
Originally Posted by
adsmithy
Hiya,
I've had this card for around 18 months and I must say I've never been happy with it. Performance has always been OK, but it's noisy, hot and power hungry.
Recently I removed the stock fan and plastic shroud, and cable tied a 120mm fan to it, and I'm getting 80 degrees @ idle! I haven't dared run a game yet.
I was thinking of going for a 5850 as an upgrade, as at idle it has low power consumption, but I really want a card that will run silent with a passive cooler (can be an aftermarket cooler).
Is it worth blowing £200 on a card that may well present itself with the same problems of being too big/noisy/power hungry or maybe go for something cheaper (£100), not so powerful, but a small, silent card with better performance per £ ?
I don't want to make the same mistake twice.
I only seem to play Fallout 3 and C&C3. But who knows what I might try in the future..
Cheers,
adsmithy