QUIET cards to upgrade from x1950xt 512mb?

[agathodaimon]

First off, is it even worth it right now to upgrade from my 1950xt? (I game a lot)
Considering that my video card is the system's weak spot.

I'm looking at the HD3870 and 8800GT cards in particular...

The card I have is a PowerColor card with a factory Accelero cooler on it... Which I love because it is basically silent.
It drives me crazy having a noisy pc when I'm trying to do homework or read web pages.

Any quiet cards out there?

Would you recommend the ATI or the Nvidia card? why?

 

[Skunkwourk]

The ECS 8800GT with Accelero S1 might be perfect for you

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Also to know if its worth it, it would help to know the specs of your rig.

 

[agathodaimon]

Well, like I said, the vid. card is kind of the weak spot... hehe
C2D E6750
Gigabyte P35-DS3L motherboard
2gb DDR2 800

 

[Piuc2020]

What about the MSI 8800GT at newegg? I'm not sure if that is a zalman but it sure does look similar and a website reviewed an MSI with a zalman cooler, should be pretty quiet and you don't have to rely on a rebate.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/...x?Item=N82E16814127329

 

[agathodaimon]

I like the look of that MSI card. I've had good luck with them in the past....

Any 3870 comparables?

Or should I avoid ATI(amd) with their current gen. hardware?

 

[Lord Banshee]

Originally posted by: Piuc2020
What about the MSI 8800GT at newegg? I'm not sure if that is a zalman but it sure does look similar and a website reviewed an MSI with a zalman cooler, should be pretty quiet and you don't have to rely on a rebate.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/...x?Item=N82E16814127329

I do not see why everyone thinks zalman's are quiet. At full speed are loud and at low speed they are quit and only cools as good as stock or at best a little better. (This was on a 7800GT). I have the same card as the OP and it is silent compared to the Zalman VF900-Cu. Just my opinion.

 

[v8envy]

I can confirm the ECS 8800GT with the Accelero S1 is silent with or without the turbo module. I couldn't hear it with the case cover off, and I certainly can't hear it with the cover installed.

Cools amazingly well too. Word of warning: the PowerMizer stuff is enabled, but I've never seen the card clock down from 650 core/950 memory/1650 shader clocks. Ever.

 

[agathodaimon]

hmmm...... so..... close..... to ordering.....