Most silent Radeon 6850? (excluding PowerColor passive)
Posted: Wed Jun 15, 2011 2:42 am
Hello everyone, this is my first post on the board.
I need to buy a new VGA card for my sister's computer and I wanted to know by using your expertise which of the cards in the following list are the most silent:
SAPPHIRE 100315L Radeon HD 6850 1GB 256-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 2.1 x16 HDCP Ready CrossFireX Support Video Card with Eyefinity
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... -_-Product
U$S 250 local price
XFX HD-685X-ZNDC Radeon HD 6850 1GB 256-bit DDR5 PCI Express 2.1 x16 HDCP Ready CrossFireX Support Video Card with Eyefinity
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... -_-Product
U$S 250 local price
MSI R6850 Cyclone PE Radeon HD 6850 1GB 256-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 2.1 x16 HDCP Ready CrossFireX Support Video Card with Eyefinity
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... -_-Product
U$S 280 local price
SAPPHIRE Toxic 100315TXSR Radeon HD 6850 1GB 256-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 2.1 x16 HDCP Ready CrossFireX Support Video Card with Eyefinity
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... -_-Product
U$S 285 local price
MSI R6850 Cyclone PE/OC Radeon HD 6850 1GB 256-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 2.1 x16 HDCP Ready CrossFireX Support Video Card with Eyefinity
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... -_-Product
U$S 299 local price
GIGABYTE Ultra Durable VGA Series GV-R685OC-1GD Radeon HD 6850 1GB 256-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 2.1 x16 HDCP Ready CrossFireX Support Video Card with Eyefinity
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... -_-Product
U$S 258 local price
Those are the models that I can buy here in Argentina were I live and their respective local prices.
The card will be used most of the time in idle/2D.
If It's needed to adjust fan profile for "silent" operation it would be great that it can be done by a BIOS edit and not by software because the card will not be used with Windows and Linux.
If you can tell me the top 3 silent/less noisier ones that would be great. Also if you consider it is a better option to choose another chip like the GTX 460 please tell me, I have to make the card work on a Hackintosh system, but that's my problem.
Thanks in advance and waiting for your comments!
Greetings,
Karina
I need to buy a new VGA card for my sister's computer and I wanted to know by using your expertise which of the cards in the following list are the most silent:
SAPPHIRE 100315L Radeon HD 6850 1GB 256-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 2.1 x16 HDCP Ready CrossFireX Support Video Card with Eyefinity
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... -_-Product
U$S 250 local price
XFX HD-685X-ZNDC Radeon HD 6850 1GB 256-bit DDR5 PCI Express 2.1 x16 HDCP Ready CrossFireX Support Video Card with Eyefinity
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... -_-Product
U$S 250 local price
MSI R6850 Cyclone PE Radeon HD 6850 1GB 256-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 2.1 x16 HDCP Ready CrossFireX Support Video Card with Eyefinity
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... -_-Product
U$S 280 local price
SAPPHIRE Toxic 100315TXSR Radeon HD 6850 1GB 256-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 2.1 x16 HDCP Ready CrossFireX Support Video Card with Eyefinity
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... -_-Product
U$S 285 local price
MSI R6850 Cyclone PE/OC Radeon HD 6850 1GB 256-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 2.1 x16 HDCP Ready CrossFireX Support Video Card with Eyefinity
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... -_-Product
U$S 299 local price
GIGABYTE Ultra Durable VGA Series GV-R685OC-1GD Radeon HD 6850 1GB 256-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 2.1 x16 HDCP Ready CrossFireX Support Video Card with Eyefinity
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... -_-Product
U$S 258 local price
Those are the models that I can buy here in Argentina were I live and their respective local prices.
The card will be used most of the time in idle/2D.
If It's needed to adjust fan profile for "silent" operation it would be great that it can be done by a BIOS edit and not by software because the card will not be used with Windows and Linux.
If you can tell me the top 3 silent/less noisier ones that would be great. Also if you consider it is a better option to choose another chip like the GTX 460 please tell me, I have to make the card work on a Hackintosh system, but that's my problem.
Thanks in advance and waiting for your comments!
Greetings,
Karina