Most quiet next-gen card

[mutthead21]

Need to replace the old 8500 128mg in the den. want something uber quiet so i can drop it into the living room machine shortly, so whats my best bet?
6600GT? X800? I'm looking for something with either a quiet fan or easily moddable and reasonable performance in HL2, F.E.A.R., etc...

Mutt

 

[icthus13]

I have an HIS X800 Pro, and it's very quiet, as it comes stock with a VGA silencer. Can't hear it over my case fans.

 

[TheGamerZ]

Leadtek 6800GT or Ultra...


Huge cooler... very low rpm fan. Near silent.

 

[Toronaga]

Gigabyte has some Next Gen cards that are fanless. They have a thing called a "silent pipe." I saw a write up on the underlying technology- some guy invented it- but I forgot to save it to my HD.

http://tw.giga-byte.com/VGA/Default.htm

 

[mutthead21]

aaaa. my bad, forgot to mention its gotta go in a shuttle (SN41G2) and have a usable PCI slot (TV tuner)

 

[Herulach]

Theres X700s and 6800s kicking around with heatpipe coolers on there as stock. But with the limited airflow in a shuttle i dont know how well theyd do. Assuming its a HTPC (guessing if tehres a tuner card in there) then you probably dont need anything more powerful than youve already got.
I really dont think youll find a fanless card with any kind of performance jsut because your case has so little airflow. Youd be better going with a stock fan, but one of the brands that has thermal control on the cooler, so itll be quieter when youre not using it.

 

[mutthead21]

ok I like the thermal controller business, any ideas or links for those cards?

 

[Herulach]

I think all new nvidia cards have thermal fans, that was the reason people were getting such high temps with some drivers. I know my gainward does, but it isnt quiet on any of the settings, so that prob wouldnt suit. Check over at silentpcreview.com they usually have some good stuff.