

 

[sare^baw's]

vf900 just ordered, should be here tomorrow

thanks to all for the help and advice

 

[sare^baw's]

Hey sare^baw's, is it a Shuttle htpc you got?

I'm interested in modding a X1600 with the Zalman VF900 to fit my Shuttle SB61G2.

Let us know how it goes and if its worth it

no its a silverstone lc17 htpc case but will post here hwat i think of it, it should be delivered today but no sogn of delivery man so far

 

[sare^baw's]

just for an update, i bought the vf900 zalaman and im more than happy with it, i have it set to low so its nice and quiet. thanks to all for their input . pc is much quieter as it seems the fan on the 6800 was making the most noise.