need recomendation/help finding AGP card for HTPC - passive

Well you can get good options for passive, the question is what is it you're doing with the card, games, photochop, what?

Options are very limited for what's easily obtainable;
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6814125039

The Gigabyte X800XL is much faster but harder to find;
http://www.etech4sale.com/Etech4sa [...] 27809.html

The X1650Pro, GF7600GT, X1650XT and GF7900GS all come in passive models but for PCIe only.
Of course you could make your own from the AGP X1650XT, GF7600GT, X1950Pro like some other people have;
http://www.sudhian.com/index.php?/ [...] ead/94206/

Thank you, I know, but the question was more along the lines of WHAT ELSE, integrated will do alot of the things an HTPC does.

All of that can be done by integrated graphics.
If you already have a Motherboard, as the AGP restriction would imply, then just get a cheap X1300 would be the best bet, the problem is finding passive AGP.

For now the GF7600GS I linked to is the best, but might be overkill and for what you listed above anything would do, from a Radeon 9000 to a Geforce 6200.

If you do not intend on playing any games on your HTPC then the integrated graphics processor (IGP) will work fine if your motherboard has one.

If your motherboard doesn't have IGP, then click the following link for a list of passively cooled AGP video cards:

List of passively cooled video cards.

I would skip the Xabre video cards (the first two listed) though since they are basically a no namebrand product in the graphics world. You want to stick with a graphics chip made by ATI or nVidia.

If you want to take a chance, I have an old ATI Radeon 7500 64MB video card that I no longer use, but it has a fan. I am willing to sell it just for the cost of shipping since I have no use for it. Assuming the weight of the 7500 and packaging is only 2 pounds it will cost $6.05 to ship by Priority Mail (2 days) via USPS from Zone 1 to Zone 8. That's basically from NY to California, less if you live in a closer Zone. If the entire package is between 2 and 3 pounds then it will cost $9 to ship to California by Priority Mail.

If interested just PM me and I'll test the card just to make sure it is still working and make sure the fan is still really, really quiet.

Actually, I changed my mind. I'll charge the cost of shipping plus $1. I think I want to pick up a hotdog on the way home.

Click the following link to view USPS Priority Mail shipping charges:

http://www.usps.com/rates/priority-mail-rates.htm

get an agp card and make it a passive cooler with this http://svc.com/v1-ultra.html your kinda limited on choices but the ati x850 is compatable with this