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Spec me a quiet graphics card!

Archangelus said:
Guys, for the first time in a while, I'm going Nvidia. Budget bedamned!

OcUK 8800GTS just ordered,
credit card dented to the tune of £202
g/f not yet finding out how much I've spent - priceless :)

Thank you all for your help, much appreciated.
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Good stuff, you'll love it. :D

@the above, i just didn't want to see the guy get suspended thats all. :(
 
LoadsaMoney said:
Good stuff, you'll love it. :D

@the above, i just didn't want to see the guy get suspended thats all. :(
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It was a good natured joke :) , i agree with you that the rules MUST be followed though.
 
Well its just common sense, if something is cheaper somewhere else a clever person would go there. OcUK does have fantastic offers on certain products but on cetain things they aren't the cheapest. Fair comment I would say!
 
It arrived about an hour ago. It's big heavy, in a green box, with a fan that looks like it could shred a small child!

Outstanding service from the OcUK guys, order placed at 2pm, in my hands at 12 the following day. That is why I put my money with them, Mishima.

I'll let you guys know how it goes once I've got it installed :)

Only problem so far is that there wasn't a driver disk in the box, but I'll use the Nvidia ones anyway
 
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Looking forward to your opinion on quietness of the actively cooled card against your previous passively cooled.
 
well it is silent ;) i cant hear mines due to the cpu cooler which I have on highest, even at low I cant as well! the 8800gts refrence cooler is awesome :D
 
My BFG 6800GS makes a racket even at 25% fan speed. What "decent" midrange (i.e to the original poster's original £150 budget) card would you say is the closest to "silent"? I spotted an x1950 pro with a heatpipe on the overclockers.co.uk store, do you think that's the best bet?
 
Bane said:
Looking forward to your opinion on quietness of the actively cooled card against your previous passively cooled.
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I've had to check three times to make sure the fan is running. it is, and this thing is seriously quiet, and indeed seriously quick. The only gripe I have is that it hasn't cured my crashing problem, and it turns out that it looks like some of my memory is on the way out! Oh well, got a mut's nuts graphics card out of it though, well happy :)
 
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