new video card advice

[D.D.D.]

So I like my PC to be as quiet as possible and I'm looking for a new gaming video card (that and I've had bad experiences with GPU fans).
What's the most powerful fanless video card out there?

EDIT: Sys.specs: i5 660, Gigabyte H55-UD3H mobo, 4GB DDR3, SSD OS drive, Win7pro, and a 7 year old ATI x550 fanless video card that needs to be retired to component out only.

[s1mplehumar]

What mobo man?

Also, good to see you around again. We need to play some Goldy!

[RyaNtheSlayA]

It's this guy!

Anyways, I wish I could help more, but I have no experience with passive cooling cards. I do have an ATi 6850 though that I love and I believe there is a passively cooled one available.

[D.D.D.]

What mobo man?

Also, good to see you around again. We need to play some Goldy!

Hey hey~ I'll be down for some GE. I think I got some free time on the weekend.

Ah yes, my mobo is a Gigabyte H55-UD3H.

It's this guy!
Anyways, I wish I could help more, but I have no experience with passive cooling cards. I do have an ATi 6850 though that I love and I believe there is a passively cooled one available.

Si señor~
ATI 6850 fanless... that is nice but wowzah, about $250. I'm looking for maybe $150 tops. Any other recs??

Also, to further clarify, I'm not looking for too powerful of a card (obviously if I'm going fanless, right) but at least something that can run semi-new PC games and of course, anything from 5~10 years old.

[Hazerd]

I recommend this HD 6670, it's $99 and is capable of running any current PC game at decent settings, it even comes with a Free copy of Dirt 3 which would be a decent benchmark of its capabilities.

FANLESS
SAPPHIRE Ultimate Radeon HD 6670 1GB 128-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 2.1 x16
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... 6814102950

$99 on Amazon.com also.


Reviews:
Sapphire Radeon HD 6670 Ultimate 1GB Fanless Video Card Unboxing


Sapphire Radeon HD 6670 Ultimate Edition Overview

[D.D.D.]

I recommend this HD 6670...

Nice price, nice level of performance. How do you think it would handle something like The Witcher 2?? My monitor is a 4:3 1280*1024 so I don't think it'll tax many video cards...

[s1mplehumar]

PM'd ya, triple D.

[Hazerd]

I recommend this HD 6670...

Nice price, nice level of performance. How do you think it would handle something like The Witcher 2?? My monitor is a 4:3 1280*1024 so I don't think it'll tax many video cards...

At that low of resolution, your good to go.

Here's a full review with benchmarks if your still not convinced this is the perfect card for you.

http://www.tweaktown.com/reviews/4148/s ... index.html

[Cronozilla]

You should still be mindful of what you're pumping through the card. Passively cooled cards don't tend to deal with heavy workloads well ... even if their chipsets can handle it, the cooling is usually completely insufficient.

[isiolia]

I'd be leery of a passively cooled card for actual gaming. I've had a couple in my HTPC, for light tasks, but the only guy I've known who had one in his desktop rig had lots of issues.