I'm not sure what would be better when it comes to building a quiet pc: -A fanless video card: no noise, but the heat stays in the case, making other fans run louder. -A video card with a fan, which would push the hot air out of the case: this is louder because of the fan, but the hot air leaves th...

I've set my Gigabyte GTX460 OC 1GB to work passive in 2D. Works great and all it needs is a simple bios mod. Read more here. I've also writen Gigabyte GTX460 OC 1GB specific instructions somewhere along this thread

I turned my Gigabyte GTX460 OC 1GB in a semi passive card by adapting steps from this post . I modded bios for my card and set minimum fan speed to 20%. As it turns out fans can't spin at 20% and stand still. However the GPU temperature is only 35°C when idle. When playing 1920x1080 mkv video GPU he...

As promised here are the pictures of my case. The Gigabyte GZ-M2 http://i154.photobucket.com/albums/s270/matjazmilharcic/2011_01_05_Computer/th_K20D1384.jpg Sitting under my desk http://i154.photobucket.com/albums/s270/matjazmilharcic/2011_01_05_Computer/th_K20D1386.jpg 90 holes drilled in the botto...

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Could you post some details as to what fan speed you used and/or voltages so other people with Gigabyte cards have an idea of what will work for them? I set the minimal fan speed in UltaEdit to 20% (14 in hex) and lowered the two voltages from 0,875 to 0,75. Didn't try anything else because I'm ver...

First of all thanks for the tutorial! I modded bios for my Gigabyte GTX 460 OC 1GB (v1.0) card. Fans can't spin at 20% and stand still. However the GPU temperature is only 35°C when idle. When playing 1920x1080 mkv video GPU heats up to 45°C leaving the fans at 20% (not spinning). Nevertheless fans ...