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What's the most powerful passive cooling card nowadays?

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V01   02-01-2009 at 01:09:38 PM

I already have a Sparkle 8800 GT passive cooling and I wonder if there is something new.
Building a silent PC for FSX.

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customisbetter   02-01-2009 at 02:43:08 PM
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You can buy large aftermarket heatsinks for just about any card nowadays.
If your airflow is exceptional, you can get away without a fan.

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V01   02-01-2009 at 02:58:51 PM
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Thank you.

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dirtmountain   02-01-2009 at 03:46:16 PM
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This 9800GT in terms of production graphic cards, so nothing new.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6814143169

Your other choice would be to explore aftermarket coolers as add ons. This article by hardwarecanucks shows adding an Arcticooling aftermarket VGA cooler to a HD4850 and the results, it may be feasible to add the same cooler to a 4870.
http://www.hardwarecanucks.com/for [...] ew-23.html

www.silentpcreview.com may have some other ideas.

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V01   02-01-2009 at 07:27:12 PM
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Thanks again.

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djcoolmasterx   02-01-2009 at 07:58:03 PM
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9800GT isn't worth the upgrade over a 8800GT as they are practically the same card.

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