What's silent, nvidia, cheap, and a bit quicker than an 8600gt?

[thegoonden]

As the title says, I need a card that is a touch quicker than an 8600gt, very quiet, preferably silent, and that doesn't cost loads.

Basically, my 8600gt is struggling just a little under ubuntu, when playing 1080 videos, while KDE is using compositing. It was OK under gentoo, but I'm migrating away from that.
I could clock the 8600gt like mad.....but it's fan went all wobbly and noisy, so I ripped it off. It's JUST OK at stock, if OC'd it'll cook. Is there a decent passive or silent fan addon cooler for the 8600GT maybe?


Would something like a 210 or 220 be an option?

 

[Stupot_]

I had a big improvement going from an 8600GT to an 8800GT. Look out for one of them on the members market. I'm currently using one with a passive accelero s1 cooler. Doesn't go above 65 degrees in games.

 

[Locky]

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-022-ZT&groupid=701&catid=56&subcat=1009

This would be a nice upgrade.

 

[thegoonden]

Both certainly fit the performance and cost criteria, and I suppose, as suggested, I can bung an accelero on it if it gets noisy.

Of course, by the time I get it, someone will have sorted KDE4's compositing out so it's not so cpu/gpu greedy.

I'm always detered by the lack of increased clockspeeds, it's hard to gauge what improvement you get with better architecture.

Thanks folks.

 

[Phatzy]

get the card that locky suggested it uses less power than a standard 8800gt/9800gt and it wont be noisy because of the tiny fan

 

[mame]

GT 240 is a surprisingly good card. It score 7765 in 3dmark06 with a 2.6ghz athlon x2 is that's any use to you

 

[coupe69]

it wont be noisy because of the tiny fan

You are joking right?

Smaller fans = more noise, as they have to spin faster to keep stuff cool. I bet the one on that card is a right little screamer.

Why do you think case fans have grown bigger over the years? Big fans for the win everytime

 

[andicole0]

There's at least one fanless 9800's around if you look hard enough.

Or a couple of manufacturers make fanless heatsinks that fit 9800's.

Andi.

 

[Stupot_]

9800 gtx on mm... that would be a massive upgrade