Which 7800gt?? Quiet, Cheap and Overclockable!

[salami1212]

Well. Im wondering which 7800gt I want to get as there are soo many. I need it to be quiet as the main thing, the price has got to be cheap. Doesnt matter if its like £15 over the cheapest one. And then I will overclock later so thats the last priority

Thanks

 

[ACESHIGH]

Most 7800GT cards use a referance cooler so not much differance there.
Some 7800GT cards have been found to run fairly noisy (luck of the draw as to which you get. because cards from the same manufacturer have been quiet & some loud - search this forum, as some people have posted about it).

Cheapest 7800GT is OcUK GeForce 7800GT 256MB GDDR3 TV-Out/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail (GX-032-OK) £193.82

However if you dont mind paying a bit more you could get this card which is often faster than a 7800GTX ..
Connect3D ATI Radeon X1800 XT 256MB GDDR3 AVIVO TV-Out/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail (GX-044-CO) £234.94
I believe its the best bang per buck card at present.


As for overclocking - look here ..
http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=17539495&page=2&pp=30

 

[salami1212]

that looks tempting! but I dont really know anything about ati.

edit: another thing, is the graphic card quiet??

 

[man_from_uncle]

There is not a lot to choose between the 7800gts other than price. They are great cards too, but as ACESHIGH says, the X1800XT for 40 quid more is a far better buy; though i have no idea what it is like for noise. I certianly know that my leadtek 7800gt is no Silent Bob, but frankly it's not too loaud either.

 

[Albaba]

What do you guys use to overclock your GT's? Just wondered ...

Albaba

 

[ACESHIGH]

that looks tempting! but I dont really know anything about ati.

edit: another thing, is the graphic card quiet??

there is a whine at startup, but reasonably quiet after that.

 

[easyrider]

My 7800 gt was to loud and having had the zalman vf700 before this was the only option for quiet.

 

[red11]

unfortunately I got one of the loud XFX 7800GT's with the black pcb, only way was to replace the fan with a much quieter Zalman fan.

 

[Phoenix211]

got a leadtek, it wasnt loud but I bought a zalman with it so no idea what it was like for along period of time. The leadtek has a good bundle btw and mines managed to clock to 490/1.2ghz

 

[hartty]

that looks tempting! but I dont really know anything about ati.

edit: another thing, is the graphic card quiet??

i would go for the x1800xt and you can use the ati tool (i think) to slow down the fan when your not gaming which would eliminate a lot of the noise. also all you need to know about ati is they make graphics cards and the x1800xt is a lot faster than the gt also the ati is a veryt good overclocker

 

[At The Gates]

If you want silence avoid the Point of View 7800GT as that sounds like a vacumn cleaner.