Best silent card?

[Ronco]

What's currently the best PCI-E card with a passive heatsink?

 

[Eva_Unit_0]

doesn't XFX have a passive 7950GT?

edit: yep here it is

 

[Ronco]

I presume it will blow away an SLI'd 6600GT setup?

 

[Silus]

I presume it will blow away an SLI'd 6600GT setup?

Short answer: yes

 

[LOCO LAPTOP]

yep it will big time!

 

[Happy Hopping]

Is both port capable of 2560x1600 or just one port?

what do you gain from 7900GTX to the 7950GT?

 

[ricetek]

downgrade?

 

[ITSTHINKING]

yep it 100mhz slower than a 7900gtx

 

[LOCO LAPTOP]

just get a 7950GX2 (their slient) or wait for DX10 cards to come out

 

[Happy Hopping]

That's was I thought. I'll take the downgrade since there is no fan. But is both DVI port capable of 2560x1600 dual link? OR just one DVI port? The spec. is vague at best.

 

[Jake]

That's was I thought. I'll take the downgrade since there is no fan. But is both DVI port capable of 2560x1600 dual link? OR just one DVI port? The spec. is vague at best.

From the [H] review:

This video card does support dual dual-link DVI ports for running digital 2560x1600

Bottom of this page:
http://enthusiast.hardocp.com/article.html?art=MTE3MSwxLCxoZW50aHVzaWFzdA==



And here: http://www.xfxforce.com/web/product/listConfigurationDetails.jspa?productConfigurationId=638442

Dual Link DVI - Supporting digital output up to 2560x1600
YES

Where were you getting shady specs?

 

[Happy Hopping]

Dual Link DVI - Supporting digital output up to 2560x1600

the link above is where the shady spec. from (XFX). That's all the above said. It didn't say one port or both ports. And as you know, many PCI Express has port A as Dual link, 2nd port as single link.