Best card to tie me over until next gen?

[Cookie Monster]

Originally posted by: Hikari
One last question.

Between the C3D x800GTO and the eVGA 6800GS, which is going to run cooler? I have a nice silverstone case that is quiet, but it isn't exacly superbly ventilated (silent fans and stuff).

Of course a 6800GS with its copper heatsink. The X800GTO softmodded etc would run hot due to its OCs and the extra unlocked pipelines.

You could just get like a cheap 6600 DDR2 card. It performs pretty well for a cheap card.

 

[Hikari]

Yeah, I did some searching and saw that it is fairly cool due to the copper heatsink and being on a newer process. Thanks.