I am looking to build a high end gaming machine that is as quiet as possible. I have enclosures for the hard drive, sound dampening material in the case, super quiet case and fans etc... The loudest item will be the video card.
The best performing passively cooled direct 10x card I can find is the GeoForce 8600GTS with 256 GB. I was considering 2 of them in SLI, but two are still not as powerful as even one 8800gts and this gives me nowhere to go for future gaming requirements. So, I am thinking about 1 8800GTS or 1 8800GTX. The rep at Puget (they are building my computer) told me that the new nvidia cards seem to have quieter fans than in the past. Does anyone have any specs on noise level from these two cards at low loads (word, excel, internet etc) and high loads (Supreme Commander)? The cards they sell are ASUS brand if that makes a difference.
Thanks
The best performing passively cooled direct 10x card I can find is the GeoForce 8600GTS with 256 GB. I was considering 2 of them in SLI, but two are still not as powerful as even one 8800gts and this gives me nowhere to go for future gaming requirements. So, I am thinking about 1 8800GTS or 1 8800GTX. The rep at Puget (they are building my computer) told me that the new nvidia cards seem to have quieter fans than in the past. Does anyone have any specs on noise level from these two cards at low loads (word, excel, internet etc) and high loads (Supreme Commander)? The cards they sell are ASUS brand if that makes a difference.
Thanks