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x800xl upgrade - fanless or silent

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  • 08-06-2011 2:50pm
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    jozi
    Registered Users Posts: 5,391 ✭✭✭


    I upgraded my pc some 6 months ago and at the time I didnt have enough in my budget for a new gfx card.

    I'd like to upgrade it now to something a bit better thats either fanless or practically silent. I'm way out of touch as you might have guessed by me still using a x800xl :eek:

    What are your suggestions? What do I look for spec wise these days?

    Current spec is:
    Win7 Enterprise 64bit
    Athlon II X3 440
    ASUS M4A87TD/USB3, AM3, ATX
    4GB (2x2GB) Corsair DDR3 PC3-10666
    64GB Crucial RealSSD C300
    2TB Samsung SpinPoint EcoGreen SATA 3Gb/s
    Optiarc SATA DVD drive
    SB XFI Elite Pro PCI card
    Antec Solo case
    Samsung 22" monitor 1680*1050 resolution

    I'm not so much interested in gaming any more, I'd be more inclined to run this to a tv/projector for watching movies, I might do the odd bit of 2D autocad and some Revit 3D modeling - both very infrequently and both are fine now as is, any speed increase is a bonus for revit. Budget is as low as possible, I'd say below 100euro if at all possible for a fanless card. I had a quick scan of a few reviews and the 2 cards that caught my eye were the ati 6670 which runs a fan and the 5570. The 5570 being mch cheaper and I couldnt find a 6670 without a fan. I'm totally out of touch and no idea to what nvidia has to offer, this looked interesting but probably not a very powerfull card GT 430?


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    #2
    Serephucus
    Registered Users Posts: 7,180 ✭✭✭Serephucus


    The GT 430 isn't very powerful, but miles more than enough for what you want.


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    jozi
    Registered Users Posts: 5,391 ✭✭✭jozi


    Is it a better card than the x800xl is?

    Also, I'm not sure but if revit uses the GPU for rendering then something that will do this quicker would be a bonus.

    EDIT:

    1 x PCIe 2.0 x16
    1 x PCIe 2.0 x4
    1 x PCIe 2.0 x1
    3 x PCI


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    Serephucus
    Registered Users Posts: 7,180 ✭✭✭Serephucus


    jozi wrote: »
    Is it a better card than the x800xl is?

    F**k yes.
    jozi wrote: »
    Also, I'm not sure but if revit uses the GPU for rendering then something that will do this quicker would be a bonus.

    Don't know, I've never used Revit. Something to consider though: the X800 XL is a PCI card. Do you have a PCI Express slot in your motherboard?


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    jozi
    Registered Users Posts: 5,391 ✭✭✭jozi


    x800xl is pci express, think there's 2 slots on the mobo that are pci express, or maybe 2 pci I can't remember.

    It's probably a case of anything is better than my old x800xl :P


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    Serephucus
    Registered Users Posts: 7,180 ✭✭✭Serephucus


    I'll put that down to misleading information on the internet so.

    And yeah, pretty much.


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    Jonny7
    Registered Users Posts: 6,696 ✭✭✭Jonny7


    heres a fancy chart
    http://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/Zotac/GeForce_GT_430/28.html

    there's actually a fanless (passive) GTS 450 for just over 100 euros somewhere, knocks the socks off the 430

    I know its primarily not for gaming, but so nice to have the option, and the 450 would run modern games nice and smooth


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