Hello I need some advice I have been thinking about upgrading my Geforce4 MX 420 (Asus Majic something). Despite what people have said about the MX 420 it has acually served me well both for DVD playback which is a must for me since I mostly use my computer as a digital theater/sound system, and for playing the ocassional game of Jedi Outcast and Medel of Honer. Most of all I enjoyed it due to its passive cooling since I do have real issues with fan noise (got my CPU fan hooked up to a Zalman Fan Mate 1 and it works wonders as well as a Zalman power supply which keeps the box literaly whisper quiet). Anyway I have been tinkering with the idea of upgrading the card to either a ATI Radeon 9200 or a Geforce FX 5200 since they both offer passive cooling and many more features then the MX 420. So the big question is should I stick with the MX 420 or go to one of the other 2 cards? If so which one? Or is thier perhaps another alternitive? What I am really looking for is really the best passivly cooled card I can buy (that does not require any special modification such as the Zalman heatpipe heatsink). I have been leaning more towards the FX 5200 as it has such features as DX9 however I just done know enough about video cards in general to make an educated decision. Anyway any advice would be appreciated. Thanks
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