Need a QUIET gaming card, under $300

shadyj

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Like the title says, I am looking for a good gaming card for 300 or less. It must be quiet, and I am willing to sacrifice performance for less noise. I will only be using one monitor (1080p), and I am not interested in SLI type configurations- I just want a single card.

I have read that the Geforce 660 cards will be coming out in mid August and will be $300 cards, I would prefer to get gaming earlier than that, but I can hold off if it is worth waiting for. Do you think the performance increase will be worth waiting two or three weeks for?
 
I think it will be worth waiting if you rather not you could get a 7870 for $279.99 or you could get a GTX 570 for $249.99 GPU:MSI N570GTX Twin Frozr II GeForce GTX 570 (Fermi) 1280MB 320-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Support Video Card
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814127682#top


GPU:MSI R7870 Twin Frozr 2GD5/OC Radeon HD 7870 GHz Edition 2GB 256-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 3.0 x16 HDCP Ready CrossFireX Support Video Card
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814127662#top