460 gtx

[Igg]

My 280 GTX died on me and after reading many reviews it seem liked the GTX 460 1GB card was a slight upgrade to my 280 in terms of performance. On single games this seems very true. But the card is screaming when i fire up3+ WoWs. And i mean as in it sounds likes its about to take off! The fan is in hyper drive rofl.

Was wondering if anyone else is using this card to 5box? I am thinking about laying down the extra money for a 470 or a 480. The 460 was billed as being a silent card, but the fan always on high makes it way loader than my 280GTX was . the 280 ran as many as 10 WoWs for almost 2 years and never got that loud!

I run 2x Palit gtx 460 2gb cards, i've tested one card and it does work just fine, the extra memory is nice when you have five instance of wow going

[Lyonheart]

I might have just had a bad apple. I read nothing but good reports on the 460GTXs but mine was locking up and the fan was very loud. I just returned it and got a 480GTX and its very quiet in comparison.. it not any louder than my 280GTX was. On a good note i can play all my other games on max settings on this card and its smooth as butter 8)

I was really wanting to do the 2x460GTXs since they cost the same as my 480GTX but have higher performance in tests. But i have had nothing but bad luck with duel cards.I don't think ill need anything new for a few years 8)

[Sam DeathWalker]

The best silent card you can get is 9800 ... thats what I am using.

I use a arm like thing that mount a 120cc fan right above the video card. If you have a huge heat sink you MIGHT get away with it. Well they make a product that can take two 120cc fans:



http://www.frozencpu.com/products/10...oon.html#blank

Glad I looked this up for you I can move to something better then a 9800 now and still have low noise.