x800 GTO

welshchem · 2 May 2006 at 11:56

I'm not sure if you read my last posts but to sum up:

I bought a pre built sn26p on ebay
(athlon 3200, 80Gb SATA & ATI x1600 XT)

When it arrived it had a x800 GT installed instead, I got in touch and said I wasn't happy with the swap and we settled on him sending me a brand new sealed x800 GTO in its place.

The only thing is it's the fireblade version and the fan's a bit loud when I'm using the shuttle as a media centre.

I've seen these cards go for ~£100 on ebay. What's the best & quietest card I could get in it's place?

Cheers

Ryan

welshchem · 2 May 2006 at 11:59

In case it helps, it's a pci-e card

chimaera · 4 May 2006 at 13:53

Isn't the X800GT a better card than the X1600, from what i've read on the graphics card forum the 6 series are utter pap.

I think you got a good deal.

You don't mention if you want to be able to play games on the machine, but i would have thought a passively cooled card would be fine, doesn't need to be high spec and would run quiet as anything.

welshchem · 4 May 2006 at 14:13

The deal got better, the x800 GT got swapped for a brand new Sapphire X800GTO Fireblade.

The only thing is it's a bit noisy for my shuttle so I'm thinking of selling it on.