Gigabyte 4850 1GB passively cooled

[thilanliyan]

http://www.hardwarecanucks.com...gb-passive-review.html

Even in the "extreme" case, it did very well.

 

[n7]

Remarkable results for passive cooling.

Would be a great option for silence-oriented systems :thumbsup:

 

[Red Storm]

Wow, that is impressive. I was assuming a 3 slot behemoth when I read "passive," but that's very nice. You could run a near silent PC that actually plays games well.

 

[Golgatha]

Originally posted by: Red Storm
Wow, that is impressive. I was assuming a 3 slot behemoth when I read "passive," but that's very nice. You could run a near silent PC that actually plays games well.

Between the E8400 with a Zalman 9500 HSF, a 4850 512MB with an Accelero S1 installed (completely passive), and a PC Power and Cooling 500w Silencer; that's exactly what my HTPC is...a nearly completely silent PC capable of playing games.