FX5200 (non Ultra) with Passive Cooling

Can anyone recommend any FX5200 (non Ultra) cards that come with passive
cooling? I'm trying to create a farily quite system and the quietest card
I've found so far is the MSI card which runns around 43dBA. Comparing that
to my 21dBA Vantec Stealth fans makes me think that it's going to sound like
a vacum cleaner.

So far the only card I've found with passive cooling is the Gainward cards,
however, since they have a 64bit and a 128bit version, the 128bit version
costs way more than it should compared to other 128bits. I just don't want
to spend more money to get a product that should cost less because it
doesn't have a fan.

I'm also open to the idea of getting a heatsink and replacing the fan on the
card. However, the only solution I've found so far is made by Zalman, it's
huge, and it costs way to much.

Thanks for any suggestions,
Harry

P.S. I've also found the Elsa cards to have passive cooling, however, I
can't find a distributor for them in North America, if you know of any place
carrying Elsa cards, I'd be interested in that too. Thanks again.




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I got the xfx 5200 with passive cooling for quiet:
PVT34KNA GEFORCE FX 5200 128 MB DDR DVI & TV Out


Works fine.
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Cordiale salutation.

"Harry Muscle" <fake@> a écrit dans le message de news:
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> Can anyone recommend any FX5200 (non Ultra) cards that come with passive
> cooling? I'm trying to create a farily quite system and the quietest card
> I've found so far is the MSI card which runns around 43dBA. Comparing
that
> to my 21dBA Vantec Stealth fans makes me think that it's going to sound
like
> a vacum cleaner.
>
> So far the only card I've found with passive cooling is the Gainward
cards,
> however, since they have a 64bit and a 128bit version, the 128bit version
> costs way more than it should compared to other 128bits. I just don't
want
> to spend more money to get a product that should cost less because it
> doesn't have a fan.
>
> I'm also open to the idea of getting a heatsink and replacing the fan on
the
> card. However, the only solution I've found so far is made by Zalman,
it's
> huge, and it costs way to much.
>
> Thanks for any suggestions,
> Harry
>
> P.S. I've also found the Elsa cards to have passive cooling, however, I
> can't find a distributor for them in North America, if you know of any
place
> carrying Elsa cards, I'd be interested in that too. Thanks again.
>
>
>
>
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Harry Muscle wrote:

> Can anyone recommend any FX5200 (non Ultra) cards that come with passive
> cooling? I'm trying to create a farily quite system and the quietest card
> I've found so far is the MSI card which runns around 43dBA. Comparing that
> to my 21dBA Vantec Stealth fans makes me think that it's going to sound like
> a vacum cleaner.
>
> So far the only card I've found with passive cooling is the Gainward cards,
> however, since they have a 64bit and a 128bit version, the 128bit version
> costs way more than it should compared to other 128bits. I just don't want
> to spend more money to get a product that should cost less because it
> doesn't have a fan.
Asus V9520/Magic is without a fan, but it's 64bit DDR also. No 128 bit
version without fan.

Mario

eVGA FX 5200 cards and Palit Daytona FX 5200 cards are all passive cooling
as long as you stay away from the Ultra model.

Ron

"Harry Muscle" <fake@> wrote in message
news:3f38ed9e$...
> Can anyone recommend any FX5200 (non Ultra) cards that come with passive
> cooling? I'm trying to create a farily quite system and the quietest card
> I've found so far is the MSI card which runns around 43dBA. Comparing
that
> to my 21dBA Vantec Stealth fans makes me think that it's going to sound
like
> a vacum cleaner.
>
> So far the only card I've found with passive cooling is the Gainward
cards,
> however, since they have a 64bit and a 128bit version, the 128bit version
> costs way more than it should compared to other 128bits. I just don't
want
> to spend more money to get a product that should cost less because it
> doesn't have a fan.
>
> I'm also open to the idea of getting a heatsink and replacing the fan on
the
> card. However, the only solution I've found so far is made by Zalman,
it's
> huge, and it costs way to much.
>
> Thanks for any suggestions,
> Harry
>
> P.S. I've also found the Elsa cards to have passive cooling, however, I
> can't find a distributor for them in North America, if you know of any
place
> carrying Elsa cards, I'd be interested in that too. Thanks again.
>
>
>
>
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