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  1. October 18th, 2005, 08:34 AM #1
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    Graphics card upgrade advice - passive cooler

    I'm looking to upgrade a Radeon 7500 to something a bit more powerful for movie/multimedia viewing.

    A Geforce 6600GT looks impressive but a bit overkill...so:

    - AGP
    - Fairly quiet so a passive cooler would be handy
    - Preferably not a heat-generating beast that requires a Molex power connector attached
    - 3D capabilities not critical although anything better than that 7500 would be nice
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    Help!
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  2. October 18th, 2005, 09:16 AM #2
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    Radeon 9550 is a decent card in the 256 meg variety and its likely priced well
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  3. October 19th, 2005, 01:17 AM #3
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    I use a Radeon 9550 256M on my rig and it does very well with video and is a decent 3D card as well, for all I do it serves very well, so I second the 9550 suggestion
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  4. October 22nd, 2005, 11:03 AM #4
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    Ran some tests with AquaMark3. Here are the scores:

    Radeon 7500 64meg: 7000
    Radeon 9550 256meg: 18000
    Geforce 6600GT 128meg (on loan): 35000

    I'm satisfied with the Radeon 9550's performance.

    Cheers for the input
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  5. October 22nd, 2005, 11:50 AM #5
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    Aftermarket coolers can even make high end cards run passive cooling.
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