Fastest video card (without fan)?

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I'm trying to keep my nearly-silent system, well, nearly-silent. I'm
looking to upgrade my GeForce 440 with a faster card that can play
Half-life and Doom3 well, but looking for something quiet, preferably
without a fan.

Any experinces out there?

Athlon 2400+XP, 512MB.

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http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProd [...] 021&depa=0

The 128 and 256 versions are practically identical in price, and 256 MB
of RAM is useless in this tier of VGAs, but more could be better.

By the way, there's a 64-bit 9600 on there as well for around $60. Avoid
that-- doesn't have the speed to handle Doom III or HL2. Also, even
though the 9600XTs are faster (256-bit), they are a but more spendy
($140) and DO have fans.
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Cory "Shinnokxz" Hansen
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http://www.quietpc.com/uk/vgamb.php#vf700

Get for a Zalman heatsink for whatever card you buy, I used one with my
Radeon 9700 without problems.

Just upgraded to a Radeon X800 Pro, I will probably get a heatsink for this
one as well.

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Martin

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"Nobody" <nobody@home.com> wrote in message
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> I'm trying to keep my nearly-silent system, well, nearly-silent. I'm
> looking to upgrade my GeForce 440 with a faster card that can play
> Half-life and Doom3 well, but looking for something quiet, preferably
> without a fan.
>
> Any experinces out there?
>
> Athlon 2400+XP, 512MB.
>
>

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That is true it was quite big with the heatsink on, so if you have something
in the PCI slot next to it you may have to juggle things around a bit to
make space!

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Martin

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"LRB111" <lrb111@aol.com> wrote in message
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> Watch out. Some video cards with a large heat sink might take up two
slots of
> space on the motherboard. The heat sink might make the video card fat
enough
> to need the extra space.