I changed the Sapphire for the Hercules card and I'm very happy with my new card. The fan used by 3d Prophet 9800 isn't as loud as the stock ATI fan. And what seems to make more difference, it doesn't make any additional wailing or whining noises (like the fan on Sapphire did), just the normal airfl...

Thanks for your tips :) I'm in Finland. I should be able to get the Hercules card next week as the store told they're supposed to get a shipment on monday or tuesday. And yes, I'm aware of the Ultimate version of the Sapphire card but I think that would probably be a bit of an overkill since I'm not...

I recently updated my computer. I was planning to get a Hercules 3d Prophet 9800pro, but the store (and the company that imports them) had run out of stock, so they offered me a Sapphire 9800pro Atlantis instead. Sapphire seems to use the ATI stock cooling solution, whereas Hercules has a custom fan...