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October 18th, 2005, 08:34 AM
#1
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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October 18th, 2005, 09:16 AM
#2
Registered User
Radeon 9550 is a decent card in the 256 meg variety and its likely priced well
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October 19th, 2005, 01:17 AM
#3
Registered User
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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October 22nd, 2005, 11:03 AM
#4
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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October 22nd, 2005, 11:50 AM
#5
Registered User
Aftermarket coolers can even make high end cards run passive cooling.
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