Hi.
Ive been tempted for a while now to get back into PC gaming, but im gonna be needing a new graphics card.
At the moment i have two passivly cooled ATI cards (X800XL & X1650) feeding 3 outputs. Although i barely use the 3rd and could get away without.
Now, ive been out of the 'graphics' game for a while now, but im unsure if the newer cards can do video acceleration on both of its outputs, as older ones couldnt.
If they can, then i could get away with just the one card. But thats not a large question to sort. Cheap PCI-E Video cards for the other output are fine tbh.
Anyway.
Do either of the current top ATI/AMD or nVidia cards either have a very quiet version from a specific manufacturer, or are near enough silent during normal windows usage anyway?
Key info:
No max budget, but im not paying silly money for only a few % difference.
My two monitors are 1920x1200.
I have 2x PCI-E 16x Cards.
Intel P35 chipset.
& i have no problem replacing a cooling solution on a new card with a 3rd party one.
Thanks in advance all.
Ive been tempted for a while now to get back into PC gaming, but im gonna be needing a new graphics card.
At the moment i have two passivly cooled ATI cards (X800XL & X1650) feeding 3 outputs. Although i barely use the 3rd and could get away without.
Now, ive been out of the 'graphics' game for a while now, but im unsure if the newer cards can do video acceleration on both of its outputs, as older ones couldnt.
If they can, then i could get away with just the one card. But thats not a large question to sort. Cheap PCI-E Video cards for the other output are fine tbh.
Anyway.
Do either of the current top ATI/AMD or nVidia cards either have a very quiet version from a specific manufacturer, or are near enough silent during normal windows usage anyway?
Key info:
No max budget, but im not paying silly money for only a few % difference.
My two monitors are 1920x1200.
I have 2x PCI-E 16x Cards.
Intel P35 chipset.
& i have no problem replacing a cooling solution on a new card with a 3rd party one.
Thanks in advance all.