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Rcommended cards for silent multi-display system

Belisarius

Belisarius

Belisarius

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Hi,

Looking to upgrade my system and need to run 2-4 monitors. Mobo will have 2xPCIe. Looked at getting 2 of the fanless Nvidia 7300s or 7600s to run my current 2 TFT (17") but intend getting a 22" wide TFT soon to sit in the middle. My current PSU is a decent Zalman 400W which has been running a 6600GT AGP, ELSA Synergy PCI, 4 HDDs and 2 DVDRWs for a while with no problems

Questions:

Will my PSU be OK running the two cards?
Is there much difference performance-wise between the 7300 and 7600?
Would I be better getting a single card with dual DVI giving me the option of a second dual DVI later?
Are there any reasonable dual DVI (£100) that are fanless?
Will having 2 (or 1) fanless GPU cause any cooling problems?

I don't game (just want to run 3D modelling and fancy desktops) and I prefer Linux as my OS - hence a preference for NVIDIA over ATI.

Any comments would be gratefully received.

Cheers

Andy
 
I'd seen that one but the original poster mentioned it being fanless so thought I'd got the wrong one.

Is there a cooling prob with fanless GPUs? Assuming case cooling is OK (looking at Antec 900) should there not be a problem?

Cheers

Andy
 
oh I missed that.

And no, if they are designed to operate fanless then they will do so without any problems...especially in an Antec 900
 
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