Quieter replacement for X1900

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Hi,

I have an evesham PC purchased in 2006 that has an ATI X1900 card. I've no issue with the performance of the card, as it seems to do OK in games such as L4D2 and Mass Effect. However, the card makes a hell of a noise even when not gaming. I'd like to upgrade to a more modern card. I'd like to have at least the same performance although ideally better, but mainly I need a quieter card.

Can anyone suggest any alternatives? I find it tricky to compare modern cards against ones that are this old.

Reply to bobfleming

what your budget, what your PSU and system? have preference for amd?

EDIT:what did you think about this card:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6814162081

It has no cooler so it's silent like a room with 4 walls

Nvidia gt 210 have a silent version too, i don't know about amd cards if have silent versions

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Message edited by kakaofull on 01-09-2012 at 06:23:31 PM

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EDIT: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6814161375

I think it should suffice well, 6670 shouldn't be that noisy. If you are looking for a really, really quiet GPU take this:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6814161374

But sadly it won't give you much performance increase.

If you are looking to get a decent GPU take 6950 and then upgrade your PSU. But then that'd be noisy.

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Message edited by refillable on 01-09-2012 at 06:37:01 PM

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Budget would be as little as possible, as I'd predominantly be paying for a quieter, rather than a faster card. Haven't got a limit as such as am not even sure what ballpark I'm in.

System spec is:

Intel Core 2 6700 @ 2.66GHz
4G RAM DIMM DDR2
Win XP
1Tb HDD
Foxconn MB

Am not attached to any particular brand. Again, I stress the motivation here is to reduce the noise, not to get an all singing and dancing card. Of course, if I can get 90 FPS at 20db for £40 I'd not grumble

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kakaofull wrote :

EDIT:what did you think about this card:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6814162081

The GT 520 looks like a step back, perforamance-wise, if I'm reading this correctly: http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/gami [...] 352-7.html

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the gt 520 is like a 7900gs but with dx11:

http://en.inpai.com.cn/doc/enshowc [...] ageid=7971

and here an idea what is your card vs gt 520:

http://www.ultimatehardware.net/at [...] _page2.htm

But sure if you can spend more catch a better card like gt 430:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6814121448

and here an idea gt 430 vs gt 520:

http://www.techpowerup.com/reviews [...] 520/9.html

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refillable wrote :

EDIT: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6814161375

I think it should suffice well, 6670 shouldn't be that noisy. If you are looking for a really, really quiet GPU take this:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6814161374

But sadly it won't give you much performance increase.

If you are looking to get a decent GPU take 6950 and then upgrade your PSU. But then that'd be noisy.

Thanks, the first looks like a possibility.

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