Quiet Video Card Help

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Could use some help with a new vid card. I bought a 9800 gtx but the thing is so loud and it got me evaluating what I need.

- I don't game much and I have a 7900 gtx already that runs COD4 fine (have an sli board but won't do sli, just need for 3 monitors)
- Just need a card with two DVI's it doesn't have to be ridiculously powerful
- Quiet is really the important thing, doesn't have to be silent, just not loud
- I have a 30" and two 22's, the 30 will be run off the 7900, the two small ones will be run off the new card

Recommendations please? I'm pretty frustrated right now.
 
Yeah that's an option I've been looking into, not sure how I feel about NO fan being that the heat just dissipates into the case, not sure if this could be a big problem or not? Rather have a small one slot card also that doesn't take up quite as much room since it's only going to run two side monitors.
 
A lot of being quiet depends on your case. First, if you're going with a fanless video card, then your case needs to ventilate the heat well - and that entails either good design or case fans turned up to where they're noisy. Second, if your case absorbs sound well, then the card you have might not be so noisy. So, you may want to look first into a quiet case.

Cards with passive heating aren't small. They need huge heat sinks.

I have an eVGA 8800GTX in an Antec P180B case, and my wife (who has sensitive hearing) can't tell if it's on or off when she's standing right next to it. This style of 8800GTX is the double-slot sort, with the cooling venting out of the case through the second slot area.
 
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