Help Finding a new silent card please!
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Help Finding a new silent card please!
Well my old GF4 Ti4200 with silent Zalman heat pipe is showing its age since I just purchased Far Cry and I am in need for a new card. The only problem is that my wife is a noise freak and gets mad at me with the whirling of fans in the computer room. Yes she can hea it, I swear she must be part wolf/woman! Anyway I am in need for help fidning a new card. I really don't feel like dealing with any fancy mods although the Zalaman mod removing my fan was not too hard but I would prefer to buy something already good to go.. I see that Sapphire makes a silent 9600xt or 9800Pro. Gainward makes a 5700 silent card with dual DVI which looks nice but doesnt seem like much of an upgrade. I read that MSI's 5900xt runs pretty quiet. Any help with suggestions for a silent card without doing hefty mods. Price under $250 is preferable since I just sprung for a new Dell 20" 2001FP setting me back $800.
Regards
Dan
Regards
Dan
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9600 pro is *WAY* faster than the Ti 4200 in a DirectX 9 game! That is some serious misinformation you're spreading.
The 9600 pro is also faster across the board than the Ti 4200, as long as we are talking about the pro model. XT is faster still.
It will also run dramatically cooler than the Ti 4200. The 9600 is one of the coolest running cards you can buy (trivial passive), and by far the best bang for the watt:
http://forums.silentpcreview.com/viewtopic.php?t=11657
The 9600 pro is also faster across the board than the Ti 4200, as long as we are talking about the pro model. XT is faster still.
It will also run dramatically cooler than the Ti 4200. The 9600 is one of the coolest running cards you can buy (trivial passive), and by far the best bang for the watt:
http://forums.silentpcreview.com/viewtopic.php?t=11657
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Maybe. I haven't seen a video card in ages that featured a ti4200, so I wouldn't know how it performs in the newest games when stacked up against the competition. But the tests I DID see when both cards were still big sellers did not seem to indicate the 9600 being miles ahead on performance.
Anyway my point was that, sure he'll see a performance gain with the 9600, but if he's unhappy with the performance of the ti4200 now, then it probably won't be that long till he is also unhappy with the 9600.
Anyway my point was that, sure he'll see a performance gain with the 9600, but if he's unhappy with the performance of the ti4200 now, then it probably won't be that long till he is also unhappy with the 9600.
9800 Pro or 5900XT minimum!
I went from a Ti 4200 to a 9600XT. It's nowhere near worth the upgrade.
The 5900XT (NV) and 9800 Pro (ATI) offer good performance for the money, and both blow away any 9600. The 9800 is better for newer DirectX games, and the 5900 is better for OpenGL and DX 8/8.1 games.
I've had a 9800SE, 9600XT and 5900XT. The 5900XT really felt like an upgrade. The others just didn't.
I went from a Ti 4200 to a 9600XT. It's nowhere near worth the upgrade.
The 5900XT (NV) and 9800 Pro (ATI) offer good performance for the money, and both blow away any 9600. The 9800 is better for newer DirectX games, and the 5900 is better for OpenGL and DX 8/8.1 games.
I've had a 9800SE, 9600XT and 5900XT. The 5900XT really felt like an upgrade. The others just didn't.