Sapphire 9600XT - quiet?

[beefkake]

A friend needs a new video card and is looking at the Sapphire 9600XT. He currently owns a nearly-silent operating Dell PC, and doesn't want to change that with a noisy video card.

Anybody own the 9600Xt and can attest to its volume? Is it very quiet?

Thanks!

 

[CJP]

I don't know about the 9600xt but I've got the Sapphire 9800np and it's very quiet.

 

[beefkake]

Thanks- that's good to know at least. I was a little bit concerned though about hte 9600XT because I know that it has built-in overclocking based on heat, so I was a little scared that manufacturers might build in powerful, noisy HSF units in order to get a few extra fps... Hopefully that's not the case.