Quiet Graphics Card

[MotherMayI]

I currently have an 8800GT in my machine, and although it runs all the games I play to an adequate level it is simply far, far too loud.

Could somebody recommend a reasonably priced upgrade, with priority on it being near-on silent?

 

[tommythetim]

either http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-205-SP&groupid=701&catid=56&subcat=939 £135 very very quiet, got 1 myself
or
this week only http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-210-SP&groupid=701&catid=56&subcat=1403 £159

any vapour x or toxics from sapphire are near silent

 

[Cairnsey]

why not just buy a good cooler?

 

[Billzz]

As above, I would recommend an after market cooler. I had exactly the same issue with my 8800GT - the fan noise was horrible! I bought a Thermalright HR-03-GT and 80mm zalman fan - its now whisper quiet and temps are as much as 10C lower under load. Well worth it if you are happy with the card.

 

[D13]

I am very fussy with noise and my gtx 260 is very quiet.

 

[EdGey]

as above, i cant hear my 260.

but buy a cooler.

 

[sturmtruppe]

A good cooler is gonna cost £20 to £30 so I would just go for the gts 250 at around £100, cant go wrong for the bfg one with 10 year warranty

Its the same card as the 9800gtx+ which is still a good performance card. Then sell the 8800gt.

 

[SfnX]

250/260/275/9800gtx+/4870?
watever u do DO NOT BUY A 4850 you need it on 40%+ fan all the time or it heats up to 70+

 

[baked188]

This is very quiet, I picked 1 up few weeks ago and cant hear it, core is at 950mhz too.

 

[Fenris]

fan all the time or it heats up to 70+

At what point was 70 degrees that bad? AIT themselves state that safe temps for their cards go up to 100.

 

[sturmtruppe]

....coz the fans gonna ramp up & defeat the opject of the OP.

Also depends what psu you have as well.

 

[Fenris]

....coz the fans gonna ramp up & defeat the opject of the OP.

Also depends what psu you have as well.

Manual fan settings?

Anyone?

 

[MotherMayI]

Thanks guys, I will have a look at your suggestions. I think I might actually have a bit of a dodgy card - it runs well over 80-90 degrees whenever Im playing any game. I have bought an aftermarket cooler, but tbh.. Im lazy, and could probably do with an upgrade anyway.

Are any certain brands of graphics cards (BFG etc. I mean, not Nvidia/ATI) worth avoiding/looking out for?

 

[EdGey]

BFG are very good.

 

[gareth170]

250/260/275/9800gtx+/4870?
watever u do DO NOT BUY A 4850 you need it on 40%+ fan all the time or it heats up to 70+

what aload of crap...

i have 2 sapphire 4850 cards, one of them is this http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-179-SP&groupid=701&catid=56&subcat=938 it runs very very quiet and very cool, about 60c under load on auto fan .

 

[Sindri]

This is very quiet, I picked 1 up few weeks ago and cant hear it, core is at 950mhz too.

+1
Excellent graphics card runs really cool and so does powercolor's 4870 version.

 

[Stonedofmoo]

I currently have an 8800GT in my machine, and although it runs all the games I play to an adequate level it is simply far, far too loud.

Could somebody recommend a reasonably priced upgrade, with priority on it being near-on silent?

Gigabyte SilentCell. They do either a Geforce 9800GT or a Radeon 4850 and these cards are compleatly silent because they have no fans and are just passively cooled.

 

[PermaBanned]

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-194-SP&groupid=701&catid=56&subcat=1274

There are lots of cards you can put a passive cooler on also, if it's just silence that you're after.

 

[sturmtruppe]

I would say bfg are the best if you dont want to OC the cards yourself coz of the warranty program.

Since they OC the cards by default I dont find it a problem.

 

[MotherMayI]

Thanks a lot guys, much appreciated.