I need a high-end ~300 nvidia AGP card that's quiet TODAY

[BrianS]

I need a high-end AGP CARD that's quiet SOON. I have a noisy hercules ati 9800 pro that i damaged by putting a thermalright v-1 ultra heatsink on (i dont know how). Anything that is better than a 9800 pro 128mb should do OK. Mainly I play CS1, bf2, warcraft3 and soon to be civ 4. I am mainly looking for quiet but it needs to be as good as an ati 9800 128mb pro that are currently ~228. I am looking at the 7800 gs and if any of them are quiet that would be SPECTACULAR. i NEED agp 4x/8x and DVI. Thanks for any input

[DBZ]

7800gs end of story.

[BrianS]

thanks, but which are quiet?

[Chrome-]

7800gs end of story.

Yep, I agree.

[inkfx]

I think all the 7800GS will be about the same in terms of being quiet. If the stock cooler is still to loud you could always get a quieter after market cooler.

[cursor]

The 7800 GS is the tops right now for AGP--in reading up on them it's the only AGP card with the 3.0 Shader Model thingie.

Another thing that I learned ist that heat was a big issue with the 6800 series. The 7800 series isn't a ton faster than the 6800's, but it does have image quality refinements and it runs cooler. Also, they're right on your budget. There's one advertised in the CompUSA circular for $300, or you can get one online for about the same money. The BFG is at Best Buy for $350 or you can get it for about $305-$310 at newegg or ZZF.

[BrianS]

does the arctic cooling or zalman fit them if it is too loud? Thanks

[Velocity]

I just ordered my 7800gs (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16814143046) I hope its a big jump from my aiw800x.

[BrianS]

is fan speed adjustable with riva tuner for the 7800 gs? Thank you

[Bios24]

I don't know about the 7800GS but the stock HSF that came on my 6800GS was a screamer. I would just plan on buying a Zalman or Silencer cooler along with it. If you're that concerned about noise, the stock one will probably be too loud no matter what.

[DDR-PIII]

7800gs:)

[icedragn]

The 7800 GS is the tops right now for AGP--in reading up on them it's the only AGP card with the 3.0 Shader Model thingie.

Another thing that I learned ist that heat was a big issue with the 6800 series. The 7800 series isn't a ton faster than the 6800's, but it does have image quality refinements and it runs cooler. Also, they're right on your budget. There's one advertised in the CompUSA circular for $300, or you can get one online for about the same money. The BFG is at Best Buy for $350 or you can get it for about $305-$310 at newegg or ZZF.

Well then you are reading lies lol, all 6 series cards have SM3.0, but only the 6800's have HDR, so that includes the 6200's/6600's/6800's, dunno who told you that ONLY the 7800gs supports sm3.0 :|, the 7800GS does have CineFX 4.0 tho, which is not to be confused with shadermodel 4.0 or anything, that's not out yet... cinefx 4.0 is the new transparent anti-aliasing, and subsurface scattering. You can read about it straight from the horses mouth at www.nvidia.com

[BrianS]

which arctic cooling will fit the agp 7800 gs?

[cursor]

Well their website says that it's compatible with 7800 series PCI-E cards. It doesn't mention AGP. I'd guess that the layout is probably rather different with that AGP bridge chip, but I don't know for sure.

I did fill in the support question form on their site. When I get a response, I'll post it here.

[BrianS]

me too thanks, for both zalman and arctic cooling

[ChonChon]

nothing more to say here -- 7800GS wins hands down. quiet and everything you want (buddy has it, now i want it instead of 6800GS, but too much for me!)

[twoeyes]

The 7800 GS is the tops right now for AGP--in reading up on them it's the only AGP card with the 3.0 Shader Model thingie.

Another thing that I learned ist that heat was a big issue with the 6800 series. The 7800 series isn't a ton faster than the 6800's, but it does have image quality refinements and it runs cooler. Also, they're right on your budget. There's one advertised in the CompUSA circular for $300, or you can get one online for about the same money. The BFG is at Best Buy for $350 or you can get it for about $305-$310 at newegg or ZZF.

Not true, the 6800 series supports SM3, perhaps not the best implementation but it works correctly 100%