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I'm looking for a new graphics card.
I've never had a decent one, so I'm definitely not a serious gamer.
What concerns me is noise, therefore I'm looking for a silent-ish card.
(Assuming silent is water/passively cooled, whereas silent-ish involves whacking a better gpu cooler on it)
All for a budget of £250 inc VAT
I'm an NVidia 'fan boy' but reading these forums for the past day or so it seems that ATI is the only sensible way to go in terms of value for money.
(But I don't know in terms of noise levels)
Anyway I was considering this, well below my budget, and I'll pretend it's not just for the free copy of GRID:
Gainward ATI Radeon HD 4870 "Golden Sample" 512MB (£204.44 inc VAT)
However, the first review I read slammed it for being quite noisy; even when idle.
So any other suggestions?
N.B the £250 inc vat is flexible but should include any cooling mods suggested (not water).
Cheers.
I've never had a decent one, so I'm definitely not a serious gamer.
What concerns me is noise, therefore I'm looking for a silent-ish card.
(Assuming silent is water/passively cooled, whereas silent-ish involves whacking a better gpu cooler on it)
All for a budget of £250 inc VAT
I'm an NVidia 'fan boy' but reading these forums for the past day or so it seems that ATI is the only sensible way to go in terms of value for money.
(But I don't know in terms of noise levels)
Anyway I was considering this, well below my budget, and I'll pretend it's not just for the free copy of GRID:
Gainward ATI Radeon HD 4870 "Golden Sample" 512MB (£204.44 inc VAT)
However, the first review I read slammed it for being quite noisy; even when idle.
So any other suggestions?
N.B the £250 inc vat is flexible but should include any cooling mods suggested (not water).
Cheers.