Please suggest a quiet $100 video card

[Henny]

I'm not an avid gamer so don't need the latest high end GPU.

I'd like best bang for the buck for about $100 + or - $20.

I do want quiet. Either passive or very quiet active cooling.

Where's the sweet spot?

 

[aceofskies05]

nvidia 7300

 

[996GT2]

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16814130029

$104 after rebate (120 before), completely passive, 7600GS GFX chip is good enough for most games at medium-high settings

Or get the GIgabyte silentpipe model with a heatpipe for $111, basically the same card but the cooling may be a bit better

That's assuming you have a PCI-express slot on your computer though, AGP choices will be different

 

[JServ]

Does anyone have an opinion on the gigabyte 7600gs and x1600pro models with silent pipe II ?

 

[Nextman916]

silent pipe is going to be the same pretty much, on any gpu. So the difference is the 7600gs is faster.....so ide pick that one.